Brown (DD 546) - Naval Cruise Book

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i« Published - September 1951 m BROWK DD346 ii OPERATION PACIFIC I ii

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p Commander E. H. Dimpfel, our Commanding Officer, began his naval career as a reserve officer ot tfie Submarine School, New London, Connecticut in 1940. He earned his dolphins OS Engineering Officer of the USS HADDOCK SS-232. Follow- ing four successful war patrols with the USS HADDOCK he was advanced to Division and subsequently to Squodron Engineer. Future assign- ments were to fake him to the Sub- marine Base, Midway Island, as Engineering and Repair Officer and later as Executive Officer of the base. Washington D. C. wos Com- mander Dimpfel ' s next home while attending the Naval Intelligence School and serving with the Troining Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel. A short four of duty of the Armed Forces Staff CollegeNorfolk, Virginio preceded his assignment as Com- mending Officer of the USS BROWN in October, 1950. WELCOME mm Lieutenant Commander R. G. Mayer, Jr. has been associated with destroyers since his graduation from Naval Academy in December, 1941. His first assignments were to the USS BENHAM DD 397 as Assistant Gunnery Officer and os First Lieu- tenont on the USS ISHERWOOD DD 520. He has served as Executive Officer on the USS GURKE DD 783 the USS STICKELL DD 888 and now the USS BROWN. This association with destroyers was interrupted in 1946 when he returned to the Naval Academy as on instructor in the De- partment of Marine Engineering.