Salamonie (AO 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMA NDING OFFICER Captain William B. Murray, Jr., USN ii ilffi-l f,,.g - -f ' fqllyyullm Uv .ljlll - Q r- ll: ji.2,-171 f --'W ' v HQ' rf' , Ve.-.., - -- wx X. --A - 'Mum J, 5, U 'I gee r I ff QM if fir X .amf 74,17 'fi Q -1 4 4 A , . I Q? 4 ,5rl.s . T5,, ' 11, ..,.,,, .Captain William B. Murray, Jr., USN, was bom in New London, Connecticut. He enlisted in the Navy on 9 September 1939. Following recruit training in Newport, Rhode Island, he served in the North Atlantic on the USS TARBELL QDD-1423. Starting in August 1942 he saw action in the Pacific Theater and participated in the Guadalcanal Gilbert, Marshall, and Philippine Islands Campaigns. Upon being promoted to Ensign from Chief Quartermaster on 15 February 1944 while on USS LACKAWANNA QAO-405, Captain Murray was transferred to Amphibious training at Little Creek, Virginia. Following this training he was assigned to USS LSM-233 as Executive Officer and par- ticipated in the first day landings on Leyte in October 1944 and Lingayyon in January 1945. Captain Murray resigned from the U. S. Navy in November 1945 and accepted a U.S. Naval Reserve commission as a Lieutenant fjunior gradel in April 1946. He then served with Reserve surface Units at Gainsville and Tampa, Florida while attending the University of Florida. Graduating with a BS Business Administration he was pro- moted to Lieutenant on 1 April 1950 and was recalled to active duty in October 1950. He served as Operations Officer on USS WHITE MARSH CLSD-85 until June 1952, at which time he was transferred to the Office of Naval Research as Project Officer in the Am- phibious Branch. Integrated into the U. S. Navy again in December 1953, Captain Murray subse- quently attended the COXXO Tactical Course at Sonar School in Key West, Florida. This training was followed by duty on USS LAFFEY KDD-7249 as Operations Officer, during which time he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. He was later transferred to the USS LOWRY KDD-7703 and served as Executive Officer until August 1956. Cap- tain Murray attended the Armed Forces Staff College through February 1957 and was then assigned to OPNAV CStrategic Plans Divisionl as Assistant Surface Warfare Of- ficer, Navy Plans Branch. His next tour of duty was aboard the USS HUSE KDE-1457 as Commanding Officer, during which time the HUSE was awarded the ASW 'EK Promoted to Commander in July 1959, Captain Murray was later assigned to the Staff of SACLANT in Norfolk, Virginia where he served as Shipping Plans Officer through 1961 After attending the U. S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Penn- s lvania heassumed command of the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS QDD-8231. During Y I , his tour as Commanding Officer, the ROBERTS participated in Operation operating with CENTO Units in the Indian Ocean. In June 1964 he reported to e om Staff in Washington, D. C. and was assigned to the Special Assistant for Counter Insur- gency. Promoted to Captain in April 1965, Captain Murray took command of USS SALAMONIE IAS-269 on 9 September 1966. . ' Captain Murray's Decorations Include: Good Conduct Medal with star, American Defense Service Medal with American Campaign Medal, EuropeangAfrican-Middle t C ai Medal Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal K5 starsl, Victory Medal Eas ern amp gn , - U u World War II Navy Occupation Service Medal, National Defense Service'Medal, arms.: u Forces Expeditionary Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon Q2 starsl. Philippine ep lic Presidential Unit Citation Badge.

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