Chipola (AO 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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f -:few ..., :iffy T' a S' X,- HF .W CHANGING OF COMMAND, SUBIC BAY, R.P. 11 June 1967 Plnvnwi Captain Baldwin leaves CHIPOLA Cgflain Kelley settles in N ,ee A . , ww A ,

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CAPTAIN LAWRENCE W. KELLEY Captain Lawrence W. KELLEY, USN, assumed command of the oiler USS CHI- POLA CAO 635 on 11 June 1967. Born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1922, he was graduated from the Rox- bury Latin School in 1940, from Amherst College in September 1943, and was com- missioned in November 1943 from the Naval Reserve Midshipman School at Notre Dame. His first duty was as Ordnance Oflicer Beach Jumper Unit Number Six. ln 1946, Captain KELLEY served as Operations Officer at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia. In 1947 through 1948, Captain KELLEY served as Executive Oliicer aboard QLSMR 5105 and then as First Lieutenant aboard CLST 11025. From there, he attended General Line School in Monterey, California. In 1949, he commenced a sea tour, serving as Signal Oflicer aboard USS ANTIETAM CCV 365, Operations Oflicer aboard USS G. K. MACKENZIE CDD 8365 and finally as Operations Oflicer to Commander Destroyer Squadron 14. He served as NROTC Instructor at Yale University from 1951 until 1953. Captain KELLEY assumed command of USS AGGRESSIVE CMSO 4225 in 1953 and remained in that billet until 1956 when he departed for Rome to serve as Chief, Plans and Programs Branch, MAAG Italy. In 1959 he returned to the United States and became the Torpedo ASW Evaluation Officer at the Key West Test and Evaluation Detachment. From 1961 to 1963 he served as Operations Ohicer aboard USS OKLA- HOMA CITY QCLG 55. He became Commanding Oliicer of USS WALKER QDD 5175 in 1963, which assignment he held until February 1965. His tour prior to assuming command of USS CHIPOLA was on the Staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet where he served as Assault Forces! Sea Surveillance Ofiicer. Captain KELLEY's decorations include the Army Commendation Medal and the usual World War II Campaign Medals, and the Vietnam Compaign Medals. Captain KELLEY and his wife, the former Florence Ullrich of Oak Park, Illinois and Monte Carlo, Monaco and their son, Kevin 9, reside at 5-A Kamakani Place, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER D A ALECXIH Donald Alexander ALECXIH was born 1n 1932 1n Huntingdon Pennsyl- vania He entered the U S Naval Academy in July 1951 and graduated in June 1955 As an Ensign he reported aboard the destroyer USS HARWOOD CDDE 861, In July 1957 he reported for duty under instruction at the U S Naval Submarlne School at New London Connecticut and graduated ln 1957 Upon completion of Submarine School LCDR ALECXIH served aboard USS CREVALLE QSS-291D and USS BECUNA CSS-319D in the billets of Engl- neering Oflicer Gunnery Officer and Supply Oiiicer In January 1961 he as- sumed duties of instructor at the U. S. Navy Submarine School. He completed this assignment in January 1963, and reported aboard USS GRAYBACK QSSG- 574J assuming the billet of Operations Officer and Navigator. In May 1964, LCDR ALECXIH joined the staE of Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier as Operations Officer for Undersea Warfare. LCDR ALECXIH assumed the duties of Executive Officer of USS CHI- POLA in April 1966. LCDR ALECXIH holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U. S. Naval Academy. He has the National Defense Service Medal with star, the Vietnam Service Medal fwith 2 starsj and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. LCDR ALECXIH is married to the former Miss Suzanne Edwards, who resides in Honolulu with their three sons.