Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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ffl, A ou ' l935 afTer which he had successive duT wiTh UTiliTy S uadron 2 aTTached To ug' ST, , Y Q , Tee USS VVRIGI-IT, and wiTh ScouTing Squadrons ll, I4, and I2, aTTached To The JSS SAN FRANCISCO, from AugusT, I935 unTil June, I937. Then followed a year's insTrucTion aT The Naval War College in NewporT, complefing The Junior Course wiTh odiTional duTy aT The Naval Torpedo STaTion There. In June, I938 he reTurned for a A.:-ears duTy aT The Naval Air STaTion aT Pensacola. Joining The USS SARATOGA in June, I939, he served as Carrier Air Group Com- mander from May, I94O unTil April, l94l, and as Air Officer unTil afTer The Japanese affaclc on Pearl I-larbor. In May, I942 he reTurned To The Unifed STaTes for duTy aT T-leadguarfers for The Commander in Chief, U.S. FleeT, where he served unTil Ocfober 22, IQ43. AfTer duTy in charge of fiTTing ouT The USS KALININ BAY, he commanded ThaT escorf carrier from her commissioning, November 27, I943 unTil OcTober 3, l944, during which Time she parTicipaTed in The assauI+ on The enemy held Marianas Islands. For his meriTorious achievemenT as Commanding Officer of The USS KALININ BAY from June I4 To AugusT I, I944 he was awarded The Bronze Sfar wiTh CombaT V. From OcTober, I944 To July, I945 he was Chief of STaff To Commander Carrier Division One and parTicipaTed in The sea-air baffle for LeyTe Gulf in OcTober, I944: in The desTrucTion of an enemy convoy aT Ormoc Bay, LeyTe: in a series of daring raids on Manila and in The China Sea: and in subsequenT aTTaclcs on Tokyo ifself. For ex- cepTionally meriTorious conducT he was awarded The Legion of MeriT wiTh CombaT 'vi' I On AugusT I, I945 he assumed command of The famous gianT carrier USS I-IORNET ICV-IZI which, following The Japanese capiTulaTion lafer ThaT monTh, was used as a Troop ship in The Magic CarpeT operaTion of TransporTing veTerans of The Pacific To The WesT CoasT. On March IO, I946 he reporTed To Maxwell Field, Monfgome-ry, Alabama, where he had duTy unTil July, I947 as I-lead of Naval Division of The Air Univer- siTy. On July 29, I947 he was ordered To The Sfaff of The Naval War College and was laTer promoTed To Chief of STaTf of The Presidenf of The College, In February, I95O Vice Admiral Brown reporTed as DepuTy DirecTor of The JoinT American MiliTary Advisory Grou , London, England where he remained unTil April, I952, when he assumed commandgof Carrier Division Six. ln June, I953 he was or- dered To duTy in The Office of The Chief of Naval OperaTions and The nexT monTh was designaTed Depufy DirecTor of The JoinT STraTegic Plans Group in The- JoinT Sfaff Office. l le reporTed on AugusT 9, I954 as Navy Member of The JoinT STraTegic Sur- vey CommiTTee. On January 24, l956 he became DepuTv Commander in Chief, ATlanTic FleeT and Chief of Sfaff and Aide To The Commander in Chief, U.S. ATlanTic FIeeT. I-le assumed dufies as Commander SixTh FleeT and as NATO Commander Naval STrilcing and Supporf Forces, SouThern Europe on AugusT 4, l956. , In addifion To The- Legion of MeriT, The Bronze STar, each wiTh CombaT V , and The Presidenfial UniT CiTaTion, Vice Admiral Brown has The World War I VicTory Medal, FleeT Clasp: The AsiaTic-Pacific Campaign Medal wiTh seven bronze sTars: The American Campaign Medal: World War ll VicTory Medal: The NaTional Defense Service Medal: and The Philippine LiberaTion Ribbon wiTh Two bronze sTars. Vice Admiral Brown is married To The former Eleanor T. Green of Annapolis, Mary- land, and The- Browns have Two sons, Nicholas I-larwood and Ensign Randall Robison IUSNA, Class of l957l.