Shea (DM 30) - Naval Cruise Book

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r f C. C. KIRKPATRICK Commander, U. S. Navy Commander Charles Chili Kirkpatrick, who was appointed a midshipman from the Navy-at-Large Iune Sfl, 19127, and commissioned an Ensign Iune 4, 1931, holds three Navy Crosses and the Army's Distinguished Service Medal. The Navy Crosses were awarded for his outstanding work as commanding officer of a submarine which completed highly successful war patrols in Iaipanese home waters during the months that followed the outbreak of warf In addition to other varied duties during his naval career, Commander Kirkpatrick served as aide and flag lieutenant to Fleet Admiral Ernest 1. King from early 19413 until Iune 29, 11944. From that assignment, during which he was made Commander on November l, 19413, Commander Kirkpatrick reported on August 32? to Staten Island, New York, to take command of the U.S.S, S1-IEA. 'ilrifrir Shipmates of the Shootin' Shea:- This little book is to be our reminder of the hours and days We have spent together. Since time began, a Man-of-War has always reflected the hearts and minds of the men who ride her decks. You must be justly proud for you gave your ship a Fighting I-le-art. From all walks of life you came aboard with vigor and vitality that never failed in times of stress and strain. To you-to those we left behind-my thanks and appreciation for your cheerful cooperation at all times and your intelligent performance of duty. ' Q i J C. C, KIRKPATRICK. 1 Commander, U. S. Navy. ..f51..

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I E. F. BALDRIDGE I Liezzzfemmzf Commander, U. S. Navy The present Commanding Officer of the SHEA is Lieutenant Commander E E B ld 'd U o I. . a ri ge, . S. Navy, of Annapolis, Maryiland Appointed to the U S Naval Acad l934 , . . emy in , he graduated and was commissioned as Ensign. on Iune 2, 1938, and reported on board the giant aircraft carrier SARATOGA for his first tour of sea duty. After this he served successive tours of duty in destroyers in the Atlantic Fleet. After serving successively as Engineer Officer and Executive Officer of the U.S.S. TERRY 'CDD-'5fl3l in the Solomons Campaign, he was assigned Command of the U.S.S. PREBLE CDM-201, later assuming the additional duties of Commander Mine Division One. Lieutenant Commander Baldridge has been awarded two Bronze Star Medals. The first from Admiral Bull Halsey for his services in the TERRY when she participated in th E 1 e mpressi Augusta Bay assault, l Novem'ber 1943, at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, when two heavy air raids were beaten off The second Bronze St M . ar edal was awarded him by Vice Admiral T. S, Wilkenson, Third Fleet Amphibious Force Command f ' er, or services rendered as Commanding Officer of the PREBLE when that vessel successfully entered