Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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' DcfuifttiMeHt OffUefU LT. T.E. O ' NEILL CIC Officer LT C.R. CASSADY EMO LCDR G. TSANTES Operations Officer [{ LTJG J.P. ZARETKI Communications Officer LTJG R.B. MEREDITH Former Ass ' t CIC Operations Department is responsible for the collection of the information and intelli- gence necessary for conducting the ship ' s operations. The responsibility for the eval- uation and distribution of this information, and maintenance of the gear to do the job rests here also. LTJG P. JOHNSON Ship ' s Secretary ENS N.J. NERANGIS Ass ' t Communications Officer ENS K.E. GLYHN Ass ' t CIC Officer