Cacapon (AO 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING F ICER uss cAcAPoN A0-52 CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MCCAUGHEY CAPTAIN'S BIOGRAPHY Captain Mc Caughey entered the United States Naval Academy in 1939 after serving two years' in the Naval Reserve as an enlisted man. Upon being commissioned in June 1942, Captain Mc Caughey was assigned to Motor Torpedo Boats and served as a PT Boat skipper in the South Pacific during the World War II, In late 1944, he entered the submarine service and iater commanded the submarines Uss MANTA and Uss TRUTTA. During his aSSOCi-HUGH with submarines Captain Mc Caughey also qualified as a Deep Sea Diver and commanded the submarine rescue and salvage vessel USS PETREL, as well as the U.S. Naval Submarine Training Facilities, Pacific Fleet. In 1958, he assumed command of the USS CABILDO CLSD-165 in the Pacific Fleet am- ' phibious forces. Following this tour, he served as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Readi- ness on the Staff of COMMANDER ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE FORCES, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. In 1963 Captain Mc Caughey assumed command of the Naval Administrative Com- mand, U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, the Navy's largest Administrative command. ' MG ggpttaifgwgcbc Hughey assumed his present duty as Commanding Officer USS CACAPON I in c o er, 1966. He is a graduate of the Naval War College and holds a Masters Degree in Education from Roosevelt University. Th Captain: Mc Caughey is married to the former Blanche Leys of Newport, Rhode Island. ey are e parents of three boys and five girls.

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