Ticonderoga (CVA 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Edward F. Gallagher, USN, Executive Officer Cdr. Edward F. Gallagher entered the Naval Service as a Seaman in June 1937. Fourteen months later he became a Midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy. The scheduled four years at Annapolis was cut to three-and-a-half as his class was accelerated and graduated two weeks after Pearl Harbor. Upon gradation he reported to the Gunnery Department aboard the USS North Carolina which at that time, was the Heet's first new battleship in 20 years. During his tour, the ship engaged in nine major campaigns and saw action from Guadalcanal to the Marshall Islands. The ship was hit at the Battle of East Solomons and received a torpedo in the same engagement in which the carrier Wasp was sunk. The North Carolina accounted for 14 planes during this engagementg Cdr. Gallagher's anti-aircraft sector was credited with three of them. After earning his wings and serving in the Japanese Occupation, he returned to Annapolis as a graduate to study aeronautical engineering, specializing in the stability and control of guided missiles. He continued his studies at MIT and received a Masters Degree in 1950. He has seen duty with the carriers FDR, Tarawa, and Midway as well as gnurs with Air Development Squadron-Two and the Armament Test Division at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent iver, Md. Cdr. Gallagher reported to the Ticonderoga in August after an assignment with the Bureau of Weapons in Wash- ington. He is married to the former Miss Carmen Martin of Pensacola, Fla. The Gallaghers now make theirhome with their five children in Coronado, Calif.

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O O O Captain John R. Mayher, USN, Executive Officer Captain John R. Mayher was born in Omaha, Neb. He attended college at Omaha University and also Baker Uni- versity in Baldwin City, Kan. Entering the Navy in January of 1941 under the Naval Air Cadet program, he was commissined Ensign and des- ignated a Naval Aviator six months later. Capt. Mayher served with Composite Squadron-4 during World War II where he saw duty as Operations Oihcer and Executive Oflicer. He was also leader of the Hghter component of the unit. In 1946 he was ordered to the Naval Air Reserve Training Command at Glenview Ill., where he served as CV Training Oilicer. After three years in that billet he received duty under instruction at Combat Intelligence Center School at Glenview for four months. . At the conclusion of this training Capt. Mayher was sent to Fleet Air Wing Training Unit Pacific as CIC Officer and Oflicer-in-Charge of Air Control School and also as a VF pilot. ln January of 1952 he reported to General Line School at Monterey, Calif., for the 12-month course there. He later, served as the Naval Liaison Oilicer for the Air Force's Tactical Air Command. Capt. Mayher is married to the former Miss Gloria J. Vaughan of Lake Forest, Ill. They have three sons, John Jr. Herbert and Peter. He was promoted to his present rank of captain shortly before being relieved as Executive Officer of Ticonderoga in July of this year. 6 s

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ahigaturs uf the rem Chaplain Spradling These men of the clothhNavy blue cloth-have no easy task in caring for a crew of nearly 3,000 men from every section of the United States, every form of environ- ment. At times they must be stern, at times solace is the answer. But alway they must be understanding. Under- standing of the hidden reefs of temptation and the unchart- ed reaches of the heart and mind. As an ehicient ship must have a good navigator, so too, must its crew have men to help each sailor navigate the perilous channels of life. The Ticonderoga is fortu- nate to have a pair of such spiritual directors-Cdr. David E. Spradling and Lcdr. Victor J. Ivers. Father Ivers 0 , 8 I