Stoddard (DD 566) - Naval Cruise Book

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07776525 Commander Theodore I, Murgzm, 131:11 .m:zfi::g Ofliccr nf the S'I'UIJIJ.XkIJ from If:-If unify lr IWC! through the prcncm, vnu, Inrn in I-infra:-I In-..r4:.r1 on MBE' ZH, 1918 SHUI UIlI1'5Il7fI 151 KIA' eff IJCCIJUTIIKI' I, IHIIII Il! XIJ1x'U!1,IIt'l1fgI.1 w'f'.m his Brest tnur nf duty un I1 bmi fin- INS NILXI. MIQXICU IBIS UU, Ifruzn !Iw NI'.I.I. NIIUXII Ii A. wcm ru Ihr IBS WHII'I'I,I-Q UI: fl A ' Axiialic FI:-vt, -.vrving an IIII' I'II1LfZfI'I'. - - I1-' I 1 In IU-IU, Ifmurnsuuh-r NIwrg.m r.-fnrzi.-.I 'U I N Y' MMI jHIm'lI I III' hqu.uIr4-fx ' III.1. ,I Il iswnlw-fl in vrqn-rmu-m.nI 1---Ifmng -.2 H..:,.n fr . IIIMII spvc1I ASV! xlxrtmv Im!! Ir: ' Mmm' 'I'nrp1'4Iw Hom! 5qu.uaIrffz: I L - ....,,,, 1M .I -2 A IJ! Ilulkm-IIy uf IIII'.N Ixlnlclr IXVINIIXIZII IIIHIU. IVIIIII' HI NIAIIIIJ .lIur.lI'4I I'I I Ia I In l'U!lIllll'IHIQ'lI Inf .uul r'.'u-um! .1 If ,Inpnm--w wrupu-:I re-frm-rf. I-.Iwniy 1-vmla-rl cupturr .mal rr.-I-v..-'I HIIIVI'-. IIIIN' 'I'R.XII.X,I.XIXIIf 1.x.u-. -.1lIu.w4w1-: Iimmlmn I uur!Iu Nlnrnm-N -In I'--rmf Wil! IWIII an pf!-slvllvr HI u..1r HI I-Ik .-XI IIN' 1'um'Iu-lull HI !Iu' -.w..xr I In Iiuwhug XIan'Imu'rv .mal NI.mn!.n.f IIHH ns an l.Ivuu-nam spun-wr gr.uI1- WPIII In I.I!ll' SVIIUUI IH N1'u.pnrI If 5K'!'Vt'tI its lIH'v.'r IIIVII Iv.mm'r'. UIIII1 MI':I.I.I':'IUIAIf I,.XI'.X IAN' .ls I'.IfwI I 1 mn' 11ne.QtL5-'fv Q A- -:mm I: 1 V- vm n XI w f XIV- .XI!Inn1gI1 I'I'.lI was Iewl Ill um ' -f XXII- :NN .f EE w V- I'.11x2L-, I'--rnm.smIv: Murgun I If I NN IIQXIZXI XINUIQ I f I I I I-I .1 !rmIn'l In: l'l' Imzllw II If Ixgw' I I a f i' II. IIIVH vprllwcl IIN' QIHI NIH! ,IW-I .x 1, 'sr ICI!II.IIIIIIl'I HI XXLIIYIKI XYLII' Ill' -I' .III'I XY'N.'1.IffII I-'-1 xx'-III ' XI 'fhfiff w v- I I 2 M In I.Igf.nm I-r .ut I54'lI1I4HJllHIl'l'lNlfIl'lI KW-Hx I II.-IM if' N' 12 YU-f'v In -Ilsgfw 'rnxgwrurm-:male-rut In IIIIT :UNI 5.1 JIIln,4Il4I fl-r If mm i'Y'qlT.I!TI .If :In I'n1w-rf-ity uf Iclnlmnml IIWII I w'-vw r r-'-.rx-.HI ':- I:1'x?vn.s:ar I1-rxmrxxlv-:mx IH III-'DU III- lIN'll 'f llfl v INN XIIIIXX 'IN uzirn I -1 '.x'Iae'n Ile' rrpnrtf'fI In thc' IISS mln Il II-'flzzmfiufaf XI'-M5121 ww- .fu-x:gf!1e'4fI in IIN- Nm-nl Ilrflngnlri' I'n:' :sw IX-M. IXRQ: E .-I .HMI IfI.'s.'n :HMI Upflfl prmlmtiutl I I.zr:. rrmraf I'Hrzit::.1mIr'r .fav-I1I11f'fI rhe- I'1XI'f'IlIIV6' I,m1'4'I s Mzffm Hivrv In ITUH Iw '.v.'1R IIKiILfNf'fI In rhq- KI'lNNI':'I'H II IIXIIIQY IIIlI'I Til .12 I'Qxf-I'11riw- I,I'IIf'f'T. I'H:um.z:1fnIf'r Hwrggm was I'l:f:f-c'11tivc- Umrer :mfI, SUI!- -r-gzzrnrij.. Il-rn:n.amI1np: fH'IHc'f-r uf thc- N:xv:xI fNI:ng:szi11c and Nw: IM-pl-I: .ar N.-wpnrv R, I. in 1938 :md 19.39. Ile than wr-nr :H :hr INS II.XNC'fK.'K VCV.-X199 as Gunnery 0253.-rr Ufrnnmnrlr-r Mnrgan mme In the S'I'ODIrJ.-XRD fr-vm :hu IIt'f4fIlQLlilfIl'fN of the Support .'Xc'tivilies, Saigon, 'Vu-r NKNI. which In- cnn1misAifrnccI in july 1962.