an enemy mine field off the Palau Islands 13 S on eptember l944 and rescued 96 survivors from a sister ship which had struck a mine and was sinking. In. addition, he wears the American Defense Ribbon with a bronze letter A for operations against the Germans prior to Pearl Harbor, the American European and Pacific The t Rb , aer i' bons, the latter with four stars, and the Philippine Liberation ri'bbon with two, stars. MESSAGE TO THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. SHEA ' The SHEA has impressed me from the first da I . - Y SGW her as sa ship with a fighting spirit. Long before I knew I would ever be her Captain, I went on board and looked her over from st t em 0 Sfeffl, Or 'df tb 'd t b'l . Sh th f' t 2200 tonner I had seen and I looked her over out of cu ' 't n rom rl ge O 1 ge e WGS e Us riosi y. The SHEA wa t P l th h h S t after being hit. I didn't know where or how she had been hit I stopped S G em en' on er Way back to t e tu es - ' CI memb f th f I r and asked him, What happened to the SI-IEA? His repl ' - err? - e Crew Q ter had looked at the damage y was classic. I-le said, S , 1 ' 1 knew she had that old never-say-die spirit, for he did not say We were h't b lr We rammed G Baku bomb' BY thls h . . . . , ' 1 Y CI BCIICCI bomb or A Baka bomb hit us. He p rased his answer in a way that indicated the aggressive spirit of the Sl-IEA The man for whom the SI-IEA was named heroically gave his lit f 1 . . . . e or hi 1 i I ' - aid down theirs in the bitter struggle As long as there S Colm ry and many of the SHEA S Crew 1 k 1 ewise r are oceans to sail th ' ff - living monument to their memories, can e SHOOTIN SHEA cmd her Crew W111 be G E. F. BALDRIDGE Lieutenant Commander, USN Commanding, U.S.S. SHEA fDM30l -1 4 fm

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THESE ARE THIE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE U.S.S. SHEA Cdr. Charles C. Kirkpatrick' Lt, Cdr. Elward F. Baldridge Lt. Cdr. Willard Y. Howell' Lt. Cdr. Thomas O. Marshall' Lt. Richard B. Fowler' Lt. Benjamin F. Stapleton' Lt. Richard L. Greiner' Lt. Edward R. Frisby Lt. George L. Dibble' Lt. Robert N. Greenfield Lt. Wayne E. Dorman Lt. Cjgi Orland H. Ellis' Lt. Cjgb William ini Kuyper' Lt. Cjgi Henry M. Hood At Okinawa. Killed -in Action, 'k ABNEY, Jack Wesley, WTlfc ABSALOM, Julian Arlin', SK2fc ADDISON, Claude Arthur, Slfc AMBESI, Anthony Dominick, MN3fclTI ANASTASIO, John George', MMIfc ANDERSEN, Norman William, CM2fclTl ANDERSON, Robert Richard, S2fc ANDREGO, Tony Michael, Slfc ASHBY, George DeWayne ', SIfclRMl ARCH, John Francis, MMIfc ARY, William Lewis, CFClAAllTI AUGUSTINE, Howard Arthur, Slfc AUVIL, Dale Elmer, Flfc AYERS, Boyd Rucker, F2fc BABB, Victor Lee, CRMIPAI BAKER, James lnI', StMlfc BARKER, George Lyman, SIfclRMl BARLETT, Ralph Edward, Flfc BARRAU, Albert John, GM2fc BARRETT, Mervil Richard, WT3fciTl