Camden (AOE 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN JOE P. MOORER Commanding Officer Captain Joe P. Moorer was born in Mt. Willing, Alabama, October 18, 1922, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. RR. Moorer. He attended grammar cmd High School in Eufaula, Alabama and was a student for one year at Gordon MilitaryCollege in Barnesville, Georgia. He entered the Naval Academy in July 1941 and was commissioned an Ensign, U.S. Navy, in June 1944. After serving two years in USS COLUMBIA QCL-561, including the last year of World War ll in the Pacific, he commenced flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1948. Between 1948 and 196O, Captain Moorer had duty in various carrier fighter squadrons, at the Armed Forces Staff College as a student and at the Naval Air Test Center where he was a project test pilot in 1951-1953. He was an instructor and Operations Officer ofthe Naval Test Pilot School in 1958- 196O. ln 1961 he took command of an F8 Crusader squadron and the following year assumed Command of Carrier Air Group TEN. After two years on the Staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, he attended the Naval War College. Since August 1966 he has served on the Staff of Commander SEVENTH Fleetas Operations Off- icer for which he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Captain Moorer is married to the former Miss Eleanor Griffin of Savannah, Georgia. They have three children, Joseph Jr., 2O: Michelle, 17: and Randolph, 9. Captain Moorer reported to USS CAMDEN as she prepared for her first overseas deployment in April 1968. ' w..

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COMMANDER ERNEST D. ONORATO Executive Officer Ernest D. Onorato was born April 29, 1931 at Schenectady, New York to Ganfolfo and Maria Santos Onorato. In 1952 he was graduated from Siena College in Londonville, New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. He received an MA in Economics fromAmerican University in Washington, D.C. in 1959. He graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island with the rank of Ensign in July 1953. Ensign Onorato's first assignment was as Communications Watch Officer at the Naval Operations Officein Washington, D.C. He was promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade in September 1954. In 1956, after completing a course in Russian at the Naval Intelligence School, he reported for duty on the Staff, Office of Naval Intelligence as an Intelligence Analyst and Ad- ministrative Assistant. In April 1957 he was promoted to Lieutenant. In January 1959, Lieutenant Onorato was assigned as First Lieutenant aboard the USS RANKIN CAKA 1031. In November 1961 hewas transferred to the USS PAWCATUCK IAO 1081 as Operations Officer and Navigator. Promoted Lieutenant Commander in 1962, he received orders to the De- fense Intelligence School in Washington, D.C. as a faculty member. In October 1965 Lieutenant Commander Onorato reported to the Staff, Commander Amphibious Group TWO in Norfolk, Virginia, where he served until reportingto the USS CAMDEN IAOE 21 on September 26, 1967. Commander Onorato is married to the former Miss Regina Marie Kowalczyk also from Schenectady New York. Commander and Mrs , Onorato have three daughters, Carol, Lisa and Amelia.