Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Robert B. Ellif, USN Chief of Staff, Sixth Fleet. Captain Robert B. Ellis, United States Navy, assumed the duties of Chief of Staff to Vice Ad- miral Iohn H. Cassady, Commander Sixth Fleet, in September, 1952. Prior to this assign- ment Captain Ellis had commanded the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines, one of the Sixth Fleet's three flagships and sister ship to the Salem. Captain Ellis was born in Durham, North Carolina on the twentieth of May, 1903. He attended public schools in that city and in Dalis- bury, North Carolina prior to his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy in 1922. Following his graduation from the Academy in 1926, Cap- tain Ellis reported aboard the USS Pennsyl- vania for his first sea duty. On completing this tour of duty on the Pennsylvania and prior to the commencement of hostilities in the Second World War, he saw service on the USS Gilmer, the submarines S-31 and S-38, the USS Ar- kansas, the USS Canopus, and the USS Astoria. He also had duty on the staff of Commander Cruiser Division Four. Captain Ellis' pre-war shore duty included attendance at the Navy's General Line School and at Applied Communication Courses in the U. S. Naval Post Graduate School together with av Hug' 471111, .. 8 .. 1 fs? H fx K W-.J 'il duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions in Washington, D. C. During World War II the majority of the Cap- tain's service was in destroyer type vessels, primarily in the waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. During a four year period he was Commanding Officer of the destroyers USS Schneck and USS H. P. Iones and he also served as Commander Destroyer Squadron Three, Destroyer Division Fifty-eight, and De- stroyer Division Twenty-five. For his service in the Second World VVar Captain Ellis was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V dis- tinguishing device and two gold stars in lieu of a second and third award. In addition he is entitled to wear the American Defense Medal with the Combat the American Theatre Medal, the European Theatre Medal with three stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. Since the Second World War Captain Ellis has served again in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and later on the staff of the Commander United States Naval Forces in the Marianas, and in the Bureau of Naval Person- nel, as well as aboard the USS Des Moines as her Commanding Officer.

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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.

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Captain Brooke Schumm, USN was born in Ossining, New York on December 11, 1905. He was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1927. Captain Schumm's early years in the Navy were spent at sea where he served aboard the USS Utah, USS Hanibal, and the de- stroyers USS Borie and USS Stewart. In 1934, he was ordered to the Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, and in Iune of that year returned to the Naval Academy where he attended the Naval Postgraduate School for two years. From Iune, 1936 until Iune, 1939, Captain Schumm served on the battleship, USS Okla- homa. His subsequent pre-war service in- cluded duty at the Naval War Col'lege, New- port, Rhode Island, a tour as Navigator and Executive Officer aboard the destroyer USS Tarbell, and an assignment as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commandant of the lst Naval District. Immediately following Pearl Harbor, Cap- tain Schumm reported to the cruiser, USS San Diego, and served aboard that ship throughout World War Il. During the Battle for Okinawa, Captain Schumm was awarded 7 M4 1? , f f . fix . '-,fag N, ff Of -.2 X I j K wi, ff 'Q Q. ,M - 1, 2 . 6, '. 'wi M If iq . 4, , 5, . fi M, 41 f 1 I Af 1, . 'Q Q Captain Brooke Schumm, USN Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Salem. the Bronze Star with Combat V for Meri- torious Service. In addition to this, he wears the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with fifteen Campaign and Battle stars. These stars represent a roll call of all the major en- gagements with the Iapanese in the Pacific Theatre from Guadalcanal to the surrender in Tokyo, and include the battles of the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Rabaul. Kwajalein, Palau, Leyte, Gula, Iwo lima, and Okinawa. While serving on the USS San Diego, Cap- tain Schumm was selected to his present rank of Captain on March 20, 1945. Following the war, he was ordered to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and served in the Enlisted Distribution Division from Oc- tober, 1945 until Iune of 1948. He then re- ported as Commanding Officer of the USS Okanogan, an Attack Transport in the Am- phibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet. Iust prior to his present command, Captain Schumm served in the office of the Secretary of De- fense for a period of three years. Captain Schumm relieved Captain Wil- liam K. Romoser as Commanding Officer of the USS Salem on October 9, 1952.