Valley Forge (CV 45) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 11 text:

A 16,64 CAPTAIN RICHARD WAYNICK RUBLE, U.S. NAVY, took command of the USS VALLEY FORGE 30 August I947. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in l923, he spent four years in battleships before taking flight training at Pensacola, Florida. CAPTAIN RUBLE's service record includes: Fighting Squadron THREE, flight instructor at Pensacola, flight test pilot at NAS Anacostia, the Air Department of USS SARATOGA, Command of USS LAPWING, Command of USNRB and NAS Squantum, Massachusetts, Navigator of USS ENTERPRISE, Operations Officer of ComCarDiv ONE, Special Assistant to DCNO IAIRI, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, member of the Permanent Joint Board of Defense, United States and Canada, Commanding Officer USS RENDOVA, member of the first class of The National War College, Commanding Officer USS SHANGRI-LA, and ding Officer USS VALLEY FORGE. In l933 he received a Master of Science degree ' ' Aeronautical Engineering. Comman from Massachusetts Institute of Technology In Calafain Qian! ,Wagnic v ,pi llrjf, ,Q ICN xg K L, 1- 'Z 'FP -w if I Nl J ,.Mz+. 'ZT'TmT J .. ,L X. 1' if fi ici , V7 mm Ain f ,fiat .WML ,F Afliiii I fflfiax wil L f xl f Hs king fa-'P-'1 'N-LX-fee. fv.Hf,: ,gp 5 2 1 -ab C.Z2fff-J

Page 10 text:

I A x

Page 12 text:

- V4 m f, L ..4. .,..L.....e.,...L,...-.....a1f1--.-fs-r:-.-.e-ra,-.-f'w:fv-.-,........,mw----.- J -Q-N,,,,...,.,..,.-.,.s..,L.LQ.. M .. ,...,.... J. 1 H A K . ..,. . 0l'l'lI'l'l6ll'L6!el WC1g:54l'00L COMMANDER FRANK GEORG E RAYSBROOK, U. S. NAVY, reported to the pre- commissioning detail of the USS VALLEY FORGE as r ' 1946 Foll ' p ospective Executive Officer in January . owing graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, he went to NAS Norfolk for elimination flight training. After a two-year tour of sea duty aboard USS SALT LAKE CITY, he completed his flight training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida in 1934. COMMANDER R AYSBROOK's service record includes: aviator in USS CHESTER Div B ing Squadrons ONE and FORTY ONE ' , e omb- - in USS RANGER, Patrol Squadron ONE operating PK flying boats, Patrol Squadrons THIRTEEN, EIGHTEEN, and TWENTY-TWO operating PBY planes, flight instructor at Pensacola, flight instructor and Squadron Commander, NAS Corpus Christi, Commander of Patrol Squadron TWO HUNDRED-SEVEN, flying PBM patrol planes, Commander of Naval Air Facilities at San Julian, Cuba, Officer-in-Charge of lnspectio Facilities on 'the Staff of Commander A' F ' USS ns and ir orce, Atlantic Fleet, and Executive Officer VALLEY FORGE. as sw 1 ' 5 3 1 x i- Y v 5 y . fi .1 . .413 wtf 0' ' I f S Q .f Xt, .cc syrcc ' ,X v vdix 1 N M Xx 3 kg: ANN: . j 'fs 55512 'N . X s X :SN xi- T ,R Sffc YQ, . ,. X 31 A ' Qs5:gcyQc. f v .N is - Fixx I . U X, XA Y as Q M9 N Srssk A ' X .G X T' 1 .1 ii -i on