Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding fficer . ,g.., Y I i I ' 4 .. ', 5 1,4 : .I . 5 K fr I ' tt' A Ar 0' 'E 5 Vggr .J r A .V . ,J , Commander Laurence I Llionet Ir LVN r3:i.:'. from Catawba College. Salisbury North Lfirolzrii in I Yo: with a Beacheloi of Arts degree in Ixlivsztyil Ldzigifz-ir: Commander Uionet is .i graduate ot Officer Lliridzlire School, Newport, Rhode Island His first duty .isszgns ment was a one year unaccornpanied tour .is Assxstant IVIIDA in U55 ANN.-XIIOLIS t.-XUXIRAII the ship perma- nentIY dQPloYed to the IN'estern Iwacitic. In Ifebrpiarv 100' Commander Cionet reported to the Lf? Naval Station Mayport, Elorida for duty as Assistant Personnel Officer. In November 19oS he was assigned to LFS IYILLIAX1 H STANDLEY LDLO-325 as Navigator and Administrative Officer. After an eighteen month tour in STANDLEX which included a nine month Ufestern Pacific deploy- ment, Commander Cionet attended Destroyer School fol- lowed by assignment in November 1970 to L55 RICH- ARD E. KRAUS IDD-S-193 as Operations Officer. seeing KRAUS through a regular shipyard overhaul, refresher training, and a Middle East deployment. He was detached from RICHARD E. KRAUS in August 1972 and assumed command of USS GREEN BAY QPC1-1013 in November 1972. After a twelve month tour as Commanding Officer 2 r 5, K - I r s Jyv Commander Laurence I. Cionet Ir., USN 1 9 fisszgneel in November 1973 to the H Y. Annapolis, Maryland, where he L, X.. .,. .. v A avigation Instructor, a Company Com- rvir its .Administrative Officer, Office of the K,Di TT'TT' ar. . Midshipmen. In Auenisr NTT he commenced a course of instruction .it Arm-iid forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. Eviiomne graduation from AFSC and schooling enroute, Er 4 Guard L55 DONALD B. BEARY IFF-10859 as ,tvs .,Cat.. E'--icutzve Officer. After an 18 month tour in DONALD I5 BEARX r-.high included a deployment to the Mediter- ranean Commander Cicnet was assigned as PXO for the precortimissioning detail LQSS YELLOWSTONE IAD-411 in ,Ianuary 1950. He served as the Executive Officer for that new class destroyer tender upon her commissioning in june 1950 until February 1982. He took command of SAMUEL ELIOT VIORISON on 23 November 1982. Commander Ciionets permanent home is Iaclcsonville Beach, Florida. He is married to the former Phyllis jean Robinson of Pennsville, New jersey and they have two sons, Larry and Michael.

