Shangri La (CVA 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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- ct Iain YesIon,- Captain Preston enlisted in the Navy in I93O and served aboard the USS LEXINGTON as a Radioman before passing the examination for entrance to the U. S. Naval Academy in April, I932. Upon graduation from the academy in I936 he reported aboard the USS OMAHA and later the USS MEMPHIS before being assigned to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida for flight training. While serving aboard the USS YORKTOWN during World Was II, he participated in the battle of the Coral Sea and later, the battle of Midway in which he received a slight wound. Other duty assignments for the Captain were, USS WOLVERINE, USS SABLE, Commander Carrier Air Group SEVEN aboard the USS HANCOCK and USS SHANORI-LA, USS SITKOH BAY, USS CORAL SEA, NAS, Memphis, Tennessee. Naples, Italy, as Chief of Public Information for the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe and the Naval War College, Newport R. I. Upon completion of the Advanced Course in Naval Warfare, he served two years with the office of Chief of Naval Operations as Head, Naval Warfare Plans. In July I958 he toolc command of the USS JUPITER, and served eleven months before assuming command of the USS SHANGRI-LA. I I If lltf I I, llll I Il it Il' , lli I IIIIIII III I II 1 1 I 'I 1 I

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ci Iain taylor, . . COMMANDING OFFICER SEPT. 1958-JUNE 1959 The Captain graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., with the class of 1934 and commenced a six year tour of sea duty aboard the USS PENNSYLVANIA, USS DORSEY, USS WHIPPLE and the USS VINCENNES. In September of 1940 he returned to shore duty at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and received his wings from the station in March of the following year. He was sent to Naval Air Station Miami, for a two month stint as an aviator and then reported to VB-5 aboard the old USS YORKTOWN ICV-51 where he served as Executive Officer. It was during this time that the Captain won the Navy Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross for actions performed during the Battle of the Coral Sea and the New Guinea Raid in the spring of 1942, while in the Pacific. In September of 1950, he began a tour with the staffsof ComCarDivFOUR as Operations Officer and ComOpDevFor as Air Officer, which eventually lead him to the Naval War College. In Autumn of 1955, he reported to the Staff, ComSECONDFlt as Plans Officer. A year later he received his first surface command at sea aboard the USS PINE ISLAND IAV-121. He relieved CAPT Short aboard SHANGRI-LA September 13, while the ship was patroling the waters just south of Formosa during the Quemoy crisis.

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hui at Iain .. Captain Lamb assumed his duties aboard SHANGRI-LA, April 4, I958, in Pearl Harbor prior to SHANGRI-LA's departure for the Western Pacific. His previous duty station was at the U. S. Naval Academy where he served as Executive Ofticer of the Aviation Department. ' The Captain's career started with his graduation from the Naval Academy in I94O, when he served aboard the USS BROOKLYN prior to entering flight training in I942. In October, I943, he reported aboard USS PRINCETON as Executive Officer of VF-29, flying the Grumman F6F. While aboard the PRINCETON he participated in the initial strikes on the Marianas Islands and the Philippines. During a mission over Manila, Captain Lamb was shot down and subsequently spent two months with the Philippine guerrillas before his rescue by submarine. He then reported aboard the USS LANGLEY ICVL-271 as skipper of VF-5I. Following World War II, he stayed aboard the LANGLEY as Navigator and Air Ofticer. Other duty stations the Captain served with were, VF-52, COMNAVAIRPAC, Armed Forces Stott College, BUAER, and on the staff ofthe Commander Air Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Captain Lamb is the holder of the Navy Cross and the Air medal, among other awards. . Catain Lamb was relieved as Executive Olilicer aboard SHANGRI-LA on July I6, I959, by Commander Crockett, and proceeded to his new duty assignment at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 5' W0 Q