Shelton (DD 790) - Naval Cruise Book

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- Nbr. TL' EGF?-fi? in its -'i i A C . f Qv X .AXQ Nix .fix Wi, FBS . X I X EN ixfgg NN Xx , if C.. QNX 1 X 'FQ 'Q Q M. Nvswwg Q i r N I C .. 'W' 3 6 MARCH 1957 While in Yokosuka, Change of Command Ceremonies took place aboard the USS SHELTON, and the responsibility for the ship passed into the hands of our new Captain-Commander I. V. Wilson. , Commander Wilson is a member of the U. S. Naval Academy's class of l939. His first billets were in the gunnery departments aboard the USS PENNSYLVANIA CBB 387 and the USS PABBOT CDD 2187. He has seen duty as Executive Officer, Engineer Officer, and First Lieutenant aboard the USS SHAD CSS 2357 and as Commanding Officer of the USS CUTLASS CSS 4787. The Captain's remaining sea duty was spent aboard the USS El.. DORADO CAGC l.l7 in the billet of Executive Officer. He has attended several schools: the Submarine School at New London: the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School at Annapolis, where he took an ordnance course in physics-electronics: and the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was conferred the degree of Master of Science. Commander Wilson has also served as Material Planning and Project Officer with the Surface Anti-submarine Development Detachment, Ordnance Technical Planner in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Administrative Officer and Senior Armed Forces Police Officer of Olango in the Philippine Islands. Commander Wilson has been on cruises in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He saw action during World War II aboard a destroyer off the Dutch East Indies and aboard a submarine during five patrols. The Captain wears the following devices and decorations: the Submarine Insignia, Submarine Combat Pin, Bronze Star Medal, Silver Star Medal, and various area and campaign medals. Commander Wilson assumed command of USS SHELTON on 6 March 1957. I I . t i r 1 l t I I i l t I

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Taiwan Patrol, the Kyushu Patrol, and Task Force 77. She also visited such places as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sasebo, and Yoko- suka. During theliorean conflict she made three tours to the Western Pacific, her first taste of battle being in l95l. The SHELTON participated in all phases and all areas of operations against the enemy. At one time or another she operated with the Past Car- rier Task Force 77, The Shore Bombardment and Blockade Group of Task Force 95. The Tiawan Patrol Group of Task Force 72, and the Hunter-Killer Group of Task Force 96. During the conflict the SHELTON has made several cruises to the Par East. ln l954 she participated in Operation Flaghoist at lwo lima, in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the capture of the island by U.S. forces. ln 1956 she took part in the thermo-nuclear bomb tests held at Bikini and Eniwetok, in the Marshall Islands. The ship is now making her eighth cruise to the F ar East, the most interesting cruise of all. The itinerary of this trip is outlined in the pictures and stories on the following pages of this book. 15

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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.