BATES, Joseph Leo, RdM3fc BARWOOD, Edward Russell, Slfc BEACHAM, Clinton Edward, GM2fc BEADLE, Edward Richard, MN3fc BEATTY, John Webster, Jr., Flfc A BEBEE, William Ward', S2fc I . BECKER, Chalmer William, GM3fclTl BEHNKE, George Henry, Slfc BENNETT, Harold Wayne, Ylfc ' BELL, Ralph Tovane,F2fc BENSLEY, Raymond Howard, Flfc BEMENT, Robert Edwin, SM3fclTI' BERRY, Loyd C ', CMM BIRCH, Arthur Daniel, S2fc BIRNBAUM, Samuel, lnISlfc BLANCHARD, Charles W , F2fc BLECKE, Kenneth 'WilIiam, SlfclFCOI BLOUNT, Willie lnI', St3fc BLL E, Robert Lindsay, SC3fc BOISJOLY, Harvey Anthony, GM3fc BOLES, Jerry Joseph, F2fc BOESSEL, Henry William , S2fc BOLOGA, Lee lnlFIfctWTI BOLSTAD, Saunder Martin, FC2fc BORSHAY, Samuel lnl CEMIAAI BOUDRIE, Harley Joseph, RT3fclTI BOWEN, George Hershel, Flfc BOYER, Jack Tinker, SKIfc BOYLAN, Charles lnlWT2fc I BRACKEN, Thomas James, Jr., F2fc ' BRADLEY, Joseph Paul Lee, StMIfc BRECHTEL, Frederic Earl, 'FC2fc BREWER, HaroIdiHeriry, Flfc BROCK, William Lee, S2fc . BRODEUR, Edgar Felix, EM2fc BROWN, John Victor, SC2fc BROWN, Luther Floyd, SIXCIFCOI BROWN, John Rowland , MNIfc BRYAN. E P , Jr., CMMIPAI BRUGGINK, Dale WesIey ', S2fc BRYANT, Wallace Preston, Slfc BURGE, George Elmer ', OM2fc BURGENER, Dwight John W. ', S2fcIRdMl i , 'A' Lt, fjgj Robert I. Iohnsoni' LT- UQI lohn W. Markson' Lt, Cjgi Fred I. Manor' Lt. 'fjgi P. Dean Graham' Lt, Cjgi Harold E. Carlsonk Lt, fjgl Charles B. OWGRS Lt, ljgi Donald E. Barnier Lt, ljgj William H. Barnes' Lt, Cjgi Donald W. Love' Lt, ljgi William H. Blaser Q Lt, fjgj W, Lawrence Moore Lt, fjgj Iames A. Young' Lt Cjgi C. Richard Calk-ins Lt, Cjgj Norman C. Healy 'k iz ik' if BURK, Ray Newell, CMMlPAl BYERS, Brandon Excell, Slfc CAINES, Harry RoyaIs ', RT3fC CADDEN, Joseph Aloysius, CMM CALHOUN, William Morris, OM2fclTl CALLICUTT, Earl Flem, S2fc CAMERON, Percy Staire, WT2fc CAMPBELL, Paul Warren ', StMIfc CANAZZI, Thomas Michael. Slfc CARRIGAN, James Edwin, OM3fclTl CARSON, James Vernontk, F2fc CARROLL, Thomas Francis, SoM2fc CASE, Robert Lewis, SoMlfc CASBIER, Noel Elwood, GMlfc CASCIANO, Anthony John, Y3fc CHEATWOOD, Edley Wadda, GM2fc CHRISTENSEN, Merlin Eugene', F2fc CLAVIN, John James, RM3fc CLEAR, George William', Slfc COCKRELL, Eugene Chester, Blfc COHEN. Bernard lnl Slfc ' COLE, William Wesley, FCO2fclTI CONWAY, Roger Clement, MaM3fc COOPER, George Henderson, Jr., Flfc COOPER, Paul ini Slfc ' CORBITT, George J , Flfc CORDELL, Orville Eugene, RM3fc COSGROVE, Ray Dennis', F2fC COTTON, William James, SF2fclTI COUBAROUS, Steve Nicholas, Jr., Stlvllfc COUNTRYMAN. R D , S2fc ' CROSS, Harold Thomas, Jr., .BMIfc CRAIG, Richard Lewis, BM2fc CUMMINGS, Francis John, Flfc COWARD, George Latham ', MM2fc CRAWFORD, 'Perry Eugene ', F2fc CURRY, Benjamin Franlclin ', S2fc DAILY, William Henry,iBMlfc DAVIS, David George ', S2fc DASHNAW, Francis Eugene, S2fc DAUGHERTY, Carl