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Commander James Richard POOLE is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Class of 1957. After graduation in June 1957. he was attached to the academy as a Company Officer until August 1957 when he was ordered to the USS O ' HARE (DDR 889) as Gunnery Of- ficer. Commander POOLE then requested and was assigned to Submarine School, at New London, Conn, which he attended from June 1959 to December 1959. Upon completion of Submarine School. Cdr. POOLE reported aboard the USS ARGONAUT (SS 475) in January 1960 where he held a variety of duties including Communications Officer. Operations Officer. Gunnery Of- ficer, and Assistant Engineer. In August 1962 he reported aboard the USS TORSK (SS 423) as Com- munications Officer. Operations Officer, and Engineering Officer where he served until May of 1963. The Com- mander then attended The U.S. Naval Post Graduate School. Monterey. California from May 1963 to May 1965 where he earned his BSEE in Weapons System Engineering. In May 1965. he was attached to the Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck Virginia under in- struction attending the SSBN Weapons Officer Course. Upon completion of school in Dam Neck, Commander POOLE was assigned to the Pre-commissioning Gold Crew on board USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN 657) as Weapons Officer from October 1965 to June 1968 completing two Polaris deterrent patrols. He was then ordered to the USS GRAMPUS (SS 523) as Executive Officer serving in that billet from June 1968 to February 1970. In March 1970 he reported aboard the STAFF, Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic as Strategic Missile Systems Officer where he served until September 1971. Commander POOLE then reported to the USS CAMDEN (AOE-2) in October of 1971 as Executive Of- ficer. Commander POOLE is a native of Cleveland. Ohio. He is married to the former Doris M. Davies of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. The POOLE ' s have two children, a son. Mark and daughter, Ruth. They presently reside in Port Heueneme. California. Although the completion of the 1973 deployment found Commander and Mrs. POOLE greeting the CAMDEN ' S arrival from the dry side of Pier 16. Naval Station, such was not the case in times gone by. Com- mander Poole. Executive Officer of CAMDEN from Oc- tober 1971 until late August 1973. now commands the USS NORTON SOUND. AVR-1, homeported in Port Heueneme. As always, when a member of the crew leaves, so also goes a CAMDEN family. Commander POOLE ' s wife. Doris, his son. Mark and daughter. Ruth, are pictured below. I
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CAMDEN welcomes not only a new Commanding Of- ficer with this 1973 Cruise Book, but welcomes his lovely wife, Marion, and his three daughters, Kathy, Jean, and Janet, and son, John. Although Captain Thomas has com- manded CAMDEN for the better part of 1973, the deploy- ment has delayed the meeting of his family until this time. Welcome to CAMDENl! Captain Richard T. THOMAS was born in Chamberlain. South Dakota. Upon graduation from Custer High School in 1947, he attended the University of Nebraska under the Naval Reserve Officer Training Program and was commissioned an Ensign in 1951. His first duty assignment was aboard the USS PRINCETON (CV-37), where he served during the Korean War. After basic flight training at Pensacola Florida and multi-engine at Hutchinson, Kansas, Captain THOMAS began a progressive ASW tour with Patrol Squadron 48 followed by a three year tour as a Formation Flight Instructor with Training Squadron 3 at Milton, Florida and a second shipboard tour on USS ANTIETAM (CVS- 36) where he served as Maintenance Officer (V-6) and Communications Department head until February 1963. In July 1965, following a tour as Maintenance and Operations Officer with Patrol Squadron 8. Captain THOMAS commenced a year ' s post-graduate training at Monterey, California, where he earned a Master ' s Degree in Financial Management. In 1967, he was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff where, after a year learning basic staff disciplines, he was assigned as the only Navy member of a five man liaison team responsible to the Executive Secretary of the State Department Operations Center. For his outstanding work during this tour he was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal. In March of 1969, Captain THOMAS reported to Patrol Squadron 5 as Executive Officer and a year later relieved as Commanding Officer of the MAD FOXES. In January 1971, Captain THOMAS reported to the USS LEXINGTON (CVT-16) as the ship ' s Navigator and on 15 July 1971, assumed the duties as Executive Officer. In July 1972, he reported to Chief of Naval Air Training Staff as a Plans Officer where he served until his assign- ment in March 1973 as Commanding Officer, USS CAMDEN. Captain THOMAS is married to the former Marian Roberts of McCook, Nebraska. The Thomas ' residing in the Bremerton area. are now HHWS!? ' if(( i ?
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