Kilauea (AE 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR. James K. Poole LCDR. James K. Poole attended the University of Washington prior to entering the Navy in July 1955. He was commissioned an En- sign in June 1959 upon graduation from the United States Naval Acad- emy, and assigned to the destroyer USS H. W. TUCKER (DD-875). Following this tour he was Gunnery Officer of USS BLACK (DD-666). LCDR. Poole attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Mon- terey, California, from 1963-66, completing the Ordnance Engineering curriculum and receiving the Master of Science degree in Chemistry. Following this he spent a year in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam as a Naval Intelligence Liaison Officer. Assigned to the Sixth Fleet flagship, USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG-4) from 1968-70, LCDR. Poole served as Missile Officer, Assistant Weapons Officer and Weapons Officer. He was assigned as Executive Officer of USS KILAUEA from December 1970 to July 1972. LCDR. Poole earned the Air Medal and Combat Action Ribbon in Vietnam, and has also been awarded the Armed Services Expedi- tionary, National Defense and Vietnam Service Medals. LCDR. Poole and his wife, the former Ruth Jameson of McFall, Missouri, reside in quarters at the U.S. Naval Weapons Station, Concord, with their two children, Heather and James.

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DEPARTMENT HEADS Lt. S. Claybrook Engineering Lt. G. N. Leber 1st Lieutenant Lt. R. A. lacino Operations Lt. R. R. Squires Supply Lt. R. E Gallmeyer Navigations