Allen M Sumner (DD 692) - Naval Cruise Book

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.P 7 ,,..,....- Captain Audley Hill McCain USN was born in McCormiclc, So. Carolina and attended schools and Th C' d ' e ita el College in that state before entering the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. from which he was graduated in 1942. Upon being commissioned an Ensign in l942,he served in the destroyers BRISTOL, AULT and BLACK in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific during World War ll. Assignments during this period included all ship departments, duty on the staff De- stroyer Flotilla THREE and Executive Officer of the BLACK. During this period he Was promoted through Lieutenant. The period immediately following the war, while con- tinuing to serve as executive officer of BLACK QDD-6665, was spent in operations in Northern China and the Yellow Sea, and the occupation of that area. A three year post graduate course in guided missiles was completed from 1946 to 1949 followed by assignment as executive officer of the destroyer RUSH which operated in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and in the Pacific during the Korean War. After com- pletion of this assignment he spent two years in research and development of weapons systemsn in the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington This was followed by a two year ' assignment at Supreme Headquarters Allied Pow- ers Europe in France, where he served on the staff of the Supreme Commander. Returning to sea, he assumed command of the destro e Ch l y r ar es J. Badger followed in l957 by assignment to and placing in comm' ' ission as Commanding Officer, the new destroyer BIGELOW, built at Bath, Maine.During this tour in BIGELOW C ' ' fl h' aptain McCain served as ags ip of the newly formed Commander South Atlantic Force in that command's initial visits to the African continent in the A l ' ' t antic and Indian Oceans and up the Congo River. This tour at sea was followed by a three year as ' ' of th B signrnent in program management . e ureau of Ordnance and later the Bureau of Naval Weapons where he dealt rin- cipally with the new weapons s P I I ystems now under construction or being introduced in ships of the Navy. From this assignment he assumed h f D t e rank of Captain and command o estroyer ONE SlX TWO in December 1961, , . ,. -.. .ar .- -.,-,-.-..v.-, ww,-,Y.---, -..-:-f-eff---.f.v. . .H Y .. ,, , CAPTAIN A.H. MCCAIN Xglllx' 1 K sse' - X W fW 4, 'ZQZZ f if if W . , ii, QMS, ,ly 4- wi-' 'QW f if ,, iff Qifflcx, Cf,

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CDR E.B. .Flory uss BIGELOWKDD-9431 DESTROYER SQUADRON SIXTEEN SKIPPERS CDR WJ. Flynn USS SUMNER CDD-6921 CDR G.L. Dickey, Jr, CDR K.F. oaneffe uss LAwE coo-my uss MCCAFFERY fnaseoy CDR N.C. Bohun USS WARE IDD-8655 CDR J.E. Murphy, Jr. USS ZELLARS IDD-777D CDR! Cote CDR H E Wolters USS HARWDOD KDD 8615 USS FURREST ROYAL CDD 8725