Truckee (AO 147) - Naval Cruise Book

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,T . S. S. TRUCICEE KAC-I.47I Care of FIee+ Post Office New York, New York l May l960 Bainbridge took I ' Will iam Straits of Since September of l800 when Captaln the Zu gun ship U.S.S. GEORGE WASHTNGTON through the . Gibraltar to protect our merchant shipping from the Barbary pirates, the United States has found it necessary much of the time to main- tain naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea. While the exact Feaeons for maintaining squadrons and fleets in this area have varied through- out the years, the primary reason has always been to maintain peace, p order and stability in Unis vast inland ocean whose waters touch on I many countries and three continents. - has proven no exception and we find the United ' watchful vigilance on the wet flanks the troubled Middle nd of I The year l9o0 I States STXTH Fleet cruising with I of southern Europe and off the sandy shores of East and North African countries. Vvhile it is Known from one e i the Mediterranean Sea to the other as the Friendly Fleet and the I3 creating of Good will is one ofits main missions, this sea based fleet packs in its fifty ships, many aircraft, and integral Marine Force I potent and lethal weapons that can reach far inland and swiftly de- liver decisive blows should the occasion arise. Since the STXTH Fleet o shore bases it is dependent upon its Service Force ships for ties as fuels, ammunition, provisions and general A ril I I has n 'ts necessi , th through p FI such of i supplies of all kinds. 'ng the period January M of the U.S.S. TBUCKEE's ' in her dual I I I This cruise Book, coveri 30th l960, sets forth in pictures the story duty as a member of our powerful STXTH Fleet hip for CONEKNDEB SEBNTGE FORCE STXTH kill of her officers and men, d an enviable .11 sivnnent to ler and flags dwork 8130. S l and earne don ship - I as D. role as fleet oi FLEET. Through the efforts, har d' every commitment on time and in ful , 'ng professionally operated Ncan 'ch her ship's company and I rancher met reputation as a neat appeari , 'd at sea and in port is one of whi roud. rw her recom the Navy can be justly p I I I I I I o.n. COLE, Jr. I it I II I I 2 .I ,I

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OTIS R. CDLE Ir. Captain, USN ommanding Otis R. Cole, Jr., was born in New York, N. Y., in 1915 and attended Manlius Preparatory School and Severn Preparatory School before- entering the Naval Academy in 1932. After graduation in 1936, Ensign Cole was as- signed to the USS CHESTER, a unit of Cruiser Di- vision 5, Scouting Force. In 1938 he was ordered to Asiatic Station, where he served in the USS STEW- ART and ,USS MARBLEHEAD. In 1940 he completed the Submarine School, New London, Conn., and was assigned to the USS CACHALOT. He was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941, and took part in the Battle of Midway, Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the sweep in the China Sea. Lt. Cole served aboard the CACHALOT until 1943. when he became Commanding Officer of the USS 0-8. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in Decem- ber of 1943, he was assigned as Executive Officer fand prospective Commanding Oflicerj of the USS AN- GLER during her fifth Csuccessfulj war patrol in the Pacific in early 1944. On November 21, 1944, Commander Cole assumed command of- the USS DACE. He was awarded the Silver Star, Medal and the Bronze Star-Medal with Combat V for out- standing servicelinbcommand of the DACE, during her sixth and seventh war patrols, respectively. Detached from command of the DACE in late 1945, Commander Cole commanded the USS CA- BRILLA and the USS CABEZON. Reporting to Bal- boa, Canal Zone, in 1948, he served first as Executive Oflicer of the station there, and from late 1949 to the fall of 1950 on the staff of the Commandant, Fifteenth Naval District. Commander Cole commanded the USS EVER- SOLE from November 1950 until January 1952, serv- ing seven months in that vessel in the Korean War Zone. His next tour of duty was at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va., after which he was as- signed as Chief Stai Oiiicer of Service Squadron One, based at San Diego. From 1953 to 1955 he was assigned to the office of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions. In 1955 he was promoted to Captain and at- tended the Naval War College. A After graduation from the War College Captain Cole commanded Mine Squadron Four at Charleston, S. C. In 1957 he became a member of the faculty of the Armed Forces Stai College- and in July of 1959 assumed command of the TRUCKEE. In addition to the Silver Star Medal and the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , Captain Cole has the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp, the Asiatic-Pacific Cam- paign Medal with four engagement stars, the Philip- pine Liberation Ribbon with two stars, the American Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.