Pocono (AGC 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEDICATION Our 1962 cruise has ended and We are back in Nor- folk. ln these pages much of the action that occurred during the Caribbean exercise and the seven months of the Mediterranean deployment has been recorded. They were 'crowded months, days of hard Work, days of leisure, days in which We learned how the other half lives . In this book you will also find an accounting of some of the other events that the men of the POCON0 were involved in. As the years go by we trust you Will recall many of these happenings with fondness . To our Wives, to our mothers, to our svveethearts, We would like to dedicate this book. Your assignment has been one of waiting, one of keeping our spirits up by the letters that you wrote, and you very nobly fulfilled the assignment. In the days that lie ahead may my Wish for you be summed up in the simple phrase, Happy Sailing. Captain W. W. Gentry, USN ff DEPAR JUN 19 1903 LIBRARY If q Y ,T . vf ff 'Q lcv A I-if 3 CYtM.,l.9 'Pc X1 l, ffl 1' ,. ,fn ,a, 1

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Change of Command CAPTAIN WILLIAM W. GENTRY Captain William W. Gentry, USN, a native of North Carolina, has been the Com- manding Officer of the POCONO since 17 February, 1962 when he relieved Captain John W. Reed, USN, in ceremonies held aboard the ship. Captain Gentry, a graduate of the Naval Academy Class of 1939, has had much sea duty having served on the following ships: the old ENTERPRISE, the WASP, NIELDS, HARDING, GHERARDI, DES MOINES, FORRESTAL, and BOSTON. He served as Com- manding Officer of the GHERARDI, a destroyer, and was executive officer on the HARDING and more recently on the BOSTON. From 1950 until 1953 he was an instructor at the General Line School, Monterey, while in 1954 he was the Senior Engineering and Damage Control Officer with the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. From 1958-1960 Captain Gentry was Chief of the Navy Section with the Military Advisory Group in Belgium. He came to the POCONO after a two-year tour on the faculty of the Armed Forces Staff College in Nor- folk. During the Second World War, Captain Gentry participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign, the invasion of Sicily, the Normandy invasion, the invasion of Southern France, and the invasion of Okinawa. At the end of the vvar he was engaged in mine- svveeping operations in japanese waters. Captain and Mrs. Gentry presently make their home on Hampton Boulevard in Nor- folk, They have a daughter, jane. 5