Currituck (AV 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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ROBERT WILKS WINDSOR , jr. was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1918. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941 and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1943, During World War II he served in the USS Colorado and the destroyer USS Mc1.anahan. I-Ie also served as Commanding Officer of Composite Squadron Sixty-eight in the USS Sham- rock Bay in the Pacific area. After the war Captain Windsor served on various staffs and attended the Combat Information Center School and the Naval Air Test Pilot School. While on his second tour at the Naval Air Test Center in 1956, Captain Windsor set a new national speed record flying an F8U Crusader 1015 miles per hour over a fifteen kilometer course in the Mojave Desert. For this feat he was awarded the Thompson Trophy. Captain Winds or reported to the USS Currituck from duty on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. I-Ie was Commanding Officer of the Currituck from April 1962 until February 1.963. Among his decorations he holds the Distinguished Flying Cross. I . P PAUL JOSEPH KNAPP was born in Mason City, Iowa on Ijuly 1916. I-Ie attended Loras Col- lege in Dubuque, Iowa and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in june 1938. I-Ie entered the Naval Aviation Cadet program that same year and was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1939. During World War II Captain Knapp served with Bombing Squadron Two in the USS Lexington and participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea. For his part in that engagement he received the Navy Cross. I-Ie later served as instructor at the Naval Air Station, Alameda, California and as Commanding Officer of three successive squadrons. After the war Captain Knapp attended the General Line ' School and the Armed Forces Staff College and served in various assignments ashore and afloat. In 1959 he attend- ed the Naval War College and later served on the Staff of Carrier Division Five. Prior to reporting to the Currituck, Captain Knapp served on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training at Corpus Christi, Texas as Chief of Staff. I Captain Knapp assumed command of the Currituck in February 1963. 4

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'fO B GRAY Was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on 5 August 1919. I-Ie received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma in the summer of 1941 and soon thereafter entered the Navy as an aviation cadet. He was commissioned and designated a Naval Aviator in 1942. .p .Q ' ' Captain Gray served during World War II as a mem- ber of the -famed Black Cat patrol squadron that made numerous night raids on japanese shipping in the Manila and Leyte areas of the Philippines. For these actions he received the Philippine Liberation and Pacific Theater ribbons. . ' Prior to reporting to the Currituck for duty in Aug- ust 1962 , Captain Gray served as Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron Fifty in Iwakuni , japan. Among his other decorations Captain Gray holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three stars. ' 6 CA km, W 4 QMS 'N ANN ,ggi NM ., X AX, .XXXN ,.,,wiQ, Xas SX ini. .NPN 9 ,--v. i 9 YW 5 S 5 f f, sg' 351 X eww NN V Sn 2 . 'X x N . ff W SSX sf-W 1 fi' M v s it 'Nt xx vE NGA, as f Ny p,,f,,- 2 W N W fx fi QQ 49 ff GV .mm :X fifth N X1-rv s Wsawi-W ,Qs,x., Sw P? W. fff,9s5f.,,,m, v N 4 A '-up K, S, ftibgfaifs t ,,f Q X 5 Sy, 2 Ski ' X N19 X29 ,Q .4 K t i 9 5 fayvigglqy XF . fy .gk , RR lx- N tk MAN , ' ff Xi . , tw S ,, is , X V3 -. . fx 1. . fi? 1 it 4 ggvx gags Kirk gggxgf Jw, , kg gf-f a www A 33 ,55 1 f . I v A my:- , 1 ' X -rf N011 HBH PTAIN , UNITED STATES NAVY