Blue Ridge (LCC 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain K. J. Carroll enlisted in the Navy in February 1944 in the V-5 Aviation Cadet program and received his commission at the Univer- sity of Notre Dame in June 1946. He attended submarine school in 1949, graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1955, from the Naval War College in 1960 and from the Army War College in 1965. Upon completion of his initial duty assignment as Main Battery Divi- sion Officer on the battleship USS MISSISSIPPI, Captain Carroll was a student at the Naval Gunfire Liaison School in Little Creek, Va. This specialized training was followed by four consecutive assignments as Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer in the Second Marine Division, aboard the Attack Transports NOBLE and OKONOGAN and the Aircraft Carrier KEARSARGE, In May 1949 he was ordered to the Submarine Base, New London, Conn., and served aboard the submarine I REX while awaiting submar- ine school. During the next five years he had duty aboard the submar- ines CAIMAN and SEAFOX which were based at Pearl Harbor and spent twenty-one months in the Western Pacific during the Korean War. In 1955 he was assigned to the Plans and Policy Division of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Captain Carroll qualified for command of submarines during a two- year assignment as Executive Officer of SEA POACHE R in Key West, Fla. He was the commanding officer of USS SABLEFISH from June 1960 to June 1962, relinquishing that command to return to the Sub- marine School as Director of the Tactics Division. In June 1 963 he became Director of the Basic Officers Department at the school. In July 1965 he was assigned as Aide and Flag Secretary to the Deputy Commander, Submarine Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. In August 1967 he assumed command of Submarine Division 81 . Captain Carroll returned to Washington as Military Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Oceanographer for Science in August 1968. In September 1970 he was assigned as Commanding Officer of BLUE RIDGE. He was detached from that post in July 1972 an d assumed command of Amphibious Squadron 10. . .,: ' pj:i. . ' ,mr . ' :M4 ' l llll l|liliilll mi jliili iilliii in iiiiiiii iiiiiiiib iiiiifmiMii ipiiiiiiiiiH iiiiMiMiiiiii