John Paul Jones (DDG 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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- .lm-4 -.. .J-. . ' ,- I V GUN N ERY OFFICER Our Gunnery Officer, Lieutenant David G. FOXVVELL, is a combined product of the Nav Cad program and the U. S. Naval Academy. Emerging from the latter in l947, he served suc- cessively aboard the USS Orleck QDD 8865, C. P. Cecil QDDR 8355, Tolzee CAM 2885 and Flamingo QAMS 115. After this, he subjected himself to a combination of a postgraduate-MIT. course, winning a Master's degree in Physics. This proved most useful during his next duty assign- ment, in the gunnery department of the USS Antietam QCVS 365. Aboard john Paul jones, he has been most active, with a high batting average in summary courts and has more cancelled firing schedules to his credit than any other DesLant Gunnery Officer. A determined foe of ammunition off-loading, he is characterized by the old Anglo-Saxon policy of Unload through the muzzle. Witness the yard work list for aluminum welding. Mr. Foxwell's wife and three children make their home in Holbrook, Mass. 1 lv- 7 - OPERATIONS OFFICER Our Operations Oflicer, Lieutenant Raymond A. Komorowski, brings a wealth of experience in all levels of tactical struggling. Commissioned in 1945 at Northwestern University, he went to the USS England QAPD 415, later to the USS Crosley QAPD 375, LST 1191, LSM 341, the USS Columbus QCA 745, the USS Bordelon QDDR 8815, and the USS Gearing QDD 7105. Reporting to Newport for duty as prospective Operations Officer, he proved himself most adept at getting his Henry J out oft the snow, getting his Henry out of the mud, getting his Henry J out of the rain, and similar Worthwhile tasks. He has also been our Public Information Officer, arranging excellent press coverage of the commissioning, the Kirkcudbright trip, the shakedown cruise, and the arrival of new maga- zines aboard ship. Mr. K's ball and ch... ah, wife and three children live in Commodore Perry Village, New-'

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?5?? Zfif3 5 f' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 J Q ., h ,. Y, ,, TA A ,, . , L . .. .. ' -ff, -..,- -- -Ur , - ,,.,- ..,, ,. .,, ,A .- ,,...,,,.,...,,,,.,,, .r I df' ,,,.,7. : ,wr rj! -------gg-v-me--f-i .a...-sf.-V --. - ,' . . SUPPLY OFFICER Lieutenant fjgj James E. BURGESS received his commission from the NROTC unit at the University of Kansas in 1954. With that step behind him, he trudged to the Supply Corps school at Athens, Georgia. Right off, he found himself to be a plank- owner. The USS Mitscher QDL-25 was looking for a Disbursing Officer, so off he went. Not satisfied with one commissioning the forgot his camera at the Mitschefsj, he scouted around, found the jPj, and went to work with us. QFor- got his camera again, thoughj. And so he's stayed. Runs a good ship's store Qonly ran out of toothpaste oncej, a galley with meals like Mother used to make when sober, and a REGULATION haircut when the ship isn't rolling. I He's from Harper, Kansas. ENGINEER OFFICER Lieutenant Arthur W. NEILD entered the Navy in 1941. Served as a white-hat for six and one-half years aboard all sorts of cruisers, being an alumnus of Augusta CCA-405, Toledo QCA-65, Macon QCA-1325, and Albany QCA-1241. He left the Navy in 1948 as a first class Ma- chinist's Mate. '48 to '51 he spent in the Merchant Marine, carrying oil around the ocean. In 1951, he was commissioned in the Navy. This time, he got away from cruisers, ended up on Wasp QCVA- 183. ,A touch of shore duty after that, and he was assigned as Engineer Officer of the john Paul jones. No soft job, that. Last summer, he was married to the former Jean Cummings, who was and is a LTJG in the WAVES. fAt least, he outranks hery. She's sta- tioned in Philadelphia, the Chief Engineer's home town.