CDR M S Schmidling CO 1946

After graduating from the US Naval Academy in 1931 Commander Schmidling reported aboard the USS Arizona BB 39 where he served until May of 1938, and then went to submarine school at New London, Connecticut. He was sent to the USS S-37 in December 1938 and two years later served on the USS Perry DD 340 until 1941, when he was transferred to the USS Macomb DD 458 as a gunnery officer. In 1943 he was at the operational training school at Treasure Island and in November of that same year became the Commanding Officer of the USS Stembel DD 644. In 1946 he was commanding officer of the USS New DD 818 and in March of that year he inactivated the USS South Dakota BB 57. He was transferred to Sub Group One in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and in 1948 attended guided missle school. One year later he was with the bureau of ordnance as technical liason officer at Bell Telephone Laboratories prior to his transfer to the USS New Jersey in 1950.

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Thanks to Pete Padavana who was on USS Holder DD 819 from 46-49 and the USS New Jersey in 1952-53 when he served as Gunnery Office Yeoman. Commander Schmidling was Gunnery Officer on New Jersey.