Blue Ridge (LCC 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHIEF OF STAFF ■ 1 M L H 1 m V l CAPTAIN W. W. ERIKSON October 1972 to August 1973 CAPTAIN D. T. LAMB August 1973 to Present 10 » ...-. ,

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REAR ADMIRAL A. W. PRICE, JR. April 1973 to Present Rear Admiral PRICE was born in 1920 and spent his early years in the Trenton, N. J., area. He enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and attended Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Fla. His early assignments included a stop at NAS Kaneohe Bay, P. H., where he was present during the Japanese air attack on Hawaii in December of 1941. In 1943 RADM PRICE returned to the continental U. S. and began an 18-month course in the aviation flight program. He received his designation as naval aviator and was commissioned an ensign in 1944. Noteworthy assignments as an aviator included tours as engineer- ing test pilot at NAS Pensacola; duty with a Night Fighter Squadron at NAS Key West, Fla.; duty with Fighter Squadron 75 at NAS Norfolk, Va.; and Drone Operations Officer with NAMTCat NAS Point Mugu, Ca. In February of 1956, RADM PRICE changed his designator to 1100 and attended ASW and Air Defense School. He then reported for duty on the staff of COMDESRON 36. In 1958 he assumed command of the USS LIDDLE. He was transferred to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in 1959 as Special Program and Project Officer. From 1961 thru mid-1963, RADM PRICE served as Commanding Officer of the USS ASHLAND. Following a tour at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, Ca., where he received a degree in Naval Management, RADM PRICE was assigned to the staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet as Force Operations Officer. He took command of the USS DULUTH in 1966 and followed that with a 15 month tour in Vietnam as Commander River Patrol Force. He assumed command of Amphibious Squadron 11 in 1970, and following the decomissioning of the squadron in 1971 , he stepped into his first flag billet — that of Deputy Commander of the Naval Forces, Vietnam and Chief Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam. RADM PRICE also served as Commander Amphib- ious Operations, Support Command before assuming command of the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force in June of this year. RADM PRICE holds numerous medals and decora- tions, including the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal and Purple Heart. He is married to the former Miss Peggy WYNN and they have six children — four sons and two daughters.

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DEPARTURE TIME: 1022 DATE: 24 FEB 1973 ] 1