On this date in 1949, Captain Chester C. Wood took command of the USS Fargo, succeeding Captain W. F. Petersen, who was departing after earning the ship top honors as the Atlantic fleet’s outstanding cruiser.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

NEW SKIPPER of the USS Fargo is Capt. Chester Clark Wood, at the right. This picture was taken in 1944 when he was awarded the Legion of Merit for anti-sub work and the presentation was made by the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.

Captain Wood succeeds Capt. W. F. Petersen who has been ordered to duty at the National War college, Washington, D. C.

Capt. Wyatt Craig was the first skipper of the Fargo, in December of 1946. He was succeeded by Capt. B. E. Korns and Korns by Capt. H. T. Walsh. Captain Peterson was

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