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u ,i 5 tal 8 ' 5 771770472726 Commander Charles L. Wall, Commanding Officer of the STODDARD from June of 1962 through February of 1964, graduated from Berea College in Kentucky in 1942. As a student he enlisted in the Navy's V-7 program, cotnmenc- ing active duty at the U.S. Navy Midshipmatfg School in October of 19412. He was commissioned Ensign, USNR, in February of 19-13. ln August of the same year, following further training in Diesel Engineering at Cornell Univer- sity and in Anti-Submarine VVarfare at Miami, lfloridzt, Idle was assigned as Engineering Oliicer of USS PC -181. Operating from Casablanca, Morocco, PC ,181 escorted convoys off North Africa and in the Mediterranean area with commander Wall athourd. lle assisted in the decommissioning and tlrltwrjt- nl that -,glint tu tltt- l'tt-nth fN.txy tn ,lttntt of lfltl-1 l'tttttttt.ttttlt-r Vhtll w.t- tht-tt .ts-tgttt-tl ln tht- V55 PC ISHS serving in the Pacific area, where he mrttet ntttftl nt the mt-.t ton ot ltw ,lnn.t llt- sttrx-ttl :ts lin 'inet-rin 1 Olhcer. Executive Oliicer :tml I I iw is t l'utttttt.ttttltttg Uthtvr -ti tlt.tt xt A tl I-'t-lltttt-:tag Wtttl-l War ll ht .tttt tttttl .t rt-gulnr Navy cotntnissitm and served as Director of Nnvn Utltvtr l'tuwttrtttntt1t, St.tttlt. XX'.t lnttgttttt trot-nt .l:ttttmt'y 19-17 until August of that year. Comtnantler Wttl tht-tt stun-h-d nt tht Nami Mtn- t.tl lint Stltool tn Newport. lil prior to becoming Executive Oiiicer of the V53 lll.Xl'lll'.NKU .Xl'lt1i,',1 tn ultttttt til lfllfi, llttrtng tht- littrt-.nt tlttttltrz, t7 tnttmndt r XX':tll st-rx-t-tl :ts Cotntnztntling Officer of the USS LS'l'l12Ifl and its Utwmttotis ttlht-er ot' the V55 Ill-1NIlI-LlQSt JN IJIJ 735 . hoth operating in Korean waters. Followint-Z 'll' l. 'lll 'l- ll N1'l'i'i no UlliV'f U1 9il1ftUlf'- VS. Navy Recruiting Station and Ofhce of Naval OfiiCCf l'rm'ttrt'titt-ttt in L.ll1t'li'tI1A3ll, Ohio, llu Kim-tcr's degree in lin-iness .'Xdministration :tt Xavier Vttivetsity, In .Xttgust 1935. he lwmttie lixecutivt- Utlit-gr nf tht- VS5 fUXll l'UN ITU T03 and relieved :ts Ctttnmantling Uiiit'v..'t tif Xiu' V55 lililflxvl ,-XPIiD1g:.1 in xjarch of l SUT, l-'nllowing duty with tht Nm-ft-ilk group- -.xdlamic Rtsserve lilmt. until August 19:31, ht- tt-3, aggigned ag U lf'UlI -'xfblfiillil Chief of Staff. ,l-l Division United Nmlmlf CWWNGUIJ. VS. Force-s. Korea until relieving as Cezntitmtding Otlicer of the STODD.-XRD, Cemtnander Vl'all is married to the former lean E lrlamsen of Forest Grove. Oregon. They have three sons :md IWU daughters. ring this period. from ,lztnuztry 19515 to july 1955, he obtaittffil 3 ,..1.- I 'xi X' ,S ,A we , ,wi --.vi . , ' .ae viz' -t 32. 'i t. 1 V 'P' 4, 1

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57562177715 0777622 Commander Charles A. Whitmore graduated from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned Ensign, United States Navy, on June 6, 1948. His first duty station was aboard the USS HAMNER CDD 718D, a unit of the last division of destroyers based at Tsing Tao, China. HAMNER was one of the first ships to leave San Diego for the Korean Confiict. From the Hamner, Commander Whitmore wen: to a four-month electronic school and from there went to the USS MCDERMUT CDD 6775 and helped to recommission her for action in the Korean Contiicl, McDERMUT operated with a Fast Carrier Task Force and participated in shore bombardment of the North Korean coastal defenses. ln 3 i'1Tfi4'l 4 -,zap L1 1 1 HIS l'as1-grncinate School at Monterey, California. His next assign- vu 'nv X. 1 'zir X' mm. l' fr. z 1 uxvmlwr of Ci TMDISSRUN 12 Staff On the USS COMPTON CDD 7051 ivrusizatf I-ww N.. iq ! l ' 'fvl V '1 V' ' F T il 4F-zmzmqamlrr' Whitmore served a tour of shore duty at the Long Bench t-,JE surf:---1 Ht V Kfi rm ml :hr V55 RllSSlil,l, COUNTY CLST1090D as Commanding Oflicer. llc 'e-'- - fsi 5 l '- 13 2 I - zffzrmrifiier' :tml was made Division Commander of 1ST DIVISION 52. Vim l 'fl' U fri tht- STIJIJDARD, Commander Whitmore was attached to lhv I l'l W Ui VW -f N fi :Un Srriimi and attended the Naval War College at Newport, R.l. X ii' i:ili'ili ui 'f 'Q if. liflflwrn. their two daughters and son, Charley, reside at 2l8'U' w':m:,k .r-.- mit QTE- Nieeting ui the minds C