Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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. l'aQ4p.r.fw-what 'D ' 1 .. Fig- -r y i, 2 't w w akwf .Q X X 9 Xtxxfiw I Nt X. xr . Coptoin Grover S. Higginbothom Chief of SfCJH: Qtrom September 5, l96l Captain Grover S. Higginbotham assumed the duties as Chief of Staff and Aide to Com- mander SEVENTH Fleet in September 1961. Born in Amherst County, Virginia, he entered the U. S. Naval Academy at the age of 16 and was graduated and commissioned an Ensign in 1936. Captain Higginbotham's pre-War assignments included the USS ARIZONA, Assistant Crew Coach at the Naval Academy, USS WYOMING and Staff of Commander Transport Squadron ONE. He served in the Gunnery Department of the battleship TEXAS from 1941 until 1943. He then became Assistant Operations Officer in the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet until December 1944 when he assumed command of the destroyer A. W. GRANT. The Chief of Staff held this command until he joined the Staff of Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet in 1946. Personnel Officer of the FIFTEENTI-I Naval District, Guided Missile School at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Executive Officer of USS PITTS- BURGH were his next three assignments. Captain Higginbotharn then joined the Staff of COMCRUDESPAC and, in 1964, became Com- mander Destroyer Division 62. After attending the Naval War College, he became Head of the Surface Weapons Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Iune 1966. He reported to Commander SEVENTH Fleet following three successive tours at sea. During 1968 he served as Chief of Staff for Comman- der Cruiser Division TWO. He commanded USS PONCHATOULA from January 1969 to May 1960, when he became Commander Destroyer Squadron TWENTY FIVE. Captain Higginbotham is married to the former Miss Vivian Winifred Hustwick of Long Beach, California. They have a son, Kenneth Alfred and a daughter, Mrs. Christine Grace Slaven.

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Captain Frederick H SCl'H19ld9V Cgmmgndmg GFFICSF Cto October 25,1961i The Man Who Seldom Sleeps would be a fitting title for our Com. manding Officer, Captain Frederick H, Schneider. When SAINT PAUL is par. ticipating in one of her numerous operations, he is seen almost continuously on the bridge, the perpetual cigar in his mouth, maintaining his ever-alert vigil to insure the safety of his ship and crew. Twenty-four years of experience with everything from battleships to destroyers to staff duty have fully qualified Captain Schneider for the very important position he holds as Commanding Officer of the SEVENTH Fleet flagship. Captain Schneider, a native of Wausau, Wisconsin, was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioned an Ensign in 1937. His first duty assignment was aboard the U.S.S. IDAHO CBB-421 where he remained until 1942 serving in engineering, communications and gunnery billets. During the remaining years of World War ll, Captain Schneider served as Ex- ecutive Officer of the U S.S. PERRY KDMS- 17j and the U.S.S. MELVIN KDD-6801 and as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. THORN CDD-6471. While commanding the THORN in the Pacific, Captain Schneider was awarded the Silver Star for participaticn in the Battle for Leyte Gulf and the Bronze Star for action in the South China Sea. The Captain ras served as a member of the Joint Strategic Plans Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Flag Secretary on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Pacific! Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, OS Aide in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Commanding Officer, U.S.S- WILLIS A. LEE CDL-41, Commander Destroyer Division 22, head Of the Command Policy Section, Strategic Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Navdl Operations, and Commanding Officer, U.S.S. VERMILLION KAKA-1071. Captain Schneider is married to the former Marion Sheehan Daly of New York City and they have one son, Frederick Jr., born in Hawaii in 1950.

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Commander Theodore L. BGIIS Executive Officer fto Feb. 28, 1961i Serving as SAINT PAUL's Executive Officer until the end of February, 1961 was Commander Theodore L. Balis, USN' Commander Balis graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and received his commission as Ensign in December of 1941, During World War ll, he saw action in both the Pacific and the Atlantic theaters. Other assignments were in the USS SPRINGFIELD, U55 MOORE, USS NORRIS, and as Commanding Officer of the USS DAICHENKO and USS ORLECK. He has also served on several staffs ashore and afloat. He attended the Nqvql War College at Newport, R.l. from August 1952 to June 1953, After being relieved as Executive Officer of SAINT PAUL, Commander Balis took command of Destroyer Division THIRTY- TWO with the destroyer USS RUPERTUS QDD-8511 serving ag his flagship. Shortly after assuming his new command, Com. mander Balis was promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain and Mrs. Balis, the former Jane Madelyne Ryan, reside with their sons, Theodore L.,Jr. and John R., at the Yokosuka Naval Base. Commander Bernard W. Moulton Executive Officer ffrom Feb. 28, 1961 Commander Bernard W. Moulton, SAINT PAUL's Executive Officer, often presents the illusion of being all over the ship at once. From one side of the bridge to the other while entering or leaving port, back to the binnacle or climbing down to a gun mount during a man overboard drill he never fails to astonish the crew with his seemingly endless energy and rapidity of motion. Commander Moulton reported aboard SAINT PAUL on Feb. 28, 1961 from the Bureau of Naval Weapons, Washington, D.C. where he served as Special Assistant for Surface Launch- ed Missiles and Acting Surface Launched Missile Section Head. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., he was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioned Ensign in 1942. The Commander spent three years of World War ll aboard the U.S.S. HERNDON QDD-6381 where he served as fire control officer, communications otticer, navigator and executive officer. He then served as navigator and executive officer of the U.S.S. THOMPSON QDMS-383, attended the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, underwent training at M.l.T., Cam- bridge, Mass,g was navigator and gunnery officer on the U.S.S. PITTSBURGH QCA-72M and served as Naval Inspector of Ordnance at Long Island City, N.Y. Commander Moulton took command of the U.S.S. HUGH PURVIS QDD-7091 in 1955 and remained her Commanding Officer until 1957 when he was transferred to the Bureau of Naval Ordnance. There he became Head, Terrier and Tartar Section, Guided Missile Branch, Material Division, The Commander is married to the former Jane Evans Thorn of Washington, D.C. and they have two children, Ann Richards and David Thorn. 'V'