Vulcan (AR 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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mCAN ( I MISSION STATEMENT RADIOMAN . RMI SIGNALMAN SM) DENTAL TECHNICIAN (OT) HOSPITAL CORPSMAN (HM) DISBURSING CLERK (DK) DATA PROCESSING TECHNICIAN (DP) BOILERMAN (BT) A UNIT OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET MOBILE LOGISTIC SUPPORT FORCE DESIGNED TO FURNISH REPAIR FACILITIES AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT TO ALL TYPES OF SHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY, AT ANY TIME, AT ANY PLACE A MINATURE SHIPYARD OF 700 MEN AND 36 DIFFERENT ARTISAN RATINGS 1941 1975 34 YEARS OF NAVAL SERVICE YEOMAN (YNI STEWARD (SO) NUU TECHNICIAN |HT| ENGINEMAN (EN) BOILERMAKER (6R) PATTERNMAKER (PM, MOLDER (ML) I,'”’- ELECTRONICS EIRE CONTROL TECHNICIAN (ET) TECHNICIAN (ET) MACHINERY ELECTRICIAN’S REPAIRMAN (MR) MATE (EM) GUNNER’S MATE (CM) OPTICALMAN (OMI =•= INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRIC AN (IQ LITHOGRAPHER (LI) IHSTRUMENTMAN (IM) PHOTOGRAPHER'S MATE (PH) i 16

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CAPT C. W. TAYLOR COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Clinton W. Taylor, U. S. Navy, was born in Memphis, Tennessee and attended University of Tennessee, and Memphis State University. Commissioned Ensign in 1952, he served his first tour of sea duty in the Pacific on board the destroyer USS TWINING (DD-540) as First Lieutenant and Weapons Officer. Following that tour. Captain Taylor served as Navigator and Operations Officer of USS BRECKENRIDGE (TAP-176). In 1958 he was assigned to duty with the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force and served as Commanding Officer, USS JEFFERSON COUNTY (LST-845). Shore duty followed in 1960 as Captain Taylor served as Executive Officer, U. S. Fleet Gunnery School, San Diego. Returning to sea in 1962, he served as Executive Officer of the destroyer USS BACHE (DD-470) in the Atlantic Fleet after which he was assigned to the Office of CNO. In 1967, Captain Taylor was assigned command of the Atlantic Fleet destroyer USS HUGH PURVIS (DD-709) which made deployments with both the SIXTH Fleet in the Mediterranean and the SEVENTH Fleet in the Western Pacific. Prior to his present assignment, Captain Taylor served on the Staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet as Force Operations Officer and the U. S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Captain Taylor has been the Commanding Officer of the USS VULCAN (AR-5) since July 1973. In February 1976 he will assume duties as COMSERV-FORSIXTHFLT. 15

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'V USS VULCAN HISTORY VULCAN’S NAME The God VULCAN, according to Roman mythology, was the God of Fire, and patron of metallurgy and handicrafts. He was considered the divine artificer and creator of all that was mechanically wonderful. In a quarrel between his parents Jupiter and Juno, he sided with his mother and was thrown from Mount Olympus by Jupiter. After falling for a whole day, landed on the Isle of Lemnos, where he stayed and regained favor of the mighty gods of Mount Olympus by serving as their blacksmith. All volcanoes, especially Lemnos and Etna were his workshops, where he forged the thunderbolts of Jupiter, the shield of Hercules, and the armour of Achilles. 17