Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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Robert H Rlce Born in i903 at Pittsfield Massachusetts Admiral Rice was appointed to the US Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland in i923 and was com missioned Ensign June 2 i927 After serving in the battleship USS Texas he left in i929 for a three ar tour n the Asiatic Fleet serving in its flagship the USS Pitts ur and on the Yangtze River Patrol boat USS Luzon Returning to the United States in i932 Admiral Rice started his dis tingulshed ll year career in submarines which was interrupted only for post graduate training and to be commanding ofhcer of the Secretory of the Navys yacht, USS Suquoia. In i942 while commanding the submarine USS Drum he received the Navy Cross after a highly successful patrol action which included the sinking of a 9,000 ton seaplane carrier and three merchant ships. Later the same year Admiral Rice earned a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross while in the same submarine. As commanding officer of the USS Paddle in i943 he was again decorated for successfully attacking Japanese shipping in the face of strong enemy opposition. He was assigned to the Bureau of Personnel, Navy Department, Washing- ton, D.C., between i944 and l947, interspersed with duty as Executive Of- ficer of the Battleship USS New Jersey from .lanuary i945 to December of that year. In March i947 he assumed command of Submarine Squadron Two, and served in that command until l948, when he was ordered to the Naval Academy for duty as Head of the Department of English, History and Government. In l95l he was Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Submarines, Atlantic. He next served with the General Planning Group in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. In February, l953, he assumed command of the USS Albany. Promoted to Rear Admiral in November, l954, he again served in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, this time as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence for Security. He remained there until he assumed his present duties as Commander, Cruiser Division One. '

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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.

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0 A native of Somerville, Massachusetts, Captain Monroe entered the U.S. Naval Academy in l929. He was graduated and commissioned Ensign in June, l933. While in the submarine service during World War ll Captain Monroe made i2 war patrols in the Pacific, six of these being made while in com- mand. ln November of l94T he reported aboard the USS Permit, and for three of his eleven months aboard, served as Executive Officer. He next was Commanding Officer of the USS S-35. After Htting out and commissioning the new submarine USS Ronquil he served as its Commanding Officer until December, T944. After a tour with the Torpedo Research and Development branch of the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D.C., Captain Monroe served as Opera- tions Officer of Commander Submarine Squadron Two and as Commander Submarine Division Qi. He spent 30 months as Assistant Officer in Charge of the Submarine School at New London. Promoted to his present rank in July, l952, Captain Monroe commanded the USS Warriclc until October, l953, when he returned to the Bureau of Ordance for a tour of duty as Assistant Division Director for Production- Material. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School before reporting to Commander Cruiser Division One as Chief of Staff and Aide in August, l956. ' Henry S. Monroe TAFF Assisting the Admiral and the Chief of Staff in the administration of Cruiser Division One are the five staff officers. CStanding, left to righti LT W.C. Thayer, Flag. Secretary and Aide, LT W.E O'Leary, Flag Lieutenant and Aide. QSeatedD LT G.P. Pavis, Gunnery and Readiness Officer, LCDR R.N. Jacobsen Assistant Operations Officer, LCDR E. E. Garland, Communications Officer.