USS SLC...Officer...Joseph Edmond Fay, Lt. Comdr.

Joseph E. Fay passed away on June 3rd, 2001

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Nov. 1, 1943 Roster of Officers Restricted Records:
W Instructor & DO, ASC- 9th Div.
Battle Station:40 MM Dir. V

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June 8, 2001

Sandy,

For the record, I thought you might appreciate knowing that Joseph Edward Fay, who served as a Lt. Commander on the U.S.S. Salt Lake City during WWII, passed away recently. He was my uncle and it was a privilege to have known him.

Joe was a gunnery officer during the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. The above picture was taken after he returned from that Battle to Mare Island near San Francisco, CA. He was also at the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Here is to all who served on the Swayback Maru!

Regards,
Michael Jordan

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SLC Deck Log Officer's List
SLC Deck Log, Feb. 1943

Below is the obit from the Wilkes Barre Times Leader.

Joseph E. Fay, of Sutton Hills, Shavertown section of Kingston Township, died Sunday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in Pittston, he was a son of the late William Morris and Carolyn (Runner) Fay. He was a graduate of St. John's High School, Pittston, and earned a degree in industrial engineering from Lehigh University. He completed advanced management courses and seminars at The American Management Association in New York and at Felscq Institute, Philadelphia.

He worked for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment Security, Department of Labor and Industry, with assignments as manager of the Pittston and Wilkes-Barre offices and the Stroudsburg District. He was regional director of the Williamsport area offices.

He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, with assignments to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, the staff of The Commandant of the Hawaiian Naval District and aboard the heavy cruiser, Salt Lake City, operating in the Pacific. He helped establish the first Naval Reserve Training Center, Kingston, and retired as a captain in 1972.

He was a member of St. Therese's Parish, Shavertown, Navy League, American Legion, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Lehigh University Alumni Association.