Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEDICATION We humbly dedicate this book to the preservation of two ideals that made this cruise both a possibility and a necessity, HJ . . a great love of country, and a deep devotion to duty that is vital it we are to remain a free, peace- loving, and God-fearing nation. msn, ,

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f 1 ns- Nik X l Q 0246. Lv f' - . A gf. .QL What Is A Sailor? ii sailor is a guy who is worked too hard, gets too little sleep, takes verbal abuse no civilian would take, does every imaginable kind of job at any imaginable hour, never seems to get paid, never knows where he's going, can seldom tell Where he's been-yet accepts The worst with complete resignation, and last but not least, he really kinda likes it! You knOW why?-When you're dog tired, been up since 4 A.M. working like hell all day, and ab011f to hit your sack at 8 P.M., a voice shouts 'Turn to on a work detaill' Then you unload a ship's carQ0 of perishable refrigerated foods. -You are ready to die by 2 FLM., but the job must be iinished before dawn.-Soon you don't care it you live or die. and suddenly, you're a sailor, it's Over and you did it and you think ot all the people you know and how they would react under the circumstances and you begin to grin. You grin because you ain't scared of nothing, and it is CI fGCt that there is no ordeal you can't face-and you know it! -from a sailor's letter. X X ,Y w-'Q X ,il DY'

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Vice Admiral Iohn H. Cassady, USN, was born in Spencer, Indiana on April 3, 1896. He attended Spencer High School and the Army- Navy Prep School before receiving his appoint- ment to the U. S. Naval Academy in 1915. Admiral Cassady was graduated from the Academy in 1918 and assigned to the battle- ship USS Virginia for his first tour of sea duty. He received temporary promotion to Lieu- tenant tjgl in World War I and subsequently was promoted progressively to the rank of Rear Admiral on September 2l, 1944, to rank from August 15, 1943. His selection to the rank he now holds was confirmed on Ianuary 26, 1950, while he was serving as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations 1Airl. In March, 1928 Admiral Cassady was ordered to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. He received the designation of Naval Aviator in December of that year and reported to the USS Saratoga for duty. On August 22, 1943 Admiral Cassady as- sumed command of the Saratoga. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of out- standing services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the Vice Admiral john H. Cmmcly, USN 'X .y My 5' firm F? 1- v .J Commander, Sixth Fleet. USS Saratoga during action against enemy forces in the Buka-Bonis Area, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands on November 1-2 and in Rabaul, New Britain on November 5 and ll. 1943. . . In Iuly, 1944, Admiral Cassady returned from the Pacific Theatre to serve as Director Aviation Planning Division under the Chief of Naval Operations. He later was designated Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fAirl. Admiral Cassady returned to sea duty in October, 1945 as Commander Carrier Division Four, Atlantic Fleet. On Ianuary 7, 1946 he was ordered to Command Carrier Division One. His next assignment was an appointment as Com- mander, Fleet Air, Quonset Point, Rhode Island in April of 1947. On Iune 2, 1948 Admiral Cassady reported as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations fAirl. Washington, D. C. In Ianuary, 1950 he as- sumed the duties of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations tAirl with the accompanying rank of Vice Admiral. On May 27, 1952 Admiral Cassady relieved Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner and assumed command of the United States Sixth Fleet.