Topeka (CLG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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,Q I WWE A WESTPAC -- 29 NOVEMBER-28 MAY 1966 29 NOV 9 DEC 15 DEC 17 DEC 19 DEC 6 JAN 8 JAN 14 JAN 17 JAN 20 JAN 21 JAN 23 JAN JAN JAN JAN FEB FEB FEB MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR 1 APR 3 APR 6 APR 8 APR S APR 10 APR 16 APR 21 APR 3 MAY 12 MAY 16 MAY 19 MAY 9 DEC 9 DEC 15 DEC 17 DEC 19 DEC 6 JAN 8 JAN 14 JAN 17 JAN 21 JAN 21 JAN 23 JAN 26 JAN 26 JAN 29 JAN 31 JAN 18 FEB 1 MAR 23 FEB 1 MAR 1 MAR 6 MAR 16 MAR 20 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR 1 APR 31 MAR 3 APR 6 APR 8 APR 8 APR 10 APR 15 APR 21 APR 8 MAY 27 APR 12 MAY 10 MAY 16 MAY 28 MAY 19 MAY 28 MAY 28 MAY USS TOPEKA CLG-8 TRANSIT CHOP TO COMSEVENTHFLT ENROUTE SUBIC BAY IN PORT SUBIC BAY ENROUTE YANKEE STATION TASK FORCE 77, TONKIN GULF I ENROUTE SUBIC BAY IN PORT SUBIC BAY I I YANKEE STATION A TASK FORCE 77, TONKIN GULF' . I Q TASK FORCE 77, FORMATION REGATTANJ ENROUTE SUBIC BAY I. 1 A 1IJ I6 'q 6 I A IN PORT SUBIC BAY I - ' ' I I.fJ1 P6f247' i ENROUTE MANILA IJ ' I IN PORT MANILA BAY ENROUTE NGFS CORPS AREA I PROVIDING NGFS IN SUPPORT OF MARINE FORCES ASHORE IN OPERATION DOUBLE EAGLE ' RELIEVED USS OKLAHOMA CITY DIRECTING NGFS IN CORPS AREAS I AND II QUANG TRI INCIDENT IST BRIGADE 101ST DIVISION TUY HOA RELIEVED BY USS CANBERRA ENROUTE YOKOSUKA IN PORT YOKOSUKA ENROUTE HONG KONG IN PORT HONG KONG ENROUTE SUBIC BAY IN PORT SUBIC BAY RADM T S KING JR COMCRUDESFLOTELEVEN RELIEVED RADM D G IRVINE COMCRUDESFLOT THREE AS COMCRUDESGRUSEVENTHFLT ENROUTE DAVAO CITY MINDANAO IN PORT DAVAO ENROUTII SUBIC BAY IN PORT SUBIC BAY ENROUTE YANKEE STATION IVIISSILE SHOOT TASK FORCE 77 TONKIN GULF NGFS CORPS II AREA TONKIN GULF IN SUPPORT OF 22ND RVN AIRBORNE DIVISION TASK FORCE 77 TONKIN GULF RADM W H BAUIVIBERGER COMCRUDESPAC VISITS TOPEKA ENROUTE YOKOSUKA MISSILE SHOOT OKINAWA IN PORT YOKOSUKA DEBARK RADM T S KING JR ENROUTE LONG BEACH OUTCHOP SEVENTHFLT CHOP FIRSTFLT ENROUTE LONG BEACH LONG BEACH CALIFOR IA 26 I I I I 11 I I A 1 I - I' 20 5 ,, ' ' -- 1 I - - Q 'Q A A 'ff YQ.. 4 . - 2 , I 9 , X ,:wXg,w,i 31 4 .U 1. 1 I , I L 4 4 4 I -X i. gi I 1 J fy . ' 4 I ' ' Xu! . 4 Ll Qu. V

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COMMANDI CAPTAIN THOMAS C. BUELL USN Captain Thomas C. Buell, USN, born February 18, 1919 in Santiago, Chile, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd T, Buell. Before entering the U, S, Naval Academy in June 1937, he attended the University of Arizona for one year. He was graduated from the academy in 1941. The Pacific based destroyer USS HELM, was Captain Buell's first duty station. HELM was in Pearl Harbor on December 7, and was the first warship to get underway and sortie on that fateful morning. While aboard HELM, Captain Buell saw action in several campaigns in the South Pacific, Participated in the capture of the Marianas, Guam and the battle of the Eastern Philippines. In September 1944, Captain Buell was assigned to the precommissioning crew of the destroyer USS HUGH PURVIS, at Norfolk. He then commanded the destroyer escort USS HODGES and the destroyer USS RHIND. Captain Buell was ordered to the United States Postgraduate School in July 1946, for advanced study in engine- ering electronics. After graduation Captain Buell commanded the destroyer escort USS RABY before reporting for a three-year tour of duty as tactical and plans officer at Operational Development Forces Surface's Anti-Submarine Development Detachment, Key West, Florida. In December 1953, he took command of the destroyer USS ORLECK for a two-year tour that included parts of three deployment periods to the Western Pacific. Detached in December 1956, Captain Buell reported to the U.S Naval Ordnance M' '1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1ss1 e Test Facility, White Sands Missile Range, for two years as executive and operations officer. He was also officer in charge of Guided Missile Unit 21, which flight tested the TALOS guided missile. In' November of 1958 he took command of Mine Squadron NINE in Long Beach, California, where the training of foreign MAP mine-sweepers was included in his duties. Chief of Naval Operations was his next duty station wherei 1960 A g . . , n , Captain Buell was assigned to the staff of the Ship Characteristics Board. After attending the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, Class of 63, he assumed command of the amphibious flagship USS TACONIC, Captain Buell took command of TOPEKA November 13, 1964. ' Captain Buell is married to the former Miss Jacqueline Osborne of Montclair, New Jersey, and has three children -- Carol, Catherine and David. OFFICER