Northampton (CC 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER CALVIN C. DUDLEY U.S.N. l w H 3 I 2 a Calvin C. Dudley was born on December 19, 1925, in Royston, Georgia. He attended Georgia State Col- lege in Atlanta. During the Second World War, Commander Dudley served in the Merchant Marine and received an un- limited Masters license in 1949. His date of rank as Ensign, United States Naval Reserve is November 4, 1946. He saw his first active duty with the Navy during the Korean War, and in 1956, he transferred into the regular Navy. Commander Dudley holds the National Defense Service Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, and several Merchant Marine Service Ribbons including the Combat Bar. His duty assignments have included: Student at Gunnery Officers School, Washington, D.C., First Lieutenant on U.S.S. WHITLEY QAKA-915 , Assistant Officer in Charge of a naval unit on the Rhine River Patrol in Germany, Operations Officer and Navigator on U.S.S. KAWISHIWI QAO-1461, Student at the General Line School at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, Navigator on the U.S.S. BREMERTON QCA-1301 , Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron Nine, Executive Officer on U.S.S. MAD- DOX QDD-7315, Staff member of Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, located in London, England, and immediately prior to reporting to NORTHAMPTON, he was Commanding Officer on U.S.S. TURNER QDDR-8345. Commander Dudley was married to the former Joyce Brenda McKenzie of Kearsley, England on No- vember 23, 1948. They have one son, Calvin J r.

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