Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding Officer The Commanding Officer of Bainhridgc, Captain Raymond E. Peet, is a native of Oneonta, New York. He attended Binghamton North High School in Bing- hamton, New York, where he was graduated in 1939, first in his class. He was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1942. He became a veteran destroyerman in World War II, serving two years as Gunnery Officer and E.xecutive Officer aboard USS Converse (DD 509). His ship re- ceived the Presidential Unit Citation for heroic service in the Solomon Islands with Destroyer Squadron 23, the famed Little Beavers squadron ol Arleigh 31- Knot Burke. He also served on USS Aiilick (DD 569) in the Okinawa and Philippine Islands campaigns. In 1948, Captain Peet graduated from the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology with a Master ' s Degree in Electrical Engineering. Later he was Camnery OHicer aboard USS New Jersey (BB 61? ; Commanding Offi- cer of USS Barton (DD 722) and aide to Chief of Naval Operations, Arleigh Burke. He spent a year under instruction with Vice Admiral Hvman Rickover in the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission.