Salisbury Sound (AV 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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OUR FLAG . . . l- CAPTAIN T. O. MURRY, USN K , ' i ,F , '. A .. . mg-x. J, .,',,,,-- -.Q 32.2-r REAR ADMIRAL P. P. BLACKBURN JR.,USN While rn Western Pacific waters the Sally was the flagship lor Rear Admiral PP. Blackburn Ji., Commander, Taiwan Patrol Forcef Fleet Arr Wing ONE, and his staff, Rear Admiral Blackburn is a graduate ol the Naval Academy, Class ol l93O, and was designated a Naval Aviator in l932. He commissioned Patrol Squadron 2Ol in June i942 and served as Commanding Officer of that squadron. Alter a tour of duty in the Bureau ol Aeronautics, he reported aboard the USS RANDOLPH as Navigator and later served as Executive Officer. He has served as Chief ot Stott to Commander Carrier Division FOUR and Head ofthe Special Vveapons and Psychological Warfare Branch, Strategic Plans Division at the OPnce of the Chief of Naval Operations. Rear Admiral Blackburn was appointed to his present rank on 24 January i958 and that some month assumed his present important duties. He is married to the former Miss Moulden of Washington, D.C., and has two sons, Paul ltt and William. He and Mrs Blackburn reside on Okinawa at the present time. Captain Murray assumed the duties of Chief of Staff, Taiwan Patrol Farce Fleet Air Wing One l August l958 He entered the U.S. Navy in July i935 at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington, D.C., reporting for flight training. He served aboard the USS YORKTOWN upon receiving his commission as a Naval Aviator. During WWII he served as Commanding Officer of various squadrons. From i948 to i958 he has served as Chief of Staff and Commanding Officer, Naval Operating Base, Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska, as director of technical publications in the Bureau of Aero- nautics, Operations Officer Hawaiian Sea Frontier, and as Com- manding Ofhcer, Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 5l. He is married to the former Anne C. Mc Craw, and has four children, Thomas lr., Michael, Peter and Kathryn. He and his family reside on Okinawa.

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Commander Leary, a native of New York City, graduated from Fordam University in 194O and was accepted for NROTC training at Northwestern University. He was commissioned in April 1941, and began his Naval career as Q black shoe by serving aboard the USS COLORADO as Third Division Officer. ln December 1942, he received orders to fiight training at Pensacola, and in September 1943 received his wings, and orders to the Aleutian Theater, where he fiew patrols in PBY's. After WWII, he was assigned as an instructor at the NROTC Unit at Cornell University where he met his future wife. ln October 1948, they were married and are now residing in San Mateo, Calif. Commander Leary has served with the Bureau of Ordnance, Fleet Air Wing FOURTEEN, Air Transport Squadron EIGHT and as Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron FORTY-SIX. Prior to reporting to the Sally he was assigned to the Patrol Design Branch ofthe Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C. ....,.......- -f-,'.............--,-....--Q-..,-,.-. L., N... . 3 , . e: A . COMMANDER W.J. LEARY, USN AND OUR EXECS 'Quai' X' CAPTAIN E.W. BERGSTROM Captain Bergstrom served as Excecutive Officer onthe USS SALISBURY SOUND from 18 April 1958 until the 1st of Febuary 1959. Commander Bergstrom as we know him was selected for Captain and was detached as XO of the Sally and ordered to the office of Chief of Naval Operations. His Naval career began in 1939 following graduation from the University of Minnesota. He was accepted for Naval Flight Training and reported to Pensacola, Florida and upon graduating received his wings and commission as Ensign. Most of Captain Bergstroms' World War ll service was in patrol squadrons operating from the Philippines and Aleutians. His heroic efforts during the early part of the war won him the Distinguished Flying Cross. Prior to reporting aboard the Sally he served as Navigator aboard the USS SOLOMON, Executive Officer and Assistant Professor of Naval Science and Tactics, NROTC Unit, University of Utah. lt was during this latter tour of duty that his wife presented him with twins4Tommy and Bobby. He and Mrs. Bergstrom, the twins, and two daughters, Chris and Susan, are now residing in Annapolis, Virginia. lt was with sincere regret that that the Sally saw Commander Bergstrom leave as Exec and assume his new duties in Washington, D.C.

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AND HEREIN LIE nun TALES. . A SHIP. HER CREW... AND HER PORTS OF CALL ARRIVE PORT DEPART I I3 I9 25 20 27 3 20 4 I5 I5 I8 30 4 7 I 8 I5 26 I4 JAN 59 JAN 59 JAN 59 JAN 59 FEB 59 FEB 59 MAR 59 MAR 59 APR 59 APR 59 APR 59 APR 59 APR 59 MAY 59 MAY 59 JUN 59 JUN 59 JUN 59 JUN 59 JUL 59 ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII YOKOSUKA, JAPAN YOKOSUKA, JAPAN BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA HONG KONG, B.C.C. KAO-HSIUNG, TAIWAN BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA HONG KONG, B.C.C. BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA FUKUOKA, JAPAN IWAKUNI, JAPAN BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES KAO-HSIUNG, TAIWAN BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA SAIGON, VIETNAM JESSELTON, BORNEO BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA YOKOSUKA, JAPAN ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA DEC 58 JAN 59 JAN 59 JAN 59 FEB 59 FEB 59 MAR 59 MAR 59 APR 59 APR 59 APR 59 APR 59 APR 59 MAY 59 MAY 59 MAY 59 JUN 59 JUN 59 JUN 59 JUL 59