Shelton (DD 790) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE DFFICER LCDH Wagner entered the US Naval Academy in lune of 1942, shortly after the outbreak of WW ll. Under the accelerated war program, he graduated in Iune of 1945 but was of the class of '46, As a newly commissioned Ensign, LCDR Wagner attended Naval Mine Warfare School, at Yorktown, Va. From the Mine Warfare School, he was sent to the USS PARTRIDGE CAMS 315 as Engineering Officer and ultimately as Skipper. He left the PARTRIDGE in March of '48 for duty aboard the USS STRIBLING CDD 8871. Aboard the STRIBLING, LCDR Wagner acted in the capacity of Engineering Officer, which duties he held until February '51. From February '51 until December '53 LCDR Wagner was attached to Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Albuquerque, New Mexico. During his tour of duty with the Special Weapons Project, he was attached to several of the Fleet's newest ships as a Special Weapons Liaison Officer, charged with the task of introducing the current arsenal into operational readiness. In December '53 LCDR Wagner received his second command, that of Com- manding Officer of USS REVENGE CAM 110.7 Immediately prior to his coming to the SHELTON, LCDR Wagner was Officer in Charge of the ASW School, Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Va. It was during this tour that Mr. Wagner was promoted to his present rank. LCDR Wagner reported aboard the SHELTON in September of 1957. No stranger to the Far East, LCDR Wagner has spent thirty months in WestPac prior to this Cruise. He has also participated in six Med Cruises covering a period from 1948 to 1954.

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