{Editors Note:} Although there were a few ships here and there that Harvey was on for only a brief amount of  time, and some that he cannot remember off hand.... the following Navy vessels located on the menu to the left, were all a part of his seafaring years. 

 

BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

DISCHARGED NAVAL PERSONNEL RECORDS BRANCH

U.S. NAVAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT CENTER

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

19 August 1948

From:   The Chief of Naval Personnel

To:       Harvey Rulon Alexander, CMD2,0-1, USNR

Via:      Commanding Officer 

             U.S. Naval Reserve

             U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center

             Lake Shore Drive

             Decatur, Illinois

Subj:    ALEXANDER, Harvey Rulon, Ex-MOMM2, USNR

             Transcript of naval service; furnishing of

Ref:      (a) Your 1tr, with CO, 1st Ind. 1tr, dtd 7 Jul 48

1.     Records of the Bureau show your naval service as follows:

20  Aug 42    Enl      USNR, NRS, Chicago, Ill., AS, & T to NTS, Great Lakes, Ill.

Harv's Note :"The time frame between here is too long."

01  Oct   42    T          NTSChool, Richmond, Va.

03  Oct   42    R          Advanced Naval Training School (Diesel), Richmond, Va.

26  Nov  42   CR        Fl.

27  Nov  42   T&R    Amphibious Training Base, Norfolk NYd, Portsmouth, Va.

11  Dec   42   T&R    U.S.S. LST Flotilla #1, U.S.S. LST 333 (Flagship). 

06  May  43   T         Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Arzew, Algeria.

01  Sep    43   CR      MM2.

12  Nov   43   T&R   MURK 86.  

17  Aug  44    T        Navy Purchasing Office, Liverpool, England, FFT.

Harv's Note :"I was never at a Navy Purchasing office."

27  Sep   44    R        RecSta, NOB, Norfolk, Va.

16  Oct   44    T&R  Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Va.

28  Dec  44    T        NTSchool, Chicago Ill., FFT.    

10  Jan   45    R        U.S.S. PROSPERINE (ARL-21), Ex-U.S.S. LST 1116. 

Harv's Note :"This shows I was on two ships at once."

15  Feb  45    T        Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Va.

24  Feb  45    T        Advanced Base Assembly Training Unit, Lido Beach, 

                                  Long Island, New York.

28  Mar  45    T        Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Va.

09  May 45    T        RecBks, Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Mayport, Fla.      

Harv's Note :"I do not recall the above ever happening."

10  May 45    R        RS, Mayport, Fl.  

31  May 45    T&R  U.S.S. PROSPERINE (ARL-21)

15  Jul    45    CR      MOMM2.

05  Oct   45    T        RS, Navy 926 FFT.

27  Oct   45    R        PSC, Great Lakes, Ill.

30  Oct   45    DIS    Honorable

17  Apr  47    Reenl USNR, Decatur, Illinois, MOMM2, and T to inactive duty 

                      at Commandant Ninth Naval District, Great Lakes, Ill.

A.R. Romanowski

By direction

Authors Note: Harvey then returned to active duty during the Korean War,  to serve on both the ARSD-1 Gypsy and the ATF-85 Lipan...to be continued.

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