Northampton (CLC 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Capt Harold G. Bowen, Jr. Commanding Officer USS Northampton, CCLC-lj EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER ROBERT S . EASTMAN, USN BORN IN ENFIELD, NEW HAMP- SHIRE, HE WAS COMMISSIONED AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1941, AND SPENT THE SECOND WORLD WAR YEARS ON DESTROYERS IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFICAREAS, PARTICIPATING IN THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. AFTER THE WAR HE INSTRUCTED AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, LEAVING THERE TO BECOME EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE DESTROY- ER HAWKINS DURING OPERATIONS AT WONSAN IN KOREA, 1951. HE HAS SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SER- VICE, AND IN 1954 ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE DESTROYER CHARLES J. BADGER . HE CAME ABOARD NORTH- HAMPTON AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN 1959AFTER DUTY IN THE REQUIREMENTS DIVISION OF THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. CHAPLAIN CURRY, CDR COTE COPER- ATIONSD , CDR EASTMAN, LCDR BUR- RUS CSUPPLYD , LCDR WESTCENGINE- ERINGD , CDR EVANS CDENTALD , LT SMITH CMEDICALD, LCDR MURRAY CNAVIGATORD , LT MCOUESTON fASS'T GUNNERYD , LCDR POTTS CGUNNERYD CAPTAIN HAROLD G. BOWEN, JR, , USN BORN IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, AND A NATIIVE OF CALI- FORNIA, HE WAS GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1933 , SERVING FOR SEVERAL YEARS ABOARD CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS . HE HAS BEEN A STUDENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE , ORDNANCE , AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING , WITH DUTY ASSIGNMENTS AT BOTH THE NAVAL GUN FACTORY AND THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE . DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR II HE HELD DESTROYER COMMANDS, AND SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS , PACIFIC. DURING THE KOREAN POLICE ACTION HE COMMANDED DESTROYER DIVISION 92 AS WELL AS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN COMMAND OF THE WONSAN BLOCKADE. SINCE THEN HE HAS SERVED ON THE STAFFS OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PACIFIC FLEET AND COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION 16, AND HAS HELD COMMAND OF THE FLEET OILER NEOSHO. HE CAME ABOARD NORTHAMP- TON IN 1959 FOLLOWING DUTY IN WASHINGTON AS DIRECTOR OF THE ATOMIC ENGERY DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. AT THE TIME OF THIS BOOK'S PRINTING, CAPTAIN BOWEN HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL .

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ANDON A DAY NORTHAMPTON GETS INITIAL MI ON DUTY IN THE SHIPS oF THE COMBINED EXERCISES IN THENCE TO THE NORTH AIREASE AT Bono, FINALLY, PERMIT , AS ICAN WARSHIP