St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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C0 NDING olwlolsn I . 1 5 I 1 CAPTAIN ILLIAM A GAINES US Captain Gaines, a native of Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, entered the naval service in June 1955. Following Submarine School, Captain Gaines was assigned to the USS NAUTILUS QSSN-5715 where he remained until he entered the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Gaines has served on the submarines USS ANGLER KSS- 240J, USS SEGUNDO CSS-3983, USS MACKEREL CSST-D, and as Commanding Officer of the submarines USS MARLIN QSST-25 and USS GUDGEON QSS-5675. Captain Gaines' other assignments include Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Submarine Group EIGHT, Naples, Italyg Squadron Material Officer, Submarine Squadron Twelve, Key West, Florida, Force Scheduling Officer, Commander Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Commander Submarine Group FIVE, San Diego, California. From June 1980 until August 1982, Captain Gaines served as Executive Officer, USS SPERRY CAS-121, followed by assignment as Chief Staff Officer on the staff of Commander Submarine Squadron THREE. Captain Gaines is married to the former Pauline Rich of Hanover, New Hampshire. They have one son, William Jr., and three daughters, Kimberly, Wendy, and Robin.

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DEDICATIO A r E Rx xx P if 5 fi if . IK. . X .fvoisw ' 'T-Nh 1 1- sf ' lJl'IlJll'.XTION This hook is dedicated to the men and families of USS ST. LOUIS who have made the transition from San Diego to forward deployment in Saseho. Japan Il Complete success. Through numerous one alpha's, cargo onloads and offlouds. and ship-wide inspections. the crew of USS ST. LOUIS has earned a WELL DONE . 'zfffffqq Q5 . il inc 'i ' gn'-ef ' -I 'Q' - ' in JUS? 'S '45 N . S ' i ig., I., 4: 'faint-'if Q 51-'za Q , 5-.221 ,Lg ,gal . 'gb mi' J? ' 'IIE' 5' '.,A' i' ' 2. if 'G 5, .ig ,r Ig . xl as ' ' r x . 5 r

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER L il 1:41. 5 izif' QW .,.' . rr , ,'E, ,S , ?w,? ' ., V , 1-.. , sv Mi CDR E.J.HIGGINS, USN COMMAND MASTER CHIEF Commander Higgins was commissioned in Decem- ber 1969 following training at the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport. Rhode Island. He has served on USS YANCEY QLKA-931, USS ZEL- LARS KDD-7773. USS DYESS fDD-8803, USS MCCLOY QFF-10383, USS POINT DEFIANCE USD-313 and USS INCHON QLPH-123. ln 1977. Commander Higgins received a Masters Degree in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. From February 1980 through April 1982, he served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Political!Military policy and Current Plans DivisiontOP-611. Commander Higgins, a native of Brooklyn, NY is married to the former Gerry Roach of Salisbury, MD. They have two children, Bernadette and Andrew. :iff 1 f U M 4657 W -2 5 f 1 if ll A li '34 .r fe' , - A xt , x g A v Q! ' .K , g It '- Q f i? at-v '5.i 's f D Li- ' ' A 3' ,X - I .,:l' - . -857.-.V-: e ' - V- S1 xr 2 S l I STCM GUSTIN