Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 12 text:

f 3 :,, H Q, ! I Q UNNERY LCDR WILSON GUNNERY OFFICER X41-

Page 11 text:

My presenf Execufive Officer is Commander Roberf L. Baughan, Jr. Since graduafing from rhe Naval Academy in I94I Commander Baug- han has served aboard six ships. I-Ie was firsf as- signed fo fhe Gunnery Deparfmenf of fhe old air- craff carrier LEXINGTON and was a survivor of fhaf vessel when if sank as a resulf of Japanese air affaclcs during fhe Baffle of fhe Coral Sea in I9-42. In Sepfember I942 he wenf aboard fhe desfroyer CI-IAMPLIN as Execufive Officer. The ship fools parf in fhe invasion of Sicily as well as fhe invasion of Soufhern France and was credifed Wifh sinlcing a German submarine off New Yorlc in I944. From fhe CI-IAMPLIN Lf. Baughan wenf fo fhe WYOMING as Assisfanf Gunnery Officer, where he remained unfil fhe summer of I946. Subseguenfly he complefed a posf graduafe course in Ordnance Engineering IFire Confroll wifh one year af Annapolis and fwo years af MIT. My Execufive Officer's firsf command was fhe desfroyer PORTEREIELD which he recommis- sioned in April, I95I affer a year and a half aboard fhe desfroyer SI-IELTON as Execufive Officer. The PORTEREIELD, as weII as fhe SI-IEL- TON, operafed wifh various faslc forces of fhe Sevenfh Fleef during fhe Korean War. In I952 Commander Baughan was assigned for fwo years dufy as Ordnance Mainfenance Offi- cer on fhe Sfaff of ComCruDesPac. I-Iis Iasf dufy sfafion before reporfing aboard me was in fhe Bureau of Ordnance where he headed up -fhe Surface and AA Secfion and Iafer fhe Eire Con- frol Branch of fhe Maferial Division. Besides various campaign and area ribbons, Commander Baughan has been awarded fhe Bronze Sfar Medal wifh combaf 'V' and fhree gold sfars in lieu of successive awards. Commander Baughan was born in I-Iunfingfon, Wesf Virginia on 6 Sepfember I9 I9 and married Eleanor Younf of Norrisfown, Pennsylvania in June, I942. The Baughans have fhree sons, George, age IO: David, age 81 and Tommy, age 3. 7 COMMANDER ROBERT L. BAUGHAN, JR., USN My Execufive Officer

Page 13 text:

LT ETCT-TTSON LTJG DALLA MURA CWO M GINLEY LT LYONS LT RENNER JR Tn primary responslbuTlTy oT my Gunnery DeparTmenT us The oTTens1ve a o oeTensnv capabuluTy oT The shop Personnel an The Gun Gang man re oar and perTorm The ma1nTenance ThaT keeps The equlpmenT In Top shape T aod Tron my deck Torce under The supervlslon oT The F1rsT LueuTenanT pon :ble Tor my Topsrde appearance Thus IS a blg gob on The l:TeeT rag h o Much Tame rs spenT ID holy sTonlng chipping or scraplng paunT r oar Trng scrubblng and sweeplng During This crulse The Deck Force TVGTS rr d a ToTal oT 2537 men by hlghllne OT Thus number TO89 were TV r T rred beTween T July T957 and 28 January T958 Tn Their spare Tlme Tn o y also broughT aboard 4372 Tons oT Tood and sTores rugged hoses TC ans er T9 937 99T gallons oT Tuel onl and To Their deTlghT handled TOO O98 bags oT mall On The TanTa1T noT only deck seamanshlp buT also TTlghT deck aurmanshup T gzv n To The ever busy heT:copTer which provudesTax1 and log1sTlc servuce TO T FI eT My Gunnery OTTucer LCDR Vernon Wulson has spenT has enTlre Naval ar r n Gunnery bulTeTs l-Te enl1sTed In The Navy ID T934 and advanced To GMC Tn T943 he was gnven a d1recT commussuon To Enslgn T-Te has rv d aboard The USS WASHINGTON TBB 54T The USS OREGON CTTY TCA T22l The USS COLUMBUS TCA 74T and The USS WTSCONSTN BB 39 On shore duTy he has served as ProlecT OTTucer aT The U S Naval Gun FacTory WashlngTon D C as T-Tarbor DeTense OTTucer wlTh STaTT Commander Operahonal DevelopmenT Force and In The Terminal Bal TlsTTcs SecTuon U S Naval Provung Ground Dahlgren Vlrgrnla LCDR Wulson reporTed aboard In AugusT T956 T-Te as married To The Tormer Audrey Marne Wood oT San Jose CaTuTornna Whale overseas The Wulsons and Theur Two children Jay 7 and Lelgh 5 made Their home In ST Jean Cap FarraT France