Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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i CHIEF OF STAFF, CARDIV 16 ' , - 'dshipmall A C tain Alfred F. Blair entered the Navy in 1940 asia M1 nn In 5 2521 aboard tha U. s. s. NEW YORK, after Sfudffmg af Pe sy vania State University. . ' since Captain Blair has followed a full and mterestmgxfglffgr S' 5' receiving his commission in 1941.WorldWarIItourEaSPCER 849 and BRISK, C. O. PC 645, C. O. PCER 855, C- Taming Camel-' Underway Training Officer of the Small Craft I'Aide andmas San Pedro, California led to a 1946 assignment ai ter tours saw Secretary to Commander, Western Sea Frontier. EQTER ICI-,831 the Chief of Staff on board U. s. s. MANCHaff t as c. o. U. s. s. CORDUBA IAF-321. on the Sf h' I Service Force, Atlantic and at the General Lme Sc 00 as well as Engineering post-graduate schooling at C0I'I19u sity. Officer U. S. S. BASILONE IDD-8241 followed by the U. S. S. LOESER IDE-6801. Tours on the Staff ue e Fourth Naval District and at the Armed Forces Staff CS 55, lowed by command of the U. S. S. ROBINSON lDh' as a student at the Naval War College rounded out 'I gurea Additional tours as Head , Officer, Plans BranCha -t Naval Personnel, Commander Destroyer Division Twentilge the Ioint Staff, Commander in Chief, Atlantic where dmg the Ioint Commendation Medal, led to even more demglnt mpg. The early 1950's saw the Chief of Staff 85 flggmmand u

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COMCARDIV16 Rear Admiral I. Lloyd Abbot, Ir. was born in Mobile, Alabama, Iune 26, 1918, son of Captain I. Lloyd Abbot, USNR fRet.J and Mrs. Helen Taylor Abbot. He graduated in 1934 from Murphy Higlh School in Mobile and went to Spring Hill Co age for one year before attending the U. S. Nav Academy. In 1964 he graduated from the National War College and that same year earned a Master's Degree in Business Adrninistrationfrom George Washington University. After graduation from the Naval Academy in Iune 1939, Admiral Abbot held routine assign- ments as a junior officer at sea in USS ENTER- PRISEICV-6J and USS CILMER IDD-233Jbefore reporting for flight training at Pensacola in March 1941. He was designated a naval aviator on 18 Autgust 1941. He progressed through the ranks an was selected in Iune 1966 for promotion to Rear Admiral. He has held six commands prior to his pre- sent one. His three aircraft squadron commands were Scouting Squadron SIXTY-SIX IVS-661 in 1942-43, Fighter Squadron FORTY-TWO'fVF- 421 in 1946-48, and Utility Squadron FOUR IVU- 4 in 1951-52 . He took command of USS VAL I I - COUR ,AVP-553 in 1960, and of USS INTREPID ICVA- 111 in 1961. He served as Executive Officer, USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN LCVA-391 in 1955-58, as Operations Officer for Commander Carrier Div- ision TWO in 1956-57, and as Chief of Staff to Commander Carrier Division FIVE in 1962-63. He has had two tours ashore at Pensacola, one at the Naval Academy and two in Washington. In the two flag billets prior to his present assignment, Admiral ABBOT served from 1966 to 1967 as Director of Naval Warfare Analyses IOP-911 in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and as Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica from 1967 to 1969. 5 In addition to the Legion of Merit, Admiral Abbot holds the Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, American Defense Medal, American Cam- paign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and the Antarctica Service Medal. Admiral Abbot is married to the former Miss Marjorie Crubbs of Norfolk, Virginia. They have three children, sons Lloyd III and Steve, and a daughter Maro. Lloyd III and Steve are naval officers and Maro attends Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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'Qu lets. Duty as Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Two and Head, Anti-submarine Warfare Branch, ASW and Ocean Surveil- lance, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations culminated in Captain Blair's assignment as Chief of Staff to the Commander, Carrier Division Sixteen ir1 1968. Captain and Mrs. Blair have five children: four daughters and ason. A position report. 19 Thinking