The Reminiscences of Capt. Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.): 1912-2011

Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1934, Merrill served in the battleship West Virginia (BB—48) and destroyers USS Brooks (DD—232) and USS Dorsey (DD—117). In 1937 he became a naval aviator, subsequently serving in Torpedo Squadron Three in the carrier USS Saratoga (CV—3) and in Utility Squadron One. In early 1942, after Merrill took an abbreviated postgraduate course in electrical engineering, Commander Delmar S. Fahrney selected him for the Special Design Branch of the Bureau ...