Mauna Loa (AE 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE C PTI Responsible for the Ship, Its Mission, and Every Man Aboard

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The leaders of the fleet are those men at the top of the chain of command whose de- cisions and ideas determine the courses that the fleets and the ships of the Navy will take. Their job is one where the im- mensity of political and tactical decisions is immeasurable. Yet, the same men find the time to visit a ship and talk with her men. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Thomas Moorer came aboardMAUNA LOA, while at sea, as did Admiral Rivero, CIN- CSOUTH, and Admiral Richardson, COMS IX- THFLT. Such occasions provided all hands to see and appreciate the chain of command in its entirity . 1

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Captain Lewis F. Bogan was born in Minn- eapolis, Minnesota. He attended schools in California and was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943 with the class of 1944. From 1943 to 1945. as an Ensign and Lieutenant Junior Grade he served aboard USS PHILLIPS DD-948 in the South and Western Pacific. Entering flight training in August 1945, he was des- ignated a Naval Aviator in January 1947 and subsequently served in Patrol Squad- ron Twenty One and Composite Squadron Eleven. From 1952 to 1953 he was Flag Lieutenant for Commander Carrier Div- ision Three. After a tour ashore at the Naval Air Facility, Litchfield Park, he reported to Air Anti-Submarine Squadron Twenty One. In 1959 he graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College. This was fol- lowed by consecutive tours as Command- ing Officer of Anti-Submarine Squadrons Twenty One and Forty One. In 1962 he graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and became Operations Officer of the USS INTREPID. He was subsequently made Executive Officer of the same ship. In 1964 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and assigned as the Operations Officer on the staff of Commander ASW Group One. From De- cember 1965 until May 1968, he served in the office of The Chief Of Naval Opera- tions as a member of the Air Weapons Systems Analysis Staff. During this tour of duty Captain Bogan earned his Master's Degree in Business Administration at George Washington University. On 26 June 1968 he assumed command of USS MAUNA LOA.