Wasp (CVS 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 5 X. . Q... dill? EUGENE R. HANSON Commonder, USN Entering the Navy in June 1941 as a student aviator, Com- mander Eugene R. Hanson earned his wings and commission in November 1941. His first duty assignments were as a squadron pilot. After attending Landing Signal Officers School at Jackson- ville, he served as LSO with various Aircraft Support Units, and aboard the USS LEXINGTON. After the war Commander Hanson was Assistant Training Officer with the Chief of Training Staff. He spent a year in school at Newport, then reported to Air Development Squadron 1, and NavAirSta Glenview, California, as Operations Officer. After more training at Newport, this time in Combat Informa- tion Center School, Commander Hanson was assigned to the USS BLOCK ISLAND in April 1954 as Air Officer and then Executive Officer. In August of that year he went to Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 26 as Exec, and later became CO. He was next assigned to Squadron 27 as CO. In February 1957 the Commander was assigned to the Staff of Commander Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet. In June 1958 he graduated from the Naval War College at Newport, and reported to the Underseas Warfare Division in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations. He came aboard the USS WASP in June 1960 to relieve Commander Hodson as Executive Officer. Born in Burlington, Iowa, and an alumnus of Burlington College, Commander Hanson now lives in IVIcLean, Virginia, with his wife, Joy, and their two sons, David and Robin. N D HODSON Commonder USN CDR N D Hodson joined the WASP in IVlarch of 1958 as Operations Officer and became Executive Officer the following November He began his Naval career in flight training at Pensacola in 1941 He was commissioned in June of that year earned his wings in August and joined Fighter Squadron 6 aboard the USS ENTERPRISE During World War II he saw action in the early Pacific carrier raids and the Battle of Midway From Nlarch 1944 to October 1945 he was Commanding Officer of Composite Squad- ron 8 serving aboard the USS GUADALCANAL USS CARD FORGE as CO of Attack Squadron 55 he participated in the initial strikes in North Korea Commander Hodson was selected for Captain shortly before his departure from WASP in July 1960 l uss T,RlPOLl, and uss NEHENTA BAY. Aboard the uss vALLEv I

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TCJDAY'S CAPTAIN CQNSTANTINE A. KARABERIS Ccipfciin, USN A native of Lewiston, Maine, Captain Constantine A. Karaberis attended public schools in Manchester, N. H., and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from New Hampshire in 1931, graduating in 1935 with the Bachelor of Science degree. He advanced through the various grades and was appointed to Captain with date of rank of July 1, 1954. He served as a junior officer in the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA, having gunnery, communication and en- gineering duties, until 1937, when he reported for flight training to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. He was designated a Naval Aviator in February 1939, and was as- signed to duty in the aviation unit of USS HONOLULU. While serving as Senior Aviator of that cruiser in 1941, he received a Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy and was awarded the Admiral William A. Moffet Memorial Trophy for aviation safety in competition with all cruiser and battleship aviation units. On board the HONOLULU at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked the U.S. Fleet there on December 7, 1941, he was detached in May 1942 for duty as Flight Instructor at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. ln July 1943 he joined Fleet Air Wing EIGHT for training at Sanford, Fla. From January to September 1944 he served as Air Officer of the escort carrier USS SHAMROCK BAY in the Pacific and Atlantic. After brief duty as Operations Officer at the Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif., in March 1945 he reported as Executive Officer of the escort carrier USS WAKE ISLAND. His ship was twice struck by Japanese suicide planes off Okinawa, receiving the Navy Unit Commendation for operations againstthe enemy during the Spring of 1945. Captain Karaberis was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V for meritorious achievement as the ship's Executive Officer during those operations, contributing materially to the out- standing record ofthe embarked air squadron in inflicting damage on the enemy... Leaving the WAKE ISLAND in April 1946, he next served as an instructor in aviation at the General Line School, Newport, R.l. Then, following a three-months' refresher course at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, he served as Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron TWO tAlaska Rotation? and from March to June 1950, as Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander Fleet Air Wing FOUR, Whidbey Island, Washington. 7 l He completed the Strategy and Logistics Course at the Naval War College, Newport, R.l., in June 1951 and then was assigned as Executive Officer of the Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif, He served as Chief Staff Officer to Commander Fleet Air Wing TWO from June 1953 to June 1954, and then had two years' duty as Commanding Officer of Air Transport Squadron 23, operating in Japan and the Far East. ln September 1956, he was assigned to duty in the Bureau ofAeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., and from October 1958 to May 1960, he served as Chief of Staff to Commander Anti-Submarine Defense Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at Norfolk, Va. On June 9,1960 he assumed command of the antisubmarine aircraft carrier, USS WASP, Flagship for Commander Carrier Division 14 CCommander Task Group BRAVOD- In addition to the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , the Navy Unit Commendation and the Letter of Com- mendation, he is entitled to wear the American Defense Service Medal Ctwo starsb, the American Campaign Medal the World War ll Victory Medal, the China Service Medal CExtendedJ, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Service Medal. Captain Karaberis is married to the former Avis Estelle Moore of Murfreesboro, Tenn., their home is now in Boston.

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CARRIER DIVISION IA CAPT W. L. PACK OPS 1 'i ' wffayzf, X uhm STAFF JAMES M. PALMER Coptoin, USN CHIEF OF STAFF CAPT P. G. DYE PLANS OFFICER CDR W. E. CUMMINS ASST OPS OFFICER LCDR FV K, STONE COMM 'aff' CDR W. T, BRUCE LCDR JV Bu HAINES LCDR J. MULLEN ASST OPS CIC ASST OPS SURFACE FLAG SECTY mf, Avant - li fw 4, In ' ugh' I .X ,. t E' , f Sf S' ' fa A , sf. ,Lf I S Q' ' C , JS ,Q R , ,l 5. , Tw lx Th. LCDR J. F. COLLIS LCDR Dv PM JONES LT T, E. DUNLOP ASST OPS AIR INTELL ASW FLAG LT