Canberra (CA 70) - Naval Cruise Book

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captain oliver d. compton was born may 26,1918 to mr. and mrs. f. I. compton of pasadena, calif. he received a b.a. degree from the university of calif- ornia in 1940. he entered naval service that same year and after attending the u. s. navy midshipman school, uss prairie state, he was commissioned en- sign, usnr, february 28,1941. from march 1941 to september 1942, he served as first lieutenant on uss benham qdd-3975 and was promoted to lieuten- ant, usnr, followed in december 1942. after attending fire control school, he served in the gunnery department of uss wadsworthqdd-5167 from january 1943 to february 1944. from then until july 1945, he was gunnery instructor attached to commander service force and commander des- troyer force, u. s. pacific fleet, and the san diego shakedown group. he was promoted to lieutenant commander, usnr, in july 1945. he was graduated from rensselaer in 1947 with a master of science degree in ordnance engineer- ing. during this time he received a regular com- mission as lieutenant commander, usn. he was then ordered to duty as bureau of ordnance liai- son officer for guided missile matters at the cali- fornia institute or technology. from july 1949 to july 1952 he served as gunnery officer on uss pasadena Ccl-657 and uss valley forge Ccva-453. he was promoted to commander in july 1951. from august 1952 to august 1955, he was ord- nance officer of puget sound naval shipyard, and became commanding officer of uss alfred a. cun- ningham Qdd-752J in november 1955. while as maintenance and logistics officer on the staff of commander cruiser-destroyer force, u.s. pacific fleet, he was promoted to captain on april 1, 1960. in july, he was ordered to duty as commander des- troyer division 212. in september 1961, he as- sumed the duties of chief of staff for destroyer flo- tilla one. he served as commanding officer of uss bryce canyon Cad-367 from january 1963 to july 1964, when he became project manager, munitions, at the bureau of weapons, washington, d.c. he atten- ded the national war college from august 1966 until july 1967, when he received orders to as- sume command of uss canberra. he served as commanding officer A until november 23, 1966. captain compton is married to the former cathe- rine durrell of south pasadena, calif., and has two children, durell, 19, and margaret, 17. legion of merit and vietnamese cross of gallantry. 159 ,

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captain oliver d. compton commanding officer august 1967-november 1968 158

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