Cabildo (LSD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER 5 February 1964 to — COMMANDER V. 1). DIETRICHSON CDR IVorren Douglas DIETRICHSON, Commanding Officer of USS CABILDO (LSD-16), relieved CDR Charles M. ITTE and assumed command on February 5, 1964. CDR DIETRICH- SON was born in Hollis, New York on the 1st of October 1922. His father, Thomas DIETRICH- SON and mother, R. Cecile DIETRICHSON still reside at the place of his birth. He attended Jamaica High School, Jamaica, New York and after graduating in January 1941 was employed by the Bank of Manhattan before being called to active duty in the Naval Reserve in May 1941. He attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School, Norfolk, Mrginia from September 1941 until April 1942. He entered the Naval Academy in June 1942 and was commissioned Ensign in 1945. During WW II CDR DIETRICHSON was award, d the folloiving campaign and service medals: American Theater Navy Occupational Modal (FAirope) American Defense National Defense Ser ice Medal World War II Victory Expert Rifleman Medal After the war CDR DIETRICHSON attended Suhmurin, School. New London, Conn, from January to June of 1947. He has served aboard the USS SEA CAT (SS-314), ESS SEA OWL (SS-405), USS SEANET (SS-408), and was Commanding Officer of ESS .MARTIN (SST-2) and USS CHIVO (SS-341). After serving as Executive Officer of the USS MONTROSE (APA-212) he became Com- manding Officer of lh USS CABILDO (LSD-16). 12

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MESSAGE FROM THE CAPTAIN n!7 ft USS CABILDO ' s tour of duty in tlu Western Pacific as a unit of the Seventh Fleet ' s Amphibious Force has b( i n a reivardin , interesting, educational, exciting ex- perience for all of us. To our younger shipmate s this can he sumuu d up as becoming familiar with new natnes such as Pearl , Guam , Kwajalein , Subic Bay , Hong Kong , Oki- nawa , Yokosuka , and Kobe . To the old timers it meant renewing acquaintances with familiar places with often times nostalgic memories. All this we got while performing a most necessary task in this area of the world; assisting the free world to remain free through our presence and through our show of might. While doing this, tuuch good was done in the way of selling the American Way of Life through the Handclasp materials we brought from Pearl to Guam and Hong Kong, by the gifts of potable water to a water impoverished Hong Kong and by the presence of you, the American Ambassador in Uniform in every liberty port we visited. Fvery one of you ashore, meeting one citizen of the liberty ports did something to influence that person towards our way of life and our thinking as free people. Our cruise was marred at the one-third mark by the tragic death of our beloved Commander-in-Chief, JOHN F. KENNEDY. We on CABILDO joined the Nation tuourning this great statesman ' s passing and chose to dedicate a portion of this book to his memory. The deployment was marked by such highlights as the month of duty as Station Ship Hong Kong where you earned the ship the Meritorious Good Conduct Award , and Commendations for the manner in which you performed the duties as Station Ship from SOP A, and Coitunander-in-Chief of Hong Kong; J ' ADM MOORE, COM- SEVENTH Fleet, and ] ' ADM HOLMES, Commander Amphibious Force, Pacific. SEl ' ENTY-SLY Operations brought us back with familiar ships where type training was conducted with the rest of our squadron. January found us on Operation FIREHOl ' SE, testing our Cold Weather Amphibious capability. Finally Operation BACK PACK , wrote a fitting finale to a worthwhile WESTPAC Cruise. As in all else that CABILDO has undertaken, through you, she did everything well during this seven months. This is amply borne out by the enviable record you have set. To you, the Officers and Crew of this fine ship who made all this happen, I proudly say Well Done . rcf ■ C. M. ITTE Commandin£j Officer USS CABILDO (LSD-16) 11

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER TOO habd:.;. PEMDING LT. C:OMMA. DER V. H. ALEXAXI ER ■ im- LCDR William Howard ALEXAXDER, present Executive Officer of the I ' SS CABILDO (LSD-16) was born in Cain Twp., Chester County, Pi nnsylvania on the 7th of June 1930. His father, Robert C. ALEXAXDER and mother, Grace E. ALEXAXDER reside in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. William Howard ALEXAXDER married the former Ann Louise Vaduais of St. Paul, Minnesota on the 27th of June 1954 in Xorfolk, I ' irt inia. Prior to entering service LCDR ALEXAXDER attained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He began his Xaval Service as an XROTC student and the Supply Corps School in 1948 at Miami University and was commissioned Ensign on 9 June 1952. In October of the same year he became Assistant Mate rial Officer at the Xorfolk Xaval Shipyard. In June of 1954, Mr. ALEXAXDER was Aviation Stores Officer aboard the L ' SS TICOXDEROGA (CVA-14). After assuming the role of Student once again at General Line School and Fleet Sonar School, Mr. .4LEXAXDER became Operations Officer in December of 1957 on the USS DOUGLAS A. MUMRO (DE-442),and USS CARPEXTER (DDE-825) from April 1959 until Decevibcr 1960. His most recent assignment was Officer Procurement Office, Xavy Recruiting Station, Denver, Colorado. LCDR ALEXAXDER then assumed the role of Executive Officer aboard the USS CABILDO (LSD-16).