Mine Force Atlantic Fleet - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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nection with the training of new submarines. He then served as Commander Submarine Division ONE HUNDRED TWO in the Pacific Fleet from May, 1942 to May, 1944, and while in that duty commanded the USS FLYING FISH on her Sixth War Patrol. For services as Commander Submarine Division ONE HUNDRED TWO he was awarded the Legion of Merit, and for heroic achievement in command of the USS FLYING FISH, he received the Bronze Star Medal, both with Combat V. For service as Officer in Charge, Submarine Sec- tion, Fleet Maintenance Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, from June 12, 1944 to Au- gust 3 0, 1945, he received a Letter of Commenda- tion with authorization to wear the Commendation Ribbon, from the Secretary of the Navy. Follow- ing duty as Chief of Staff to the Commander Task Force SIXTY EIGHT, which escorted President Harry S. Truman to the Potsdam Conference in 1945, he assumed command, in October of that year, of the USS GUAM. He commanded that large cruiser during the occupation of Korea, and afterward brought her back to the United States for decommissioning. He reported in January, 1946 for duty as Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Submarine Force, Pacific, and served in the assignment until Sep- tember, 1947. He then organized and became the first Commanding Officer of the U. S. Naval School, General Line, Monterey, California. After promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral he re- ported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. and served as As- sistant Chief of Naval Personnel (Personnel Con- trol), from May, 1949 until August, 1951, when he assumed command of Cruiser Division TWO, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. He became Commander Mine Force March 4, 1952. In addition to the Legion of Merit with Combat V, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, and the Commendation Ribbon, Rear Admiral Watkins has the Victory Medal (World War I); the American Defense Service Medal, Base Clasp; the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign JVledaJ; the American Campaign Medal; the World War II Victory Medal; and the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp. I COMMANDER MINE FORCE, U. 8. ATLANTIC FLEET U. 8. NAVAL MINECRAFT BASE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA To: Mine Force I am grateful for this opportunity to extend my greetings to all members of the Mine Force, both old and new. The spirit, e sprit-de-corps, and character of the Mine Force are such that they are in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy. The efficient manner in which you have handled all missions and tasks assigned you gives me great confidence in your future performance in times of peace or war. I am proud to be serving with the Force whose mem- bers truthfully can say where the Fleet goes, we have been. My best wishes go wj h you at all times ' , fi£ FRANK T. WATKINS Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy Commander Mine Force U. S. Atlantic Fleet

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Rear Admiral Frank Thomas Watkins Commander Mine Force U. S. Atlantic Fleet Frank Thomas Watkins -was born in Provo, Utah, on December 15, 1898, the son of Charles F. Waktins, Sr., and Mrs. Mary Bertha (Kearney) Watkins. Upon completion of secondary schooling in Salt Lake City he entered George Washington University, Washington, D. C, in 1917. During that year he successfully passed the entrance re- quirements to the U. S. Naval Academy and ac- cepted appointment as a midshipman in June, 1918. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 2, 1922, he advanced to the rank of Captain on June 21, 1942. His selection to the rank of Rear Ad- miral was approved by the President on December 1, 1948, and confirmed by the Senate to rank from August 1, 1948. Since 1918 his home address has been 1549 North Harvard Boulevard, Hollywood, California. After graduation from the Naval Academy in June, 1922, he reported to the USS MISSISSIPPI. He served in that battleship until June, 1925. After qualifying in submarines at the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, in December, 1925, he had consecutive duty until June 1929 in the USS S-8 and the USS S-16. He was then trans- ferred to duty at the Submarine Base, Pearl Har- bor, Territory of Hawaii, where he served until April, 1931. Following ten months ' duty in the USS S-27, he was transferred to the USS S-29 in February, 1932, and in March assumed command of that subma- rine. Relieved of that command in June, 1934, he served in the Production Division of the Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, until May, 1936. For the following three years he was in command of the USS CACHALOT, at that time a new fleet type submarine. He then went to duty in the Fleet Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. In March, 1941 he reported for duty as Assistant Naval Attache at the American Embassy, London, England, and in September of that year was desig- nated Special Naval Observer. During his assign- ment in England he served in the British subma- rine TORBAY, the submarine tenders MAID- STONE and MEDWAY, and the destroyer WHITEHALL, British ships conducting war oper- ations against the Germans and Italians in the Eastern and Western Mediterranean. He returned to the United States in November, 1941 just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After two months ' duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, he was ordered to command Submarine Experi- mental Division ONE, with additional duty in con-



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Captain Elonzo Bowden Grantham, Jr. Chief of Staff Commander Mine Force U. S. Atlantic Fleet Captain Elonzo Bowden Grantham, Jr., USN, presently Chief of Staff on the Staff of Commander Mine Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, was born in 1907 at Rocky Mount, N. C. After attending Rocky Mount High School he gained appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, graduated in 1930, and was commissioned Ensign. On 13 April, 1940 Captain Grantham wedded the former Miss Alice Wight of Norfolk, Va., and they now have two daughters, Emily Virginia (9) and Anne Elliott (2). Captain Grantham has served fourteen of his 22 Navy years at sea with duty in an aircraft carrier, a cruiser, and various destroyers performing as- signments in the Pacific, Atlantic, Asiatic, and Mediterranean waters. During that period he was commanding officer of two destroyers and a de- stroyer division. The Captain ' s shore duty has included two tours in Washington, D. C, in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a course of instruction at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I. Captain Grantham has served as COMINLANT Chief of Staff since June, 1952.

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