Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN RAYMOND E. PEET, USN COMMANDING 6 October 1962- 27 July 1964 Captain Raymond E. Peet, U.S. Navy, a native of Oneonta, New York, was graduated in June 1942 from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. During World War II, he served on board the USS CONVERSE (DD-509) in Admiral 31-Knot Burke ' s Little Beaver destroyer squad- ron in the South Pacific, and on board the USS AULICK (DD-569) during the Okinawa and Phil- ippine Island Campaigns. At the end of World War II, Captain Peet undertook graduate work in Ordnance Engineering (Fire Control), and was graduated in 1948 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master ' s Degree in Electrical Engineering. Normal tours of duty followed as Operations Officer on the Staff, Commander Destroyer Squadron 16; Ordnance Electronics Officer for Commander Operational Development Force; Plans and Progress Officer at the U.S. Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia; Gunnery Officer of the USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62); Commanding Officer, USS BARTON (DD-722); and Aide to Chief of Naval Operations (Admiral Arleigh Burke). Upon completion of a years tour of duty under instruction with VADM Rickover in the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission, he was assigned in March 1961 as Prospect- ive Commanding Officer, USS BAINBRIDGE (DLG(N)25) and served as Commanding Officer until 27 July 1964 when he was relieved by Captain H.C. Castle, the present Commanding Officer. Captain Peet is now attending the National War College in Washington, D.C. Captain Peet ' s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , and the Presidentiol Unit Citation. He is also a member of the Sigma XI, Engineering Honorary Society. Married to the former Dion Hutchinson of Union, Oregon, Captain Peet has a son, Gary.

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CAPTAIN HAL C. CASTLE, USN COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Hal C. Castle, USN, was born on 26 December 1921, in Peoria, Illinois and is the son of Mrs. Helen M. Castle and the late Earl E. Castle. After attending St. Mary ' s College in Winona, Minnesota for a year, he won an appointment to the Naval Academy, and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1943. His first duty station was the USS PHELPS (DD-360), the first ship to anchor in Japanese territorial waters in World War II. Captain Castle ' s postwar duties included tours of duty aboard the USS BRISTOL (DD-857) and the USS DICKSON (DD-708). In 1948, he returned to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and subsequently earned an M.S. in Metallurgy from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1951. He obtained cruiser experience when he reported for duty to the USS WORCESTER (CL-144) as Air Defense Officer and the Gunnery Officer. After leaving WORCESTER, he served for two years as Assistant Terminal Ballistics Officer at the U.S. Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va. In July 1956,Captain Castle became Executive Officer of the USS WILLIAM M.WOOD (DDR-715) and then took command of the USS STRONG (DD-758) in January 1958. On leaving the STRONG in December, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia andNuclear Power School at New London, Connecticut. Prior to reporting to USS LONG BEACH (CG(N)-9) as Pro- spective Executive Officer in April 1960, he received additional training in naval reactor proto- type operations. As Executive Officer of our first nuclear surface ship, he participated in her first Mediterranean deployment and a Northern Europe cruise. In early 1964 Captain Castle reported to the Director, Naval Reactors. Captain Castle assumed command of the nuclear powered frigate USS BAINBRIDGE(DLG(N)25) 27 July 1964. Captain Castle wears the following ribbons: American Defense, American Theater, European Theater, Pacific Theater (with one silver star), the World War II Victory Ribbon, the Navy Oc- cupation Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. Captain Castle is married to the former Miss Martha Shelton of Washington, D.C. They have four children; three boys and a girl, residing in Norfolk, Va. Hal, Jr., is a Midshipman, class of 1967 at the U.S. Naval Academy.

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COMMANDER WILLIAM A. SPENCER, USN EXECUTIVE OFFICER Commander William A. Spencer, U.S. Navy, reported as Executive Officer on 21 September 1963, marking a return to destroyer type duty. Graduating from the Naval Academy in 1946, Commander Spencer served in the USS O ' BRIEN (DD-725), USS R.K. HUNTINGTON (DD-781), USS INGRAHAM (DD-694) and as Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander Destroyer Escort Squadron EIGHT. These assignments involved duty with both the SIXTH and SEVENTH Fleets. Ordered to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1952, Commander Spencer spent tv o years in Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Monterey, California. This was followed by one year of Reactor technology at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for which a Master of Science degree was award- ed in 1955. Returning to sea. Commander Spencer served in the commissioning crew of the USS FORRES- TAL (CVA-59). This tour involved service with both the U.S. SIXTH and SECOND Fleets. After completion of the Nuclear Power School at the Reactor Test Station in Idaho, Commander Spencer was assigned as Chief Engineer for the navy operating crew for initial operation of the first surface prototype reactor plant. This assignment ended in 1959 with orders as Engineer Officer for the initial crew of the USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9) where he served until reporting to BAINBRIDGE. Commander Spencer lists Blue Earth, Minnesota as his home town. He attended St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minnesota for one year prior to going to the U.S. Naval Academy. He is mar- ried to the former Miss Elizabeth Houghtaling of Blue Earth and now resides with their six. children in Charleston, South Carolina.