Abbot (DD 628) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMDESDIV 102 f ff! CAPT. ANDREW D. IACKSON IR., U. S. NAVY The Commodore was born in Crystal City, Texas, June 12, 1914. After graduation from high school in College Station, Texas, he enlisted in the Navy at the age of eighteen and served aboard the USS ARIZONA. After two years of service he was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in june 1938. Upon being commissioned he was ordered to the battleship MISSISSIPPI and after serving as a Gunnery Department Junior Division Officer for ten months, he was transferred in April 1939 to the USS ST. LOUIS. He was B Division Officer there until June of 1940 when he was selected for pilot training in lighter-than-air craft. It was at this time, june 2, 1940, that he married Miss Betty Polyanski at Annapolis, Maryland. He underwent pilot training at NAS, Lake- hurst, New Jersey, until August 1941, when he received his wings. He was promoted to LT G in une of that year He remained at Lakehurst as an instructor until anuary 1942 when he was transferred to BLIMPRON 32 where he served for a year and was promoted to Lieutenant In anuary 1943 he became Executive Officer of BLIMPRON 33 In August 1943 he was ordered to the staff of Commander Fleet Air Ships Pacific as Chief Staff Oflicer where he served until August of 1944 In March of that year he was promoted to LCDR From August of 1944 until April of 1946 he returned to afloat duty aboard the USS PORT- LAND serving first as First Lieutenant, then as Navigator, and following his promotion to Commander in November 1945, as Executive Officer. After this tour of duty he was sent to the General Line School, then located in Newport, Rhode Island, as a Navigation Instructor. In August 1948 he received his first coma mand, LTSS NICCOOK, a San Diego based DMS. Upon being relieved as the Commanding Officer of the NICCOOK he took command of the USS LLOYD THOMAS, a destroyer whose home port was shifted from San Diego to Newport while Commander Jackson was CO. From hluly 1950 until September 1953 he was with the Navy Department in Hlashington, D.C. first in the ONI and then as an Industrial Mobilization Officer in the Office of Naval Material. The next six months until April 1954 were spent as 1 student at the UK oint Services Staff College in England After graduation he served on CIINCNELM Staff in London as Foreign Military Rights Officer In August of 199.1 he returned to the L S for duty as Logistics Officer on the Staff of COMPHIBGRU ONE in San Diego He was promoted to his present rank of Captain on 1 uly 1951 In November of 1951 he relieved Captain L XV NX oodville Ir as CONI DESDIV 102 He has two children Andrew Douglas III aged 16 and David Lee 13 . . J . 1 1 . 1 - 4, Yr ' i 1... J . . . L . . . . J ,.,. Y , M F 1 l J. . ' . 7 '. 5 ,, 1 . . I , I 1 , . 5. 1 Us 1 N ,f ..

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COMMANDING OFFICER CDR. ROBERT M. POND, U. S. NAVY The Captain was born in San Francisco, California and comes from a Navy family, his grandfather having been a Rear Admiral, his father and uncle both Commanders. His brother is now skipper of the USS AUCILLA. Captain Pond attended the University of California at Berkeley, receiving his commission from the NROTC unit there in 1943. Commander Pond's first duty assignment was with the USS BOYD fDD-5441, then being commissioned. He served aboard her until March, 1945, in the capacities of CIC Ofhcer, Communications Ofhcer, Assistant Gunnery Officer and Fighter Director Officer. During this tour of duty the BOYD partici- pated inithe following major operations: Central Pacihc Raids 119431 Asiatic-Pacihc Raids 09411, attacks, assault and capture of Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Hollandia, 1fVestern New Guinea, Marianas, Mfestern Caroline Islands, Leyte and Iwo Jima. After the war, Commander Pond served with the Executive Department at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, ttntil 1948. He then was assigned as Operations Oflicer for Com- mander Destroyer Squadron 11 with the Pacific Fleet and participated, among other things, in the evacuation of Shanghai. Upon the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, June 1950 he participated in all types of operations as Chief Staff Officer and Gunnery Officer for Commander Destroyer Squadron 11, who was a task group commander in command of all U.S. destroyers in the XVestern Pacific. Since 1951 Commander Pond has served in turn with the Fleet Operational Readiness Divi- sion of the Ofhce of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions, as Executive Officer of the USS HAMNER tDD'718j in the Pacific, and as Gunnery Officer of the USS ESSEX QCVA-91 in both Atlantic and Pacific waters. He assumed command of the USS ABBOT on 19 April 1958. Commander Pond is married to the former Miss Kathleen Alice Kellar of San Francisco. They have three children: Judith, born 19475 Allison, born 1950, and Robert, jr., born 1958. If ABB It v My L. t., . 11. L, xl g.. , ,Ax w ' 's A gt. .,X N. Y , . . 5, -.Fla 'N T' N. Epi'-Q. N,! U' an XR