Acadia (AD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS ACADI AD-42 ACADIA'S KEEL WAS LAID ON VALENTINES DAY, 1978, LAUNCHED JULY 28 THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND COMMIS- SIONED ON JUNE 6, 1981. HER NAMESAKE, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, IS LOCATED ON MAINE'S MOUNT DESERT ISLAND. THE PHENOMINAL BEAUTY OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK WAS CREATED BY A STRANGE ACT OF NATURE IN WHICH THE OCEAN FLOODED ANCIENT LAND SUR- FACES, CREATING ISLANDS OUT OF HIGH HILLS. THE GORGES BECAME RIVERS, AND WIDER VALLEYS EMERGED AS BAYS AND GULFS. WOODLANDS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS, AND SEACOASTS ARE ALL CONTAINED IN THE NATURAL WONDER OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. AS A DESTROYER TENDER, ACADIA PROVIDES MATERIALS AND MOBILE FACILITIES FOR SHIPS REQUIRING SERVICE OR REPAIR, IN PORT OR AT SEA. SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE DD- 963 CLASS DESTROYERS AND FFG-7 CLASS FRIGATES, ACADIA CAN ALSO SERVE ANY SHIP OF THE FLEET. CUSTOMER SHIPS VARY IN SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS, RANGING FROM GUN PA- TROL BOATS OF ABOUT 150 FEET, ARMED WITH GUNS, TO NU- CLEAR-PROPELLED MISSILE CRUISERS ALMOST 600 FEET IN LENGTH, CARRYING ADVANCED GUIDED MISSILES, AND FITTED WITH SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. ACADIA'S REPAIR DEPARTMENT CAN ACCOMPLISH ALL SER- VICES REQUIRED, INCLUDING MOST OF THE SUPPORT AVAIL- ABLE AT SHORE BASED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. THE MYRIAD OF SHOPS INCLUDE: PIPE, MACHINE AND CARPENTRY SHOPS, FOUNDRY AND NUMEROUS SPECIALITY SERVICES, SUCH AS OPTI- CAL SHOP, TYPEWRITER REPAIR AND CANVAS SHOP. LARGE SIDE DOORS PERMIT EASY ACCESS TO SHIPS ALONG- SIDE. A DOZEN SMALL CRAFT ARE AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER OF MATERIAL AND PERSONNEL TO NEARBY SHIPS. FOUR HUGE CRANES ON DECK HANDLE ANTENNAS, TORPEDOS, MACHINERY, PROVISIONS, SMALL BOATS AND CAN LIFT AN ENTIRE GAS TUR- BINE ENGINE DIRECTLY OUT OF A SHIP ALONGSIDE. SPECIAL REPAIR FACILITIES FOR NUCLEAR PROPULSION PLANTS HAVE BEEN COMBINED IN A SPECIAL FACILITY. BEYOND ITS REPAIR SERVICES, ACADIA PROVIDES THE LATEST IN PERSONAL CONVENIENCE SERVICES. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE ARE AVAILABLE, TO ACCOMODATE HER POTENTIAL 1595 CREW, INCLUDING A FLAG OFFICER AND STAFF. EXTRA ELECTRI- CAL GENERATORS, WATER DISTILLING CAPABILITIES, AND TRANSFER FACILITIES, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY, STEAM, AND FRESH WATER FOR SHIPS ALONGSIDE. WHATEVER AND WHEREVER THE REQUIREMENT, ACADIA IS READY TO SERVE THE NAVY'S FINEST.

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45' ' - vw-0 -' ' '- sl ,, K 5 . I g I I 1 i 2 K... 2, 4. t I wypw S I E . x V I M... My , - fx . 2 'U-4 1 -'V 1. CAPTAIN P RKER T. FINCH, JR. COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN PARKER T. FINCH, JR. WAS BORN IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON JULY 13, 1939, TO PARKER THOMAS AND RUTH OLIVER FINCH. HE AT- TENDED EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A 1961 GRADUATE OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN HISTORY. IN 1972 HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER OF BUSI- NESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. HIS FIRST DUTY ASSIGNMENT AFTER RECEIVING HIS COMMISSION IN 1962 WAS ABOARD USS FRANK E. EVANS IDD-7541, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AS AIDE AND FLAG LIEUTEN- ANT TO COMMANDER, MIDDLE EAST FORCES. AFTER A TOUR IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NA- VAL OPERATIONS AS REPRESENTA- TIVE TO THE NATIONAL INDICA- TIONS CENTER, CAPTAIN FINCH SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER AND ENGINEER OFFICER ABOARD USS O'CALLAHAN IDE-10511. UPON GRADUATION FROM HAR- VARD UNIVERSITY, HE SERVED AS COMMANDING OFFICER, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND OFFICE, SATTA- HIP, THAILAND. FOLLOWING A TOUR AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS BENJAMIN STODDERT CDDG-221, AND A SECOND TOUR IN THE OF- FICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPER- ATIONS AS PERSONNEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM MANAGER, CAPTAIN FINCH NEXT SERVED AS COMMAND- ING OFFICER, USS KINKAID IDD-9651. PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT AS COM- MANDING OFFICER, USS ACADIA QAD-421, CAPTAIN FINCH WAS A MEM- BER OF THE PACIFIC FLEET PROPUL- SION EXAMINATION BOARD. CAPTAIN FINCH HAS BEEN AWARD- ED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT COM- MENDATION, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND VIETNAM EXPEDITION- ARY MEDAL. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER SALLY L. SHAFER OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. THEY PRESENTLY RE- SIDE IN CORONADO, CALIFORNIA.