Sarasota (APA 204) - Naval Cruise Book

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Egg, V 77- X 46 'Mn ,r faq I Y. 'slr' N . X is X ,, X, , s . f r . - Q.. 7 v,Pf ,ff X 'JO 1 f . saw Q :k fi ,7 0 1 A v rr '7 W' I 1 f . at ' l r - 1 t i X Q Et? it 9 T p X ... . 9 9 U f X,0f 1 ' 1 Qlleff ' Capt. Whelchel graduated from 4 Annapolis in 1930. He served 1 on the Oklahoma for two years 1 Q and then was assigned to Sub 1 9? School. As a Junior Officer he go served on the R-11 and the li S-39. He commanded the S-31 in 1940, the Steelhead in 194-2. ll-f'ff., . . Elf:-15, He made six war patrols while in command of the Steelhead, i'fg'f?f'fi all of which made contact with the enemy. The Steelhead was V, the first U. S. ship .to retaliate he jf, for 'Pearl Harbor with shellfire 1 V1 lf- against the, main Japanese 1s-- Q ' lands. Capt. Whelchel took Q 3 V4 command of a submarine divi- sion in ,1944, the Submarine 2,1 Tender Sperry in 1949, and a A ff Submarine squadron at Pearl Q Harbor in 1951. Then came duty at the Office of cNo and Xzgl 3 studies at the Naval War Col- lege. He took command of the Qfzgf Sarasota 23 July. Pl? ' K o 'lf X : l l l E 1 1 1 A

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Anim, slllil Qlll A , 'T' MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE MAY 3, l954 - OCTOBER I, l954 Published By Campus Publishing Co Philadelphia, Pa.

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. - -. 1 , K. nm- ., X , tt 543- ' f ,Q , f , f 392 ' ! f ., all CAPT. HAROLD PAYSON, Jr., USN Commanding Officer USS SARASOTA from May l953 fo July I'-754 Captain Payson graduated from the Naval Acad- emy in 1931, and received a 3 year scholarship to Oxford. His first duty was on the New York, in 1935. He became Gunnery Oflicer of the Rowan QDD 4051 in 1939, Executive Officer of the Parker QDD 6041 in 1942, and Commanding Ofiicer of the Lang QDD 3491 in 1943. He was assigned to BuPers in 1944. in 1949 he became the Executive Offcer of the Roanoke, In 1950 he began duty at Key West and in 1953 took command of the Sara- sota. i A U if CAPTAIN DAVID L. WHELCHEL, USN Assumed Command of the USS SARASOTA IAPA-2041 on 23 July