Shangri La (CVA 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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're Vaiptziiii Ralph l, Werner, li S Nix'-'i-f uma horn in liaiytoii. Ohio on 1'ehrii.zrf-' 12, 1913 11 ro ccivcii his RA. Degree from the l':waf-'ters-itjv of Dziytoii. llc hcggin his :military rarer-r as an .-'irnijv Second ldeutciiaiit .it 1-'t ilaj-cs. Ohm. '-ilierc he served from 1938 to 19:19 lie entered Xa'-'jc Flight 'l'raining in 19229 and was designated Naval .-Xviaitor and coiiiiuissioned an Fnszin in 19-if! ile served as .in instructor at NAS l'ensacola and N.-XS .liiclxsouville from 1941 to 1942 and was Executive Officer of YS-411 at San .lniian Cuba, during 1942. During the rezzzaznder of 'World Vfgr 7 II. he was Operations Officer at YS-131. in Africa. Flight Officer on Nl-'Tl'l,.rXNT. served as Op- erations and Executive Officer of various Night Fighter Squadrons and N.-XLNTL'L.XXT. From 19-17 to 1950 Captain Werner v.-gg 513- tioned at the Naval .-Xir Test Center. Patuxent River. Maryland as head of the All-1Yeatlier Sec- tion. He next assuinecl the duties of Coinznanding Officer. YF-11 at NAS. Jacksonviile. Fla.. from 19:30 to 1952. He was in charge of Plans and Op- erations at the Advanced Training Command. Corpus Christi. Texas. from 1952 to 1953. He served as Operations Officer of Composite Squad- CAPTAIN RALPH L. WERNER, US U.S. NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER USS SHANGRI-LA CVA 38 February 5, 1965- August 21, 1965 ron FOUR from 1954 to 1955. During 1955 to 1957 he was Air Group Commander of Air Task Group 181, and from 1957 to 1958 he was a senior student at the Navy War College, Newport, R.I. During 1958 to 1959 Captain Werner served aboard the USS SARATOGA QCVA-605, first as Operations Officer, later as Executive Officer. He served at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as Air Officer of the Fleet Training Group from 1959 to 1961. From July 1961 to June 1963, Captain Werner served as Commander Carrier Air Group FOUR and Commander Fleet Air Detachment, Cecil Field. Fla. Q On August 4, 1963 Captain Werner became Commanding Officer, USS SABINE CAO-253, homeported in Mayport, Fla. On February 5, 1965 he became Commanding Officer, USS SHANGRI- LA 1 CVA-381, homeported in Mayport. I Captain Werner has been awarded the follow- lllgi Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Navy Occupa- tion Medal 1 European Claspj, World War II Vic- gfggiaiiledal, and American Campaign Service

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REAR ADMIRAL ED R. KING U. . Navy Ed Reuben King was born in Memphis, Tenn., on January 2, 1913. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1932 and was commissioned Ensign on June 4, 1936. Following graduation, he served on the USS WEST VIRGINIA QBB-485 for 51!2 years as a junior officer, watch and division officer, and main battery assistant. The WEST VIRGINIA was sunk at Pearl Harbor. During World War II, he was gunnery officer of the USS BANCROFT CDD-5985 operating in the Atlantic and Aleutian theaters, then executive officer of the USS BLACK CDD-6669 in the Pa- cific. In March 1944 he became commanding of- ficer of the BLACK until the Japanese surren- dered. For seven operations he was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star. Detached from the BLACK in November 1945, he was Main Battery Officer at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va., until February 1948. He next served as Operations Officer on the USS HUNTINGTON fCL-1075. In May 1949 he as- sumed command of the USS MASSEY CDD-7785. He was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of the Third Bronze Star for outstanding services in Korean hostilities. The MASSEY won the battle efficiency E both years under his command. From Aug- 'NX k Sfm .L sl' gr ,. ffgxi ust 1951 until March 1953 he was Operations Ad- visor in the Bureau of Ships, Washington, D.C., and in May 1953 reported as Prospective Com- manding Officer of the USS JOHN S. MCCAIN. He assumed command of that destroyer leader when she was commissioned in October. In July 1955 he reported to the National War College. Upon graduation in June 1956 he was assigned to the Joint Plans Branch, Logistic Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department. In August 1958 he assumed command of the USS TRUCKEE. Under his command, the TRUCKEE won the first of her five E s consti- tuting her Gold E status. In July 1959, he was detached to command Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-TWO, and served with the Second and Sixth Fleets as screen commander. He was as- signed April 1960 to the faculty of the National War College, and in August 1962 was ordered to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, where he served as Head of the Plans Branch, Develop- ment Planning Division, and Deputy Director of the Development Programs Division. He assumed command of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla EIGHT on June 18, 1964. On January 3, 1965, he assumed command of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla TWELVE.

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CAPTAIN AUGUST W. ELLIOTT, IR. U. S. NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER USS SHANGRI-LA CVA-38 Captain Elliott was born in Rocky Mount, N.C., February 3, 1918. He attended the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., prior to entering the Naval Acad- emy in 1937. Upon graduation from Annapolis in 1941, he reported for duty aboard the destroyer USS CASE QDD-3703 and was serving on that ship during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He left CASE at Adak, Alaska, and proceeded to Orange, Tex., where he helped to put the destroyer USS JOHN RODGERS CDD-5743 in commission and served aboard her as Gunnery Officer until May 1943, when he was detached 'for flight training. He instructed in fighter aircraft at Naval Air Station, Sanford, Fla., until December' 1944 when he went to Fighter Squadron 41 CVF-415 based at North Island, Calif. He served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of VF-41, flying the FR-1 Ryan Fireball, first naval aircraft pow- ered by both jet and reciprocating engines. Following service as Aviation Officer and Fleet CIC Officer for Commander First Task Fleet, he became VAXVF Training Officer on the staff of Commander Fleet Air Jacksonville, Fla., in July 1948. His next assignment was the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base, Al- buquerque, N.M. He became Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 195 CVA-1953 in 1952 and deployed to the Korean Theater aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS ORISKANY CCVA-343. During the summer of 1953 he went to Washington, D.C., to serve as a member of the Weapons System Eval- uation Group and later attended the Naval War College. In 1956, he became the Operations Officer of USS INTREPID ICVA-113 and then served the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, as Capa- bilities and Requirements Officer in the Opera- tions Division. From August 1961 until April 1963 he was Operations Officer on the staff of Com- mander Seventh,Fleet. He commanded the fleet oiler USS NANTAHALA CAO-607 from June 1963 to June 1964. From July 1964 until August 1965, Captain Elliott served as Assistant Chief of Staff, Readi- ness, for Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. At- lantic Fleet. He took command of USS SHANGRI- LA CCVA-385 August 21, 1965. His service awards are the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two battle stars, the American Defense Medal with one star, the American Theater, World War II Victory, Korean Service, United Nations and National Defense Medals.