Boston (CAG 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN JAMES G. ANDREWS 7 February 1963 - ICE ,.., . 7,8 Captain James G. Andrews graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, in 1938. He began his active naval career aboard the cruiser INDIAN- APOLIS KCA-35I, but soon became interested in submarines. He was subsequently assigned to the Naval Submarine School at New London, Con- necticut in September 1940. Upon graduation, gi? first submarine assignment was aboard the - 3. During World War ll, Captain Andrews served as Executive Officer of the U. S. S. ASPRO' lSS-309I, which operated in the Pacific theater. While serv- ing in the ASPRO, he was awarded 2 Silver Stars and 2 Bronze Stars. He commanded three sub- marines-the SABALO CSS-3021, the BLACKFIN CSS-3221, and the SEA DOG CSS-401i-in the latter days of the war and in the post-war period until July 1949. Captain Andrews' other duty assignments have included the Naval War College, as a student from 1949 to 1950, duty in the Training Division of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Flag Secretary to the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force Commander, Com- mander of Submarine Division 101, duty with the Atomic Energy Division of OPNAV, and duty at the National War College until July 1958. From that time until July 1959, Captain Andrews commanded the submarine tender U. S. S. SPERRY CAS-121. He then served on the Staff of the Com- mander in Chief, U. S. Naval Forces Europe, with headquarters in London, England, until he be- came BOSTON's Commanding Officer on February 7,1963. Captain Andrews is married to the former Shirley Wiede of East Orange, New Jersey. They have two daughters, Susan, a sophomore at Wellesley Col- lege, and Nancy, ten years of age. Captain and Mrs. Andrews reside in Cohasset, Massachusetts. ,mm I

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I I 7 I I I I I I I I I II I I , I I I s e I I i I I r l Q Upon graduation from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1937, Captain Colbert was ordered to duty in the U. S. S. YORKTOWN fCV-13I in the rank of Ensign and served in her from commissioning un- til July 1939, when he was assigned to the U. S. S. BARKER IDD-213I, in the U. S. Asiatic Fleet. In 1942, BARKER joined the Atlantic Fleet, and as a Lieutenant Commander, Captain Colbert be- came her Commanding Officer. In September 1944 Lieutenant Commander Col- bert reported as Commanding Officer of U. S. S. MEADE IDD-6021, then in the Pacific Fleet, and remained in that command until the end of World War ll when he was promoted to the rank of Commander and assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel. For the next two and one half years he served as Personnel Planning Officer in connection with the establishment of the Post War Naval Reserve Program. In June of 1948, he was ordered to London, England where he was assigned as Aide and Flag Secretary to Admiral R. L. CONNOLLY, USN, CINC- NELM. Two and one half years later, at the completion of this tour, Commander Colbert was married to the former Prudence Ann Robertson of London, England in ceremonies at St. Pauls, Knightsbridge. On December 19, 1950, Commander Colbert re- ported for duty in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations where he was assigned to OP 35, the Politico-Military Affairs Division. During this as- signment he accompanied Admiral Forest SHER- MAN, USN, CNO as his special assistant on a visit to Spain to initiate negotiations for U. S. Base Rights. Commander Colbert was with Admiral SHERMAN when he tragically died in Naples, Italy in August 1951. Upon completion of this tour in Washington, Commander Colbert reported to the U.S.S. ALBANY CCA-1233 as Executive Officer. After two years in this assignment, during which ALBANY was Flag- ship of COMBATCRULANT, Commander Colbert was ordered to the Naval War College, New- port, Rhode Island, as a student in the Naval War College. In October 1955 he was promoted to the rank of Captain. Just prior to com- pletion of his course, in the late spring of 1956, Captain Colbert was assigned to organize and act as director of a new course for Senior Free World Naval Officers. This course was es- tablished by Admiral Arleigh BURKE, USN, CNO, in August 1956 and included student representa- tion from up to 30 allied and friendly countries. After two years in this assignment at the Naval War College, Captain Colbert was ordered to the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. He was assigned to the Long Range Plans and Basic War Plans Branches in the Plans and Policy Directorate during this tour. On June 4, 1960, Captain Colbert assumed com- mand of U.S.S. ALTAIR CAKS-323, serving in this capacity until he assumed command of U.S.S. BOSTON ICAG-ll on October 7, 1961. On 7 February Captain Colbert was relieved as Commanding Officer of BOSTON and shortly gfereafter, reported to duty in the Washington, .C. area. CAPTAIN RICHARD G. COLBERT 7 October 1961 - 7 February 1963 I I I I, 6 I I I I 'il I I Y - 55- 5 L 'fi .iz-I Q iff' ' 1 W .f -V . 5' -' .f 3 -'31l?wi s. '3'f5 ?- '73L5 :7'f' f'f.. f:' .'i'J'?'5'-. 'L V ,Q f . ' -- r I

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.' ,' -Jg3',-- . -. .- . A,g5,.,'.,m. ,.,,,, 5 f..1.....gi.4L, ,, Yfg. ,.....:,..s-mm1uu.4...:..l'E-.-. ... .H J - 1 f- -'P ' - EXECUTI E OFFICER .g ff COMMANDER CHARLES W. SMYERS Commander Smyers, BOSTON's Executive Of- ficer, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up at Point Breeze before he entered the Navy. He attended Peabody High School in Pitts- burgh and entered the Naval Academy in 1938. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1942 and was ordered directly to the Pacific Fleet. He spent most of his wartime duty on board the USS MIN- NEAPOLIS and USS NEW JERSEY in the Pacific. Since the war, he has served primarily in the Atlantic Fleet, serving in cruisers, carriers and destroyers and participating in eight cruises to the Mediterranean. Additionally, he has been as- signed ashore as an instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the U. S. Naval Academy. Before reporting to USS BOSTON, he was Commanding Officer of the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hingham, Mas- sachusetts. Commander Smyers is married to the former Miss Polly Whites, also from Pittsburgh. Until her marriage she resided in Stanton Heights The Commanders parents Mr and Mrs Charles W Smyers still reside at 634 Kirtland Street Pitts burgh Pa COVI MAN DER ROBERT S. LEWELLEN Commander Lewellen reported aboard at Thes- saloniki in October to relieve Commander Smyers as Executive Officer. Having served mainly' in Pacific waters, this was the Commander's first Mediterranean deployment since World War Il. Graduating in 1943 from the U.S. Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis, Commander Lewellen reported aboard USS QUICK KDD-4903 and before reassign- ment fifty-one months later, was made Executive Officer. QUICK operated as a convoy escort In the Northern Atlantic until the close of World War II, when she was converted to a DMS and transferred to the Pacific Fleet. Before reporting aboard BOSTON the Com- mander had had command of USS VAMMEN lDE-6441 and USS BUCK KDD-7611. His most re- cently completed tour of duty was as Naval Attache at Colombo, Ceylon. Commander Lewellen, a native of Owensboro, Kentucky, is married to the former Miss Jane E. Stettler of Indianapolis Indiana and has two children The Lewellens now live In Scituate Massachusetts , . , ' , 1 n I . . I . ' , ' . ' 1 1 , ' . , . - ,f i7'sQ:,.4'jf,?fQ' L-f:?I'?E'l41!f9. fi ,f V. 1- . . I ff' -:1ii,,'35522rfl,1 Zz- .f 4. ' f - . ' - , ,E , - .,