Manatee (AO 58) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR ROBERT E. MUMFORD JR. EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS MANATEE (AO-58) Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Mum- ford Jr received his commission following his graduation from the University of Ro- chester in 1957. He served aboard the USS VALLEY FORGE (CVS-45) from 1957 to 1959 first as Signals Officer, then as A Division Officer. From 1959 to 1961 he served on the staff of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at the University of Colorado. While there he completed course work for an M.A. in Political Science which he subsequently received in 1968. In 1961 LCDR Mumford reported aboard the USS RUSHMORE (LSD-14) where he served as First Lieutenant and later as Ope- rations Officer during two Mediterranean cruises. After serving as an analyst with the De- fense Intelligence Agency from 1963 - 1966 he was assigned to the staff of Commander Amphibious Squardon One. He was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal, both with Combat Distinguishing Device for meritorious serv- ice on the staff in Vietnamese operations. Lieutenant Commander Mumford report- ed to USS MANATEE (AO-58) in July 1968, and relieved Lieutenant Commander Lattig as Executive Officer on August Third in the midst of an intensive deployment. Lieutenant Commander Mumford is mar- ried to the former Sandra Zacher of Roche- ster New York and has a son James and a daughter Monica. The family resides in San Diego.

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CAPTAIN JOHN F. GILLOOLY COMMANDING OFFICER USS MANATEE (AO-58) Captain John F. Gillooly graduated from the U.S. Naval Acad- emy in June 1944. During World War II, he served aboard the USS COLUMBIA (CL-56) and the USS FLAGOUT (DE-324) in the Pacific participating in the Leyte, Palau, Lingayen and Oki- nawa, and received the Navy Unit Commendation and the Purple Heart. Volunteering for flight training he was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1948. Subsequently, Captain Gillooly served with ASW Patrol Squardon 21 at U.S. Navy Photo Interpretation Center, Washington, D.C. . During the Korean war, he was attached to Electronic Counter- measures Squardon ONE. At the close of the war, he was ordered to the Staff of Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, and later he was aide to the Commandant of the National War College. He served as Operations Officer, Executive Officer, and Command- ing Officer of Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 36 on the USS RANDOLPH (CVS-15) and then Executive Officer of the USS INTREPID (CVS-11). Prior to assuming command of the MANATEE Captain Gillooly served as Director of the Policy Division, Bureau of Personnel. Captain Gillooly received his M.A. from Stanford University and entered the Naval War College in 1959 graduating in 1960. On April 1, 1968 Captain Gillooly assumed command of MANA- TEE while she was undergoing extensive overhaul in California Shipyard. Captain Gillooly is married to the former Ursula Tuohy of Bethel, Connecticut. They presently reside in Huntington Beach, California with their daughter Irene, and four sons, Bryn, Edward, John Jr. and Paul.

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LCDR EDWARD CLATTIG I EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS MANATEE (AO-58) LCDR E. C. LATTIG was a 1956 graduate of the New York Merchant Marine Academy at Fort Schuylor. He reported aboard MANATEE in August 1966 while the ship was in Westpac. LCDR LATTIG served two years as Executive Officer and was relieved in August 1968, also in Westpac. He came from the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque New Mexico, and returned to that duty station subsequent to his Manatee tour. He has also served in the Destroyer Force and the Service Force and has done graduate J work in physical science.