Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT lvly Chaplain is The man who slands no walches bul gels less sleep Jrhan anyone else. l-le is re- sponsible lor The religious and moral heallh of my crew and many olher lhings lhal would rake you enlirely loo much space lo lisl. l-le conducls Prolresranl services and arranges for Chaplains of o+her lailhs Jro conducl services on board. l-le is Jrhe co-ordinalor of all USO and recrealion lacililies, arranges for my ships par- ries, dances and orphans parlies on board, sels up Chrislmas parlies and enlerlainmenl for Jrhe dependenls and Jrheir children and counsels lhe crew on any and all subiecls from gelling mar- ried io shipping over. l-le is always ready 'ro lis- ren ro your problems, gripes, lerlrers from home, Jrroubles, jokes and good iforlunes. l-le can be found in The sail locker, afler sleering, or Jrhe mess decks as oilen as his office and in his spare lime he has ediled my Cruise Book and by beg- ging, Jrhrearening, screaming, and ordering, gor- Jren il compleled. l-le is LCDR Wendell S. Palmer, who reporred ro me on I8 Auguslr I957 and relieved my former THE CHAPLAIN'S DOOR IS ALWAYS CHAPLAIN PALMER Chaplain, CDR Roberl Schneck. er's previous assignmenrs have Chaplain, Porlrsmoufh Naval mandy Posr Graduale School af 'rhe Sourhern California: Chaplain of The MONT lAD-l7lg and Naval mand, Norfolk, Virginia. l-le is former Lorraine Sfoddard of Jersey. During fhis cruise. They home in Beaulieu, France.

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I :lg x 3 ff' wa.. ,...........C I I I I I I I I I Commander Sixth Fleet For more Than I7 monThs oT my presenT cruise I have had The disTincT honor and privilege oT playing hosT To Vice- Admiral Brown, COMMANDER SIXTH FLEET, Bom in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on December I3, I899, Charles Randall Brown aT'Tended local public schools and Marion InsTiTuTe, Marion, Alabama, prior To enTering The U.S. Naval Academy upon appoinTmenT oT SenaTor Underwood oT Alabama on June ZI, I9I7. I-le had World War I service as a Midshipman in The summer oT I9l8 on board The USS Ol-IIO, operaTing wiTh The ATlanTic FleeT, and on June 3, I92I he was graduaTed and commissioned Ensign. Following graduaTion he had consecuTive service on The USS ARKANSAS and The USS COLUMBIA unTil March 4, l922, when he reporTed Tor brieT duTy in The Receiv- ing Ship, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From April To December, l922, he was assigned To The OTTice oT Naval CommunicaTions, aTTer which he was aTTached To The USS LANGLEY. From February 29 To November 2I, I924, he had TlighT Training aT The Naval Air STaTion, Pensacola, .Florida, being designaTed Naval AviaTor lheavier Than airl on AugusT I5 oT ThaT year. DuTy wiTh AircraTT Squadrons, ScouTing FleeT, was Tollowed by an assignmenlq De- cember, l926 To AugusT, l929, in The FlighT Division, Bureau oT AeronauTics. Following service wiTh Bombing Squadron 2, AircraTT Squadrons, BaTTle FIeeT llaTer changed To FighTer Squadron 6, AircraTT Squadron, BaTTle FleeTI based on The USS SARA-IOGA, beiTween SepTember, I929 and SepTember, I93 I, he reTurned To The Navy DeparTmenT To serve Trom OcTober To December oT ThaT year in The Bureau oT AeronauTics and The Three succeeding years in The AdminisTraTive SecTion oT The Bureau oT NavigaTion. I-Ie was in command oT The minesweeper USS OANNET Trom March, I934 unTiI