Stevenson (DD 645) - Naval Cruise Book

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- dog 'zczfzgisi ' USTEVENSONH -is for the Sailors who loved her and sailed her. -is for the Times in years to come that we will think of her -is for Everything that she meant to us. -is for the Victory she so gallantly fought for. -is for the Ensign she so proudly ilew for any to challenge. -is for the Nineteenth squadron she so knightly led. -is for the many Seas she sailed through. -is for the great Odds that could never keep her down. -is for the North star that guided her home. -U-iw' f- ---4,-ff,-9.,...-.s..5,.i.,,,i,,,,...,

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.-f I SWMQ4 mc! 52.264, MARKESON VARLAND, the Skipper . . . Tall, slim, sparse blonde . . . Norwegian. Reserved with an air of deep thought. Illinois-bred, he was a student at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, prior to his appointment to Annapolis from which he was commis- sioned Ensign in May, 1940. His first year of duty was aboard the U.S.S. Salt Lake City. As an Armed Guard Officer he served aboard tankers and Liberties before going to Ad- vanced Gunnery School, Washington, D. C. Finally came to rest in destroyers as gun- nery Officer and Exec. of the U.S.S. MCCKENZIE. Duty as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. IOHN R. PIERCE immediately preceded his command of the STEVE. His wife, Virginia Swift, trails her husband about the country like any dutiful Navy Wife. Like many an- other Navy careerist, Captain Varland smiles wistfully and talks gleefully of that shore job in the States , but he is at his best in an Officers Club in some foreign clime. Last address 3107 East State St. Rd., Rockford, Ill. me and 'Cousin Bull' . . . joining IOHN DREW, Long lohn . . . came aboard as Gunnery Officer in Ulithi . . . with a Missouri drawl and boyish grin. . . King-size naval officer . . . efforts as dietician intro- duced marked improvement in Vfardroom Mess and lightened iob of Mess Treasurer. . . Mighty proud of his 5 Inch Machine Guns . . . No. l advocate of traveling light as a result of his many adventures. . . Hey, Sailors! Anyone going ashore? . . . an enthu- siastic member of the quartet and a pretty sharp softball pitcher. . . Iohn is hoping for a little Stateside duty with Marian and their family of two but being a regular he knows only too well where the good sailors go. . . Last address 250 Maywood Drive. San Francisco, Cal. HARVEY S. HERRICK . . . My initials are 'H. S.'- the STEVE in Seattle, S. immediately became No. l Promoter of California in gen- eral and San Francisco in particular . . . dilletante in classical architecture and German. . . . Spinner of salty yarns and shore-leave sagas. . . Reminiscences with Manley about the Old Navy . . . Packed off to Gunnery School at Pearl. . . Step-father of O. B. Riley and mustached brother of Richard Ney. . . Tokyo and the World Cruise only added to Harv's reputation as shipboard artist and gunsmith plus establishing him as Supreme Souvenir Collector . . . Gunnery Officer and Exec. In undergraduate days at University of California majored in N.R.O.T.C. and was graduated as Commander in the California Navy. . . After graduation came training at Submarine Base, New London, Conn., short cruise on U.S.S. CUTTLEFISH, and duty on U.S.S. LAWRENCE operating in Alaskan wa- ters. Seriously considering the Navy as a career C Make me an offer! J . . . Otherwise Harv will return to San Francisco Cby all meansli and await-the mobilization of the Cal- ifornia Navy. . . NoW did I ever tell you about the time on the LAWRENCE that . . .? Can be reached at 1245 California St., San Francisco, Cal. PAUL BILL TAFT KENDALL EXECUTIVE STAFF OFFICER DES RON 19 LT CMDR GREEN HOPKINS, PAYNE CAPT. CONNOR CAPT. STOUT, CMDR. WILSON 75 -Y - .... Tw., Am Q-.uf lm-.L we-t '-