Castor (AKS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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.,.,,,,,, - . , - ,. , - ' g..,:x:.:., f-'- H H COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN UNCAS L FRETWELL Captain Uncas L. Fretwell became CASTOB's Commanding Officer in August of 1965. He reported aboard from duty on Commander First Fleet Staff, Born in Valley Head, West Virginia, He attended Davis and Elkins College before starting Aviation Cadet Training in 1941. Captain Fretwell has attended the General Line School, Monteray, The Naval War College at Newport, and Test Pilot Training at Patuxent River, Maryland. The Commanding Officer served as a Carrier-based fighter pilot in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theatres in WorldWar II. During the Korean conflict, he served as Exective Officer of Fighter Squadron 111, the World famous Sundowners . Later, Captain Fretwell became Commanding Officer of VA 66, and in 1959 deployed to the Far East as Commander Carrier Air Group 19, on USS BONNE HOMME RICHARD LCVA-313. Shore duty assignments have included duty on the Staff of Chief of Naval Air Reserve Training, as project pilot, Naval Air Test Center, and a operational planner at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska in the Joint Strategic Target planning Staff. Captain Fretwell is married to the for- mer Miss Eulah Moore of Abingdon, Vir- ginia. Their two children, Vincent and Farlee Jeanne are both enrolled at the University of California's San Diego Campus. The Captain takes his relaxation on the golf links.

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These are the men who sail the ship: The Operations staff who plan where to gog the Engineers who get us thereg the Store- keepers who handle the cargog and the Deck gang that transfers it. A ship is likea small city, and every function must be provided for. Every man has a billet to fill, and must be a specialist in his field. X . l,.,, :f r

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my EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER WILLIAM B. SHIELDS Commander William B. Shields became CASTOR's Executive Officer in October of 1965. He reported aboard after being releived as Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Facility, Pacific Beach, Washington. Born in Forkville Centre, New York, Com- mander Shields graduated from Kemper Military Academy and then went on to the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, graduating with the class of '49, He attended Naval Post Graduate School at Monteray,Califor- nia in-1959. . The Executive Officer's Naval career began in 1949 when he accepted a direc-t commission as Ensign, Previous duty assignments at U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, and Chief Staff Officer for Com- mander Destroyer Squadron SEVENTEEN. Commander Shields is married to the former Miss Ruth Baudreau of Maynard, Massachusetts, previously a Navy Nurse. Their six children range in age from three to twelve. The commander Wfeilds a Cannon Pellix in pursuit of his hobby of photography, and is also an avid stamp collector.