Word: jerauld
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Berkey and his successor, Captain Jerauld Wright, made Admiral, and Captain Harold C. Fitz took command. Last March, under Fitz, the Santa Fe with Fitz at the wheel bravely succored the stricken carrier Franklin. Defying exploding ammunition, Fitz laid her alongside, grappled her to the Franklin while he took off wounded and sent fire fighters aboard. After that they sent the Santa Fe home for overhaul. Since March 1943 she had steamed 221,000 miles...