Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Will P Starnes USN assumed duties as Executive Officer April 4 i955 Upon graduating from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland in i939 he was commissioned Ensign USN and reported aboard the battleship USS West Virginia for his first sea duty In i940 Commander Starnes was transferred to the destroyer USS Worden and was serving aboard her on December 7th, l94l, at Pearl Harbor when the Pacific Fleet was attacked. During World War Il, Commander Starnes served in various billets aboard five destroyers in the Pacific. At the close of the war he was commanding the destroyer USS Caperton, which was present with the Fleet in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender. Later, he also commanded the destroyer USS Wallace L. Lind. ln November, i950, after a tour of recruiting duty in Oklahoma City, Okla- homa, he served as Operation Officer aboard the heavy cruiser USS Helena, and was aboard during her second tour of Korean Combat. His last tour of duty ashore was with the Navy's Bureau of Personnel in Washington, D.C. Upon detachment from Bremerton he proceeded to Washington for duty in the office of the Secretary of Defense. ' ' Will P Starnes Robert M. Brownlie Commander Robert M. Brownlie, USN, who assumed the duties as Bremertons Executive Officer in Yokosuka, January l0, is a veteran of the Atlantic and Pacific theatres of World War ll and the Korean conflict. He reported aboard after a tour of duty with the plans policy, and develop-- ment section of the Staff, Commander in Chief Pacific. Commander Brownlie has served aboard nine ships since his graduation from the Naval Academy in i939 when he reported aboard the USS Portland as an Ensign. From i940-i944 the Commander served in the Atlantic aboard the Crownin- shield, Arkansas and Hobby engaged in convoy duty. He was transferred to the Pacific in time for the Okinawa campaign. He was Executive Officer of the destroyer Hadley, which was severly damaged by kamikaze attacks. Early in i946 he assumed command of the USS Alfred A. Cunningham. From i946-i949 Commander Brownlie served as an insrructor at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. In i949 he assumed command of the USS Haynsworth and served with the Sixth Fleet.. In i950 he became skipper of the Charles S. Sperry and spent eight months in Korean waters. He was Officer in Charge of officer procurement and recruiting in San Francisco from i95l-i954.

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Howard L. Collins Rear Admiral Howard L. Collins was born October 26, l903, in Brock- ton, Massachusetts. After graduating from high school he was selected to enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Upon his graduation June lst, l924, he received his Commission as Ensign, USN. His first duty assignment was the battleship USS Utah, where he served a year before reporting to the destroyer USS Overton. Admiral Collins remained aboard the Overton until l927, when he reported to the Naval Torpedo School at Newport, Rhode Island. ln July, l929, he was assigned to the submarine tender USS Camden, where he served until May, l93l, when he returned to Annapolis to attend the Naval Post Graduate School. During World War ll, Admiral Collins served on the staff of Admiral Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, as Operations Officer. ln January, l945, he assumed command of Destroyer Squadron Ten, where he remained until T946 when he was ordered to Washington, D.C. to serve on the War Plans Committee for the Joint Chiefs of staff. ln September, T949, he as- sumed command of the heavy cruiser USS Helena. Upon completion of this assignment, he returned to Washington, D.C., as a member of the staff of the National War College. In T953 he became Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, Pacific Area, and in November, l955, assumed com- mand of Cruiser Division One. On 3 January, l957, Rear Admiral Robert H. Rice relieved Rear Admiral Howard L. Collins as ComCruDiv l. The full dress change of command ceremony took place on board the Division Flagship, Bremerton, at Yokosuka, Japan. Admiral Collins proceeded to Washington to assume duties as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics.