Salisbury Sound (AV 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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f ' m 'F m 'Y'n' TC' ' 'WW' 'T F Pf' F iffi?iPJ COMMANDERHARRYG SHARP, JR ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1937 TO 1939, AND ENTERED THE U S NAVY IN 1941 UPON GRADUATION FROM FLIGHT TRAINING IN MAY 1942, COMMANDER SHARP WAS ATTACHED TO PATROL SQUADRON 44 AND LATER THE SAME YEAR, TRANSFERRED TO VP-54 FLYING NIGHT PATROLS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS COMMANDER SHARP PARTICIPATED IN SEVEN MAJOR BATTLES , INCLUDING THE FIRST AND SECOND BATTLES OF KULA GULF EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY, NEW GUINEA , PALAU, LEYTE, AND LINGAYAN GULF HE WAS AWARDED TWO DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES PLUS SIX AIR MEDALS FOR THE SOLO- MONS PATROLS IN 1945 AND 1946 , COMMANDER SHARP SERVED AS INSTRUCTOR AT JACKSONVILLE AND ANNA- POLIS, MARYLAND, WHERE HE INSTRUCTED MIDSHIPMEN IN BASIC AVIATION COMMANDER SHARP WORKED IN THE FIELD OF EARLY WARNING FROM 1947 TO 1952 WITH A BRIEF INTERUPTION TO,ATTEND LINE SCHOOL AT NEWPORT R I IN 1952AND 1953 COMMANDER SHARP WAS ASSISTANT OPERATIONS OFFICER AT NAS BARBERS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MOBILE FLEET AIRCRAFT SERVICE SQUADRON FOR ONE YEAR THE NEXT THREE YEARS wERE SPENT IN WASHINGTON D C IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FENSE HERE HE WORKED DIRECTLY UNDER THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THE AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING PROGRAM IN 1958 wITH AIR wO AT NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND S AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON THE USS SALISBURY ONCE AGAIN HE RETURNED BORNE EARLY WARNING SQUADRON T COMMANDER SHARP ASSUMED DUTIE SOUND IN SEPTEMBER OF 1960 I g n o POINT. IN 1954 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO WHIDBEY ISLAND. , WASHINGTON. WHERE HE WAS THE . . . DE- THE K3 TO EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IS PERSONAL SUPERVISION ON A BASIS OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY

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---- -' ., . . . ,I ,,,, -- ,N . I ,L H I I I 3 WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING OUR COUNTRY? AS A PART OF THE TAIWAN PATROL FORCE. MOST OF U52 HAVE LEARNED OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH WILL FACE OUR! NATION IN THE ORIENT . THESE PROBLEMS ARE COMPLEX3? THE SOLUTIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS CLEAR . WE ARE SURE THATS FIRMNESS AND RESOLUTE ACTION ARE VITAL TQ THE INTER-I EST OF THE UNITED STATES IN ANY CASE. IN THE BROAD: EST TERMS WE ARE GLAD AND PROUD TO BE AMERICANS,! REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS WE ARE ALL BET-I TER MEN FOR OUR PAST YEAR TOGETHER. GOOD LUCK, A1 FAIRWIND, AND FOLLOWING SEAS TO EACH OF YOU IN YOUR4 FUTURE ENDEAVORS, YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL SHIP-' MAT ES . CAPTAIN .IAMES D. RAMAGE? CAPTAIN JAMES D. RAMAGE WAS GRADUATED FROM ANNAPOLIS IN 1939. FOLLOWING GRADUATION HE REPORTEDTO THEU .S .S . ENTERPRISE FOR TWO YEARS AS A DECK OFFICER BEFORETAKING FLIGHTTRAININGAT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. GRADUATING IN 1942 HE THEN SERVED ON THE HEAVYCRUISER SALT LAKE CITY, THE ENTERPRISE AGAIN AS COM MANDING OFFICER OF BOMBING SQUADRON TEN . FOR ACTION SEEN WH ILE ON ABOVE DUTIES HE RECEIVED THE NAVY CROSS, THREE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES AND SEVEN AIR MEDALS , FOR COMBAT STRIKES . FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, HE HAS ATTENDED THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AT NEWPORT, SERVED AS ENLISTED PERSONAL OFFICER COMNAVAIRPAC, CHIEF QF OPERATIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT AT ALBUOUEROUE , NEW MEXICO, COMMANDER CARRIERAIRGROUPNINETEEN ,COMMANDING OFFICER COMPOSITE SQUADRON THREE ,. PENT- TAGON DUTY, ATTENDED THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON D . C . AND COMMAND HEAVY ATTACK WING ONE-ATLANTIC FLEET . CAPTAIN RAMAGE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE U .S ,S, SALISBURY 501-IND IN JULY OF 1960. X . I I

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I I fi .Af W COMMANDER TAIWAN PATROL FORCE IN THIS TROUBLED WORLD WE MUST BE EVER MINDFUL OF THE HER OF THE AMERICAN WAY SO THAT OTHERS OBSERVING US THE BEST WAY OF LIFE EVER DEVELOPED IN SOUND HAS BEEN SERVING AS FLAGSH ITAGE AND TRADITION MAY LEARN , BY OUR EXAMPLE, THE HISTORY OF MAN. WHILE SALISBURY IP FOR COMMANDER TAIWAN PATROL FORCE YOU HAVE VISITED MANY PORTS IN JAPAN, OKINAWA, TAIWAN, HONG KONG, AND THE PHILIPPINES . IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES YOU HAVE SHOW PRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE U . S WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SUCC N YOURSELVES TO BE WORTHY RE- . NAVY. IAM PROUD OF YOU, AND ESS AND HAPPINESS IN THE FUTURE . RA-DM JOHN W. GANNON fi.-,Q-4'5-1 ',.H T V - I ' I LA V I i 1.y,1A ' lg ,,? I'