Ainsworth (FF 1090) - Naval Cruise Book

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Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth Walden Lee Ainsworth was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 10, 1886. He graduated from the US. Naval Acad- emy in June 1910 and was commissioned Ensign on 7 March 1912. Selected to Flag Rank early in World War II, he was transferred to the Retired List and concurrently promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on the basis of combat awards in 1948. Although ' much of his time at sea was spent in battleships and cruisers, Vice Admiral Ainsworth ' s first love was destroyers. These he com- manded in various capacities throughout his distinguished career — as ship ' s Captain, Squadron Commander, Flotilla Commander, Task Force Commander, and Type Commander. Aptly described as a des- troyerman ' s destroyerman by Theodore Roscoe in Destroyer Oper- ations in World War II , he was one of the outstandig bombardment task force commanders of the war in the Far East. He was new to the South Pacific, wrote historian Samuel Eliot Morison, but he entered the arena as if he had been fighting ... all his life. His exploits are written in the history of the Solomons, Marianas, Palous, and Leyte Campaigns. For these he was awarded the Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, and Legion of Merit, and many of his ships received Navy Unit Commendations and Presidential Unit Creations. From 1945 until 1948 Vice Admiral Ainsworth served concurrently as Commandant Fifth Naval District and Commander Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia. He retired December, 1948 and died August 7, I960. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Vice Admiral Pug Ainsworth 1886-1960

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Commanding Officer Commander Arthur B. Garden United States Navy p v ' u S - J li A Uo- « Commander Arthur B. Garden, USN, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlean R. Garden, wa born on January 3, 1944 m Tampa, Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science ' m Business Administration and entered Officer Gandidate School where he received his commis- sion on November 1S)67. Gommander Gardens first at sea tour of duty was USS TIOGA GOUNTY (LST-1158) as Combat Information Center Officer, Communications Officer, and eventually Operations Officer. Durmg this period, TIOGA COUNTY served in the Vietnam War in support of Riverine Forces and in logistical support of ground forces. In October 1970 Gommander Garden was assigned to the Naval Destroyer School. Upon graduation, he served for two years as Engineering Officer of the USS W.S. SIMS (FF- 1059) His next tour of duty was the Special Pro)ect Group in the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC and then the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-095) with the Advanced Research Projects Office. In June 1975 Gommander Gardent was ordered to the Naval War College in Newport. Rhode Island, where he was a Distinguished Graduate in July 1976. From July 1976 until August 1977, Commander Garden served as the Officer-in-Charge of the Technical Assistance Field Team at Korramshahr. Iran, as a member of the Military Assistance Advisory Group. From February 1978 until December 1979, Command- er Garden served as Executive Officer, USS GAPODANNO (FF-1093). A tour of duty as Chief Staff Officer, Destroyer Squadron TWENTY -TWO followed fiom January 1980 until October 1981 followed by Seni or Officer Material Management Course at Idaho Falls, Idaho, fiom November 1981 until March 1982. Following Prospective Surface Commanding Officer training, he assumed dunes at Destroyer Squadron TWO as the Director of the SURFLANT Combined Inport Tractical Training (CINTEX) Program. Commander Garden reported to the USS AINSWORTH fiom duties as Executive Officer, Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Commander Garden ' s awards and service medals include: four awards of the Navy Commendation Medal. Navy Achievement Medal, National Defense Medal, Vietnamese Service Madal, Vietnamese Campaign Medal, and the RVN Meritorious Unit Commendation. Gommander Garden and his wife, the former Pauline Ruth McDowell of Ft. Pierce, Florida, were married September 26, 1970, and they reside with their two children, Caroline and David, in Virgmia Beach, Virginia.