Arlington (AGMR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Present Command Captain Albert P. Carpenter, USN 17 June 1968- ■ In 1938 A. P. Carpenter entered the Nii y as an NROTC student at Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1940 he entered the Naval AcademN ' , and upon reeei ing his commission in 1943 was assigned to the USS Sigsbee in the Pacific where he served in numerous amphibious and carrier strike operations until the end of World War II. Following the war, he was assigned to the fleet minesweepers USS Cruise (AM-215) and USS Revenge (AM-UO) and in 1946 entered the Naval Post Graduate School for a course in naval communications. Orders followed as Operations Officer aboard the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg, with additional dut as White House Aide and Naval Communications Officer for the President. Captain Carpenter has also serxed as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Admiral W. H. Fechteler, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; as Commanding Officer. USS Sage (AM-111) ; as Navigation Officer, USS Mississippi; as head of the Fleet Communications Section, office of the Chief of Naval Operations ; as E.xecutive Officer and Navigator, USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) ; as Operations Officer, USS Des Moines (CA-134). flagship for COMSIXTHFLT. Since 1958 Captain Carpenter ' s service has included; Assistant Officer in Charge, Fleet Operations Control Center; Commanding Officer, USS Low ry (DD-770) ; Executive Officer, USS Northampton (CC-1) ; Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Communications Station, Londonderr , Northern Ireland ; Commanding Officer, USS Chikaskia (AO-54) ; and, prior to his assignment on Arlington, Assistant Deputy Commander for Communications, Naval Communications Command. 15

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Past Command Captain Thomas F. Utegaard USN 2 June 1967-17 June 196H I I lioiii;is I ' ' . l ' t( ' ga:ii(l ciitcicd llic U.S. N;i al .Viadcnn in 19 11 and was toninii.ssioncd an tMi.siijn on 1)-I)a , fi jinii ' H)l 1. l (ir tlir nr l (oni .ind oiic-iiaU cais l ' aisit;n I ' tc aard stTNi ' d aboard tlic linlit t-niisor I ' SS Pa.sadeiia (CL-65), wliich wa.s ill Tokvo Ha at llic time ol (lie |apan(sc siiiii ' iuK r. On snl)s((|n(nt toms c served as Coiniminieations Officer on the .staff of f:()innian(lcr DestroMV S(|nadron TliirtN-fonr. as lv eeiiti e Offiirr of the l SS Stoddard (1313-566), as Operations Offic-er of llie USS St. I ' anI (V.. -1T-,) and as ( lonimandins; OlFiicr of USS Koiner (l)t ' :i -.5.31) and of USS O ' Hainion (DD-4.50). Tours ashore inclndcd dntN witii iIk- I ' IccI Ti.nnini; Croni). ( in.nilan.nno Ha , ( ' nha; l ' . S. Naval Postgraduate i ' .dn- ealion In ( ■(innunnieations and in a Mananeinenl ; a Pentaslon assignment in (INO ' s Shore Activities Development and C;outrol Division ; and tlie Na al Academy as instructor of Na igalion Science. (Captain I ' tegaard ' s most recent assigmuent prior lo assinning command of Arlington was with the Director, Naval Comnumieatious, wlii ' re he served as the Assistant to to the Director, N ' aval Seiuritv Cirnnp. a |)osition which he held since August U)6. ' i. P ' ollow ing his torn- aboard Arlington, C a| l.nn I ' lcg.iard repoiled to the N ' aval ( lonunnnii-.ilions (!onini.nid Ilc.idi|n,n liis, b.iilev ' s ( rossroads. irginia. 14

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Change of Command ■ Till- chango of cmiiinand ccicm(iii is a timc-lionored tiaditiiiii which lormalK ivstatc s to the offiters and nu ' ii of the foniiiiand the i-oiitiiniit of tlic authority of command. It is a formal ritual conducted before the assembled c-ompanx of tlie command. The ehange of command of a naval ship is nearly unicjne in the world toda : it is a transfer of total responsibility, authority, and aceountabi]it from one indixidnal to another. Chanae of Command Ceremony uss jKLi fgTo f 1lJunc1%H !I7hE CommemAimj iDfficei unnouricei trial Captain =:4CC rM P. Caxf nnUt. . S. ' ' airtf zelievea CafitaUi U omaA. O. llUtfoaxJ, L S. ' at ai ( ommanAUtq fftccx on ' ilonJtxtf, ine S .i. ' tnic£nin of J u ' U nin een nuntlxzd lixiif-et ni on boaxa at za in tnt ' e tc n J- aeifie f 16