Stribling (DD 867) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER REAVES H. BAYSINGER, JR. LCDR, USN L-ieuTenanT Commander Peaves H. Baysinger Jr. was horn in Norwich, New York on I6 April I926- HG graduaTed from The Naval Academy in 1949. PeTained aT The Academy for his AThleTic abiliTy he was As- sisTanT Coach of The Plebe fooTball Team in The fallof I9419. He ioined The USS PHILIPPINE SEA CCV 47l in i950 and served in Korean WaTers unTil l952. AfTer aTTending Mine Warfare School he served in The USS REDSTART CMSF 378D unTil i953 again in Korean WaT . L' , ers ieuTenanT Commander Baysinger nexT served as ExecuTive Officer of The USS CONSTANT IMSO 4271 unTiI I955 when he was senT To The Navy SecTion of The MiliTary AssisTance Group in Paris. In 1957 he served in hisfirsT desfroyer Type as Execufive Officer of The USS JACK VV. WILKE CDE 8005. Transferred To Duke Universify as a Naval Science InsTrucTor he alsodid posT graduaTe STudies from i959 To l96l . AfTer a Tour aT The Naval War College, LieuTenanT Commander Bay- singer was assigned To The STPIBLING as ExecuTive Officer on 16 J l I962. U Y LieuTenanT Commander Bayslnger is married. He and his wife, Carol, have Two daughTers, Lisa, 09941 and Lynne, age 2,

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CUMMANDI G OFFICER ioiiiv D. BAILEY coiviMANpER, usm , 1 4 ,fi . M f Q? 'f 11 C if 'T 1 . . ,,,,,, .,., f i Commander John O. Bailey, a naTive oT Erie, Pennsylvania, aTTended schools in l3iTTsburg prior To maTri- culaTion aT Villanova UniversiTy where he was awarded a B.S. degree in M.E. Upon graduaTion in l911l1, he proceeded To The Midshipman School aT NorThwesTern Uni versiTy and was commissioned in March l945. The Commander's TirsT duTy assignmenT saw him reporTing To HALSEY POWELL COO 6865 where he remained unTil The end oT The Second World War. Erom Eebruary i946 unTil OcTober oT ThaT year, he served in MUSTIN TDD 11l3l, leaving her Tor duTy wiTh The STaTT oT Commander in Chief, l3aciTic EleeT. AreTurn To sea Tound The Commander sTaTioned in GURKE COO 7B3l. Ouring This Tour The ship parTicipaTed in The Korean War, notably aT The lnchon landing. Erom AugusT T951 unril Eebruary TQ53, he acTrd as Tlag secreTary To Commander OesTroyer EloTilla One, Tollowing This wiTh an insTrucTor's biller aT The EleeT Sonar School in San Oiego. MARION COUNTY CLST 9755 was The TirsT of his commands. ln l956, he again assumed command, on This occasion of KEMPER COUNTY CLST 8541. The Commander aTTended The U.S. Naval lnTelligence School in WashingTon as a l3osT OraduaTe sTudenT and concenTraTed in Erench language sTudies. This Training was fiUiCl4ly puT To work when he became The AssisTanT Naval ATTache To Morocco aT The UniTed STaTes Embassy in RabaT in January l959. Commander Bailey was direcTed To assume command of The STRlBl.lNO TOO 8675 in Eebruary T961 and boarded her as she neared The compleTion of a year-long rehabiliTaTion and modernizaTion program. ' Commander Bailey will be relieved aT Command of The STRIBLINO on 23 March i963 aT which Time he will proceed To San Oiego To become Chief oT STaTT, Pl-TIBBON ONE. ln addiTion TO various service awards, The Commander is a holder of a Bronze STar, awarded Tor valianT service aT lnchon Beach, and The Navy UniT CommendaTion Medal. '

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