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14' Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR 11887- 19765 was one of the nation's most distinguished naval historians. His legacy to his county comprises over forty books and more than a hundred articles including The Oxford History of the United States f1927j, Growth of the American Republic fwithl Commanger, 119305, The Euro- pean Discovery of America fSouthern and Northern voy- ages 1971, 19745. Born in Boston and a faculty member of Harvard University for more than half a century, he was the recipient of many honors. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded him the Emerson-Thoreau Medal in 1961 for distinguished literary achievement, and he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 as one of the great Americans whose lives and works have made freedom stronger for all of us in our time. But he was, first and always, a Sailor. Before he wrote the biography of Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Ocean Sea, in 1942, he and several friends purchased and fitted out the barkentine Capitana to sail the ocean in Columbus' wake and view islands and coasts as he must gave seen them. This book was awarded the Pulitzer rize. The way was now clear for another seagoing project that was to 'become the most extensive and difficult of guy in Morison's career - The History of the United tat f N V . ' ' 1 es axal Operations in World War ll ffrfteen vol- umesj. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had a life- long taste tor naval history, after reading some of Admi- ral of thelOcean Sea, accepted Morison's proposal to be me NL2NB'7Sll!l1StOr1af1, based on actual participation. ln C 85 -A t e professor was commissioned a Lieutenant Omman er in the Naval Reserve and given a set of orders that permitted him to move about the World at will. But having such a set of orders is one thin and . i g, Settmg to 3 S0OCl vantage point to observe an action nw.,-1..,.. . whose planning has been cloaked in deep secrecy is an- other. That he was invariably in the right place at the right time for the next three and a half years was due more to his qualities as a man and a sailor than to his formal credentials. He later recalled the problem tl1l1Sf As my position in the Navy was unprecedented, l had to move warily and gingerly in order to obta1n.C0- operations from those who were doing the fighting- Amusingly enough, their initial suspicions of a long haired professor in uniform were dissolved by a P9- rusal of my Admiral of the Ocean Sea, which told them that I was a sailor before I became a professor, and thus exorcised the academic curse. So, thanks to Columbufii the Navy accepted me, and with many of its membersl made warm friendships, which even survived when felt obliged to write about some of their mistakes. 'I After his death in 1976, one of his daughters, EIIILY Morison Beck, edited a highly readable treasurY of tu? best and most representative of his writings. She saySC e was fortunate that my father lived enough to examggr and approve the final choices, after discardmga nurnt to of pieces as 'ole hat', 'hackneyed', or 'of little lrlfef'-Q5 ed the genearl reader '. Therefore, Sailor-Historian lslilglnd to give pleasure to the general reader, who W1 wen chapters from favorite books and prized articles, if as forgotten pieces never before printed 1111? boi ' and President Lyndon B. Johnson remarked: .SCM Eiife of sailor, this amphibious historian has combined a itions action and literary craftsmanship to lead two g9f19,faAs B of Americans on countless voyages of discovery - ned naval historian on active duty in World WHY H1 h? efxhile seven engagement stars and a Legion of Merit anew serving in combat areas of the Atlantic, Mediterr and Pacific.

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I I - ' Commander William H. Berthiaume USN I Commander William EH. Berthiaume began his naval career as a Seaman Recruit enlisting in the U.S. Naval Reserve in May 1965. During four years of service with Naval Reserve Submarine Division 5-8 he was assigned to USS SIRACO ISS-4851 and USS CUBERA ISS-3475. He attained rate as a Second Class Quartermaster and uali- CI fied in submarines. After graduation from the University of Mc Il l l ary and in 1969, Commander Berthiaume was com- missioned via the Reserve Officer Candidate program. His initial assignments included duty aboard the dest roy- ers JOHN R. PIERCE IDD-7531 as ASW and Eire Control Officer and USS D ' AMATO . CDD-8715 as ASW Officer. Following graduation from Naval Destroyer school in 1973 Commander Berthiaume served in USS W.S. SIMS IEE-1059i as Operations Officer. He then attended Naval Postgraduate School, earning a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications System Management. Erom 1977 Executive fficer A-L to 1979 Commander Berthiaume served as Officer of the Patrol Combatant USS Vglilgf Couegelhe Upon graduation from the Armed Eorcessfaff Command served on the Chief of Naval Operat1onS ta- ftant for C2 and Control IC2 Directorate OP-O94l 35 Asifiaume was Program Developmentl. Commander Bertro er Group then assigned to Commander, C1f1115er D.eSt'Ol:1s Officer TWELVE as Staff Battle Group Cominllmga communica' earning designation as a pI'OVen Speclahst m ' ns. . utive t1OCommander Berthiaume assumed dut1esF225SCon19 Officer, USS SAMUEL ELIOT MORISONS n D.C. and is November 1983. He is a native ofWash1r1if5 Oof Washing' married to the former Eleanor Dunphy 3 Sooft and have ton D.C. The Berthiaumes reside 111 MWP three sons, David, Daniel and Jason. .f-