Klondike (AR 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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He is married to the former Rita B. Hazan of Los Angeles, California, and has three sons, Jack Scapa , Jr. , Robert Scapa and Jeff ry Scapa. His official residence is 923 South Holt Ave. , Los Angeles, California. Captain Scapa is a member of St. Pauls Lodge N o. 14, F. and A. M. , of Newport, R.I. and of the Norfolk Consistory, Norfolk, Virginia. From June 1939 until June 1942 Captain James M. Campbell attended the U. S. Naval Academy. He was graduated with the class of 1943 and was commissioned ENSIGN on 19 June 1942. Captain Campbell then reported aboard the USS San Juan (CLAA-54) in the South Pacific and was assigned Gunnery Fire Control duties being promoted to the rank of LTJG on 1 May 1943. During this time he participated in seven Naval Cam- paigns in the South and Central Pacific. While temporarily ashore in 1943 Captain Campbell established and commanded a 500 man survivor replacement camp in Espiritu Santos. From August 1944 until December 1944 he attended the Gunnery and Fire Con- trol School, Washington, D.C. and in July 1944 he was promoted to the rank of LT. In December of 1944 Captain Campbell reported on board the USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73) and was assigned duties as Gunnery and Fire Control Watch and Division Officer. Later he was assigned as Assistant Engineering Officer. He served in the Fire Control Team aboard the USS SAINT PAUL when the last shot of WWII was fired in bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. From August 1948 until August 1950 Captain Campbell attended U. S. Naval Post Graduate School at Annapolis, Maryland where he acquired B. S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering. In July 1950 he was promoted to LCDR. He then attended Damage Control School at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in September 1950 he reported aboard the USS ORISKANY (CVA-34) as the Damage Control Assistant, and became Engineer Officer one year later. He then reported for Staff Duty with COMDESLANT as Material Representative at Norfolk, Virginia in March 1953 and was promoted to Commander on 1 July 1955. He then attended the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, Florida for one month and then reported for duty as Commanding Officer of USS JOHN HOOD (DD-655) in December 1955. From November of 1957 until July 1960 Captain Campbell was Destroyer Project Officer on the Ship Characteristics Board Staff in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations. From August 1960 until August 1962 he served with CINCPACFLT Staff as Strategic Plans Assistant. He was again promoted, this time to the Rank of Captain, on 1 July 1962. From September 1962 until November 1963 Captain Campbell commanded the USS KLONDIKE (AR-22). Captain Campbell is presently assigned to the staff of Commander Service Squadron ONE as Chief Staff Officer.

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Jack Scapa was bora iu Los Angeles, California, on April 5, 1920, son of Benjamin and Pearl Scapa. He was graduated from Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, and attended Los Angeles City College before his enlistment in December 1940 in the U. S. Naval Reserve. Appointed Midshipman, he reported to the Midshipman ' s School, North- western University, where he iiad instruction under the Navy ' s V-7 Program. Graduated and commissioned Ensign, USNR, on 12 June 1941, he advanced in rank to that of Cap- tain, USN , to date from 1 July 1960, having transferred to the regular Navy in 1946. Reporting to the USS RALEIGH (CL-7) in July 1941, he remained on board that cruiser throughout the entire World War II period, serving as Junior Division Officer, Division Officer, Assistant Gunnery Officer and Gunnery Officer. As such he partici- pated in action at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack on the Fleet there in December 1941; in the Aleutian Islands Campaign, including the Attu occupation in May and June 1943; and the Kurile Islands operation in February and June 1944. While serving as Gunnery Officer of the RALEIGH, he received a spot promotion to Lieutenant Commander. He served from February until June 1946 as Executive Officer of the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, San Francisco, California, and the next year was a student at the University of New Mexico. In June and July 1947 he was an instructor at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. , after which he had instruction at the General Line School, Newport, R. I, , graduating in June 1948. In July of that year he joined the USS BUCK (DD 761), and while serving as Executive Officer and Navigator, that destroyer made two nine-months cruises to the Far East. From August 1950 until June 1951 he was under instruction (Command and Staff course) at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. , and during the next eight months he served as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Personnel and Administra- tion, under the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He had similar duty under the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, during the period February 1952 until October 1953, then reported as Assistant Logistics Officer and U. S. Representative on the Staff of Commander Western Mediterranean Area , Algiers , Algeria. Upon his return to the United States in September 1955, he was ordered to report in November to the USS WISCONSIN (BB 64). While serving as Gunnery Officer of that battleship, he made several cruises to the Mediterranean and South America. He was detached in July 1957 and in October of that year assumed command of the USS WALKE (DD 723). Under his command, that destroyer cruised to the Far East visit- ing New Zealand, Guam, Japan, the Philjipines and Australia, before his detachment in March 1959. In April, he reported as Plans Officer and subsequently as Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans, Operations and Training, on the Staff of Commander, Amphib- ious Training Command, Atlantic, located at Little Creek, Virginia. In August 1961, he was detached from the Staff of the Commander Amphibious Training Command, Atlantic and ordered to Quito, Ecuador for duty as Chief, U.S. Naval Mission and Chief, Navy Section, MAAG Ecuador. There, he is the principal Naval Advisor to the Minister of Defense and Commanding General of the Ecuadorean Navy. Captain Scapa has the American Defense Service Medal with Star; the American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three operation stars; the World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal (Extended); and the National Defense Service Medal.

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THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER William T. nNLEY COMMANDER, US. NAVAL RESERVE Commander William T. FINLEY, U.S. Naval Reserve, joined KLONDIKE 11 August 1963. Previously he was attaciied to tiie Sixth Naval District Staff, Charle- ston, South Carolina. Prior duty assignments were Gunnery and Security Officer, Amphibious Base, Coronado, California; Officer in Charge, USS FULLAM (DD-474); Instructor, OCS, Newport, Rhode Island; Commanding Officer, USS CONSERVER (ARS-39): and Navigator and Operations Officer, USS GENERAL J.C.BRECKINRIDGE (TAP- 176). Commander FINLEY is also a qualified Diving and Salvage Officer. During the Korean Police Action he engaged in sea operations off the Korean coast which included the invasion of Inchon and the withdrawl from Hongnam and Wonsan. While serving as Master of merchant ships during World War II, he partici- pated in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Middle East as well as the South West Pacific theaters of operations. Commander FINLEY is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Maritime Academy, class of 1933.