Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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