Fredericlc, S2fc DAVIS, John Bernard, Slfc DAVIS, Milton Myers, Slfc DENNEN, Philmore Harold, FClRl3fc DeSTEFANO, James lnl RdM3fclTI DiDlO, William Patsy, F2fc I DINGLE, Leo Ross, S2fc DITRICK, Gilbert Bradley , CPhM DIX, Michael Frank, RT2fclTl I DIXON, William Pearson, CBMIPAI DOJACK, Joseph Anthony, RdM3fc DOK, John Leonard, OM3fclTl DMETROSHKOl Alex lnlf, MN2fc DOMKE, Harold lnl SC,Ifc , DOSS, Paul James, S2fg DOTY, Robert Eugene, MNZXC DORWART, Noel Siggins', QM3!C DREW, John Swain, Jr., MM2fclTI DUNCAN. George Alexancler', S215 DYAL, Ernest Gene, Slfc EASTMAN, Frederick Ellsworth FlfClMM, EICHELBERGER. J if Q, ECO ENGLE, Donald EiiDgCeh13 Y, SMlfc 3!cITl Men who have come aboard since May 4, 1945. -itil- Lt, fjgy George D. Godfrey Lt. l jgj Edward R. Lewis Lt, fjgj Ralph A. L. Bogan Ens. Charles O. Spencer Ens., Roscoe N. Miller Ens. Arthur S. Brown Ens. Leo i1'1'I Fisher Eng, Robert E. Hampson Ens. Walter Kirchner Lt, Iohn S. Silva' Lt, ljgi Kenneth Hodge Lt, fjgi Iames Barnhill' Lt. ljgi Leon Walsh' ELLIS, Leo Francis, RdM2fc EVINS, John WiIIiam', SIfclSMI ESPOSITO, Arthur lnl Slfc FARRY, George Washington, MoMMlfc FANGER, Donald Wil-burt, F2fc FEEZOR, Melvin Eugene', SC3fc FELTON, Robert Eugene, Slfc FETCHIK, William Edward, SF3fclTl FINCH, John Chris, Slfc FINCH, William lnl Slfc FISHER, Norman Compton, WT3fc FITZGERALD, Edward lnl Slfc FLAHERTY, Thomas Henry, RT2fclTl FLANAGAN, Horner Hogg, Jr., MN2fclTI FLYNN, Charley Daniel, Jr., S2fc FREY, Ralph Jacob, SoM3fc FROENDHOFF, Harry Herman, Jr., SoM3fc GARNER, Carl J , S2fc GIBBONS-NEFF, Grellet lnl OMIfc GILLESPIE, Altred Johnson, S2fc GILLHAM, Buel Max, RdM3fclTI GODWIN, William Otwell, Slfc GOODALL, Jack Lee, Slfc GRAMICCIONI, Angelo lnl Slfc GREENE, Edgar AIIen', FC3fc GREEN, Jett lnl S2fc GREENE, Claude Burwell, Jr., S2fc GREER, Burnard Ray, GM2fc GRIFFITH, Thomas Herbert, GMIfc . GUNNELL, Jack Howard , S2fc GUTHRIE, Olyn James', SC2fc HALL, Howard Ruthtord, StM2fc V HALL, Robert Jewell, SSMB2fciTl HANSEN, Eugene John, SM2fc HARRIS. Clyde Oste-en, S2fc HANSON, Robert August, GM2fc HAUS, Charles Proctor, CoxlTI HASELOW, Gene' Lawrence', F2fc HELM, Paul Edgar, Slfc HASSINGER, Elvin Eugene', S2fc HAUSHER, Dominic Anthony, Jr. ', OM2fc HICKS, Lester Lee, Slfc HILL, William Henry, MMIfclTI HITCHCOCK, Arthur Leroy', MN2fc HOFFMAN, Hugh Howard, Jr. SIfclYI HOLBROOKS, Thomas Jetterson, S2fc HOLLERAN. George Joseph Flfc HOLZWARTH, Robert Junior ', S2fc HOLLOWAY, Jewell Less, S2fc' HOPPE,'CarI R , F2fc HORAK, Edward Thomas, FC3fc HOUSLEY, Guy Lee, BMlfc . HRASTICH, William.Christ FCIfc .. HUBBARD, William Hustace lII', RdM3fc HUDSON, Earl Mason ,Slfc HUFF, Bennie Lee, StM2fc HUNT, Zeb Vance, F2fc HUTTINGER. Joseph Anthony, SoM3fc INGRAM, Herm lnl FIfclEMl JANSOONE, Frank Arend, MM2fc JARRELL. Joseph Albert, Cox JACOBS, Richard Moss , SIfclRdMl JOHNSON, Louie Houston, FC2fc