Canberra (CA 70) - Naval Cruise Book

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captain worth harrington bagley was born in annapolis, md., july 29, 1924, the son of mrs. marie louise bagley and the late admiral david w. bagley. he attended the united states naval academy and upon graduation was commissioned ensign, usn, on june 5, 1946. after receiving his commission he spent his first four years of service on sea duty. from july 1946 to march 1947, on uss wiley Cdm-295 he served in the supply department. in april 1947, he was transferred to uss dickson Cdd-7089, serving in gu n- nery and damage control billets. from november 1948 through november 1950, he served in the op- erations and gunnery departments of uss chandler Cdd-7173. , captain bagley was a post-graduate student at the navalintelligence school from november 1950 to march 1951, when he received orders to serve as assistant- naval attache, saigon. following a tour of duty- with the staff of commander destroyer squadron five, he served as executive officer of uss Ieroy 'wilson Cde-4145 from january 1955 through june'1956. from july 1956 to june 1958 he served as as- sistant destroyer detailer with the bureau of person- nel in washington, d. c., before assuming his first command, uss bridget Cde-10245 from july 1958 until july 1960. after attending the naval war col- lege, he served as assistant to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at the pentagon from july 1961 to june 1963. captain bagley was then ordered to assume command of uss lawrence qddg-45 until june 1965, when he was assigned to the staff, com- mander cruiser-destroyer force, u. s. pacific fleet, as training and readiness officer. he was pro- ted to his present rank of captain on july 1, 1966, prior to assuming command' of uss canberra cap- tain bagley served as executive assistant and naval aide to the secretary of the navy from september 1966 until september 1968. while serving in this capacity he was awarded the legion of merit. captain bagley is married to the former sydney mcfarland of santa barbara, calif. they have four children, jonathan, 10, judith, 9, worth jr., 8, and jeffrey, 6. he and his family make their home in la jolla, calif.

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commander robert d. provost, jr. was born in houston, texas, on january 6, 1927. he began his naval career at the university of virginia, charlot- tesville, va., where he was a member of the naval reserve officers training corps. he received his commission as ensign on june 4, 1949, upon gradu- ation from the university with a bachelor of electri- cal engineering degree. he served aboard uss carmick qdms-337 from july 1949 until june 1951. during this time carmick was awarded the navy unit commendation for its part in the minesweeping operations off chinnam- po, korea. - from. july throughdecember 1951, he was a stu- dent at the cic school, naval air station, glenview, illinois. he returned to operations off korea in jan- uary 1952, serving as operations and cic officer a- board uss sproston Cdde-5773 until september 1953. from october 1953 to october 1954 he was com- manding officer of pc-1140 and pc-1590 on sar duty, hawaiian sea frontier. he was then ordered to serve as cicfasw instructor at the nu. s. post grad- uate school, monterey, calif., before reporting a- board uss durant Cder-3895 as executive officer and navigator from november 1956 through june 1958. he received a bachelor of science degree in com- munications electronics engineering from the u. s. navy post graduate school in june 1960. he was then ordered to assume duties as commanding of- ficer of uss pluck Cmso-4645 from july 1960 through march 1963. 5 'A he was chief of the operations branch, defense communications agency regional center, middle east and african region, ankara, turkey, when pro- moted to commander, april 1, 1964. he was com- manding officer of uss soley qdd-7073 until novem- ber 1967, assuming the duties of executive officer on canberra in december 1967. 111 receives navy commeztdation medal. f ,fi 4 if 5