McGowan (DD 678) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Thomas Starr King, Jr., USN, Commander Destroyer Division Two Hundred Two, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on December , 1914, the son of Captain Thomas Starr King and Mrs. Anne Gordon King. Captain King, following in the footsteps of his father, prepared for a naval career, and on June 9, 1932, he entered the United States Naval Academy, where he was an active member of his class, excelling in varsity football, baseball, and basketball. Graduating from the Naval Academy in June 19.i6, Captain King served his first tour of duty on the USS New Mexico. In 19.39, Captain King left the battleship. New Mexico, and went to the USS Wichita as Fire Conttol Officer, where he remained throughout World War II. In 1943, Captain King returned to the United States to the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, where he was graduated with the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1945. From there, he went first to the USS Alabama as Gunnery Officer, and then to the staff of Commander Battleships-Cruisers, Atlantic Fleet, in the same capacity ' . In 1948, Captain King was given command of the USS Winslow, a command which he held until July 1949, when he was sent to the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia, for further work in the ordnance field. Fol- lowing a two-year tour of duty in Dahlgren, Captain King at- tended the senior course in Strategy and Tactics at the Naval War College in Newport. Ordered to the staff of Commander First Fleet in the Pacific in June 1952, Captain King served with dis- tinction during the Korean crisis. For his meritorious service, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with the Combat V. After seventeen months in the Far East, Captain King was ordered to command of Destroyer Division Two Hundred Two, a command which he assumed in August, 1954. Captain King is married, and has three children. He lives in Newport. Commander Philip Godfrey Dye, USN, Captain of the USS McGowan, was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, son of Margherita Anne and John Walter Dye, on May 17, 1919. His early years were spent in New Zealand and Australia, and in other foreign countries to which his fathers occupation took his family. Commander Dye first attended Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia, and later the University of Minnesota. In 1940, with the advent of a strained international situation. Commander Dye entered the Naval Reserve as a Midshipman. He was commis- sioned an Ensign in March of 1941, and ordered to the USS Golds- borough, a destroyer-seaplane tender, with which he served in the Atlantic during the early years of World War II. In 1943, he was transferred to the USS Remey in the Pacific, where he served as First Lieutenant and later Executive Officer during the major portion of the Pacific campaign. Aboard the Remey, Commander Dye participated in the attack and sinking of the Japanese battle- ship Yamashiro, and for his part in the action, was awatded the Bronze Star with V. Transferring to the regular Navy in 1946, Commander Dye attended the General Line School at Newport. In June of 1947, he was ordered to the USS El Dorado, flagship of Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific and based in San Diego, where he served for two years. After two years of duty in the Pacific, he was assigned duty in the 15th Naval District, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. He moved in 1951 to the Bureau of Per- sonnel in the Navy Department in Washington. In January 1954, Commander Dye assumed command of the USS McGowan. Commander Dye is married, and has three children; he lives in Newport. ji ' -e jE: