Cape Cod (AD 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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JAMES A. HOOPER, IV CAPTAIN U S NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER USS CAPE COD CAD 435 Capta1n Hooper graduated from the U S Naval Acad emy and was comm1ss1oned an enslgn 1n 1969 H1s 1n1t1al tour of duty was on board USS MITSCHER CDDG 355 where he served as Ant1 Submar1ne Warfare Off1cer from August 1969 to July 1971 From August 1971 to March 1972 he attended the Department Head Course at the Naval Surface Warfare Offlcers School ln Newport Rhode Island and was subsequently ass1gned as Engl neerlng Off1cer on USS R A OWENS QDD 8275 from Aprll 1972 to July 1973 In August of 1973 he Jo1ned USS HARLAN COUNTY CLST 11965 and served as Flrst Lleutenant unt1l August 1975 In October 1975 he as sumed command of USS IMPERVIOUS CMSO 4495 unt1l October 1977 Followlng a br1ef perlod of 1nact1ve duty 1n Houston Texas Capta1n Hooper was recalled to aCt1V6 duty and was ass1gned as a Ratlng Asslgnment Off1cer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel from Aprrl 1978 to August 1980 He then returned to sea duty as Ex ecutlve Off1cer of USS TALBOT KFFG 45 unt1l March 1982 He was asslgned to the staff of the Commander 1n Chlef U S PaC1f1C Fleet 1n Honolulu HaWa11 where he served as Am ph1b1ous Warfare Off1cer and Fleet EXGICISGS Off1cer ln the Current Opera t1ons D1v1s1on In Apr1l of 1984 he reported to USS NEW JERSEY QBB 625 as Weapons Off1cer In 1986 he assumed command of the USS RENTZ QFFG 465 Whlle on RENTZ the Shlp partlclpated ln Operatlon NIMBLE AR CHER and conducted 19 U S Flag tanker escort m1ss1ons 1n the Perslan Gulf In December of 1988 he reported to the Commander ln Chlef U S Pa C1f1C Fleet Propulslon Examlnlng Board as a Senlor Gas Turblne Examlner Durmg the followlng two years he conducted over 60 operat1on propulsron plant and l1ght off exams throughout the Pac1f1c Fleet In August 1990 he reported to Commander THIRD Fleet as Fleet Scheduler and later served as Ass1stant Chlef of Staff for Readlness and Tralnlng Capta1n Hooper as sumed command of USS CAPE COD CAD 435 1n July 1992 Capta1n Hooper s personal decoratlons lnclude the M6IltOI10US SGIVICG Medal C3 awards5 Navy Commendatlon Medal C3 awards5 Coast Guard Speclal Operat1ons SGIVICG Rlbbon He IS marr1ed to the former Anne McHale of Harrlsonburg Loulslana They have three chlldren Jason l1v1ng 1n Hollywood Florlda and Sarah and Jay l1v1ng at home , ll - . . , I . , . 7 . . , - li 0 0 , - . .... . . 7 7 . . . - 0 - - ,IO , , - I O . ll O i 0 e eo n - 4 ' - .. . . ' ,qu ' .' ' ll I I 0 , . ,fa I .. .,. ' 7 I a . . 5 It I f I . . . l ' 7 0 I Q Q 4 S . ' 0 , 0 Q , . , . ' ' on u , .. ' ' 2 v .

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JAMES L POOLE coMMANDER U s NAVY EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS CAPE COD CAD 435 Commander James L Poole graduated from the HU S Naval Academy 1n 1976 w1th a B S 1n Systems Engl- neerlng I After completlng Nuclear Power Tra1n1ng he re- ported onboard USS LYNDE MCCORMICK CDDG-85 Durlng hlS two years he served as Nav1gator!Personne1 I Offlcer and quallfled Surface Warfare Offlcer HIS next asslgnment was the Englneerlng Depart ment of USS LONG BEACH CCGN 91 Durlng th1s two and a half year tour he quallfled as a Nuclear Engl neer Th1S was followed by a year servlng as an Unlted Natlons M1l1tary Observer As a member of the UN Truce Supervlslon Organlzatlon CUNTSOJ ln the Mlddle East he was awarded the 1988 Nobel Peace Pr1ze He earned a Masters of Sclence degree ln Computer Systems at Naval PG School Monterey CA Depart ment Head School followed 1n Newport Rhode Island HIS at sea Department Head tours Combat Systems Offlcer onboard USS ELLIOT CDD 9671 and Maln Propulslon Asslstant on board USS ENTERPRISE CCVN 651 Commander Poole reported onboard USS CAPE COD CAD 431 1n Febru ary 1992 He qual1f1ed for Command at Sea ln September 1992 He IS marrled to the former Carol Levesque of New York C1ty They have one daughter Corey and reslde 1n San D18g0 Callfornla 0 , O O - , .. . . . . . X , . 6 2 ' . . . . 9 a ' ' . . . a ' a ' e ,W X - . - .. . . . . . . . . . a 9 '