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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER WILLIAM L. MARKS A native of Flint, Michigan, Commander William L. Marks graduated from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa in February 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Following commissioning at Officer Candidate School, he attended the Submarine Officer Basic Course in Groton, Connecticut, and was subsequently assigned to the USS BARRACUDA (SST-3), homeport in Key West, Florida, in July l ?o7. In BARRACUDA he served as Weapons and Supply Officer and later as the Engineer Officer. Commander Marks ' next assignment was with Submarine Development Group ONE in San Diego, California, where he was the Assistant Officer-in-Charge of the first Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle. In 1972, Commander Marks was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where he served as Engineer Officer of USS BARBEL (SS-580) until 1974 and Operations Officer and Navigator of USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) until January 1977. In March of 1977, he assumed the duties as Executive Officer of USS BARBEL (SS-580). Beginning in October 1978, Commander Marks attended the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, v%hi?re he earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Following graduation in December 1980, he was assigned as Executive Officer of USS CLEVELAND (LPD-7) homcported in San Diego, California. In May l ' S3. during Western Pacific Deployment, Commander Marks assumed duties as Commanding Officer of USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD-39). Commander K ' ks is married to the former Pamela Ann Morey of Ames, Iowa. They have two daughters, Kathryn Ann an.. .mc Marie.
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.V- CECILIE, safely entered Bar Harbor, Maine. During succeeding days her passengers traveled to Boston and New York in special trains. A Gold Train with armed guard and crew transferred the 10,700,000 dollars in gold bullion to New York. On November 6, 1914, CROWN PRINCESS CE- CILI E was escorted from Bar Harbor for interment in Boston Harbor. When it became apparent that the U.S. would enter World War I, the German crew wrecked her engines, and numerous name plates in the engine room was mutilated, removed or ex- changed. Upon declaration of war, the liner was transferred to Navy custody for service as a troop transport. The colossal repair and conversion was completed in a little over three months, and the former German liner was commissioned USS MOUNT VERNON on July 28, 1917. By August of 1918, MOUNT VERNON had made nine trooplifts between New York and Brest, France. Departing again from Brest in September, she was 200 miles off the French coast when on September 5, her number one guncrew spotted the periscope of a German submarine 500 yards off her starboard bow. She opened fire on the submarine and it submerged as a torpedo wake streaked toward the ship. The torpedo struck amidships, blowing out all four engines on the starboard side, which formed half her total power plant. The transport reversed course for Brest, where she was placed in drydock for temporary repairs. The torpedo explosion had taken the lives of 36 men and injured 3 others. MOUNT VERNON returned to Boston for permanent repairs, which were still underway when the war ended in November 1918. She had transported 33,660 men to France during her combat career. She rejoined the transport service in February 1919, and returned 42,500 veterans home from France before decommissioning in September 1919. The fourth MOUNT VERNON was built in 1933 as the spacious liner SS WASHINGTON and operated by the United States Lines. Upon being acquired by the Navy on 16 June 1941 she was placed in the Philadelphia Navy yard where her 100 dollar a day suites were stripped and replaced with many steel bunks. In August 1941 she put to sea and during World War II served gallantly both in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On 18 January 1946 after transporting thousands of troops throughout the world MOUNT VERNON was decommissioned and delivered to the U.S. Maritime Commission. The latest MOUNT VERNON bears a proud name, one famous not only in American Naval Annals but also one of a legendary estate, rich in American Heritage. This legacy represents a challenge to the fifth United States ship MOUNT VERNON embarking on her life with the Fleet today.
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