Capricornus (AKA 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER WILLIAM H. MEANIX, JR. COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY Nf tiW-li II C23 ia V After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1945, he reported on board U S S. CAPELLOTTI APD-136). Successive communications operations duty aboard U.S.S. BOYD {DD-544) ond U.S.S KIDD (DD-661), where he hod two de- ployments to WESTPAC during the Korean conflict, lead to command, as a Lieu- tenant, of PCER-856, now the U.S.S. WHITEHALL. In September 1954, he became Officer in Charge of the U.S.S. SEQUOIA, the Secretary of the Navy ' s yacht based in Washington, D.C.. After a tour as the first gunnery officer of the U.S.S JONAS INGRAM fDD-938), he assumed command of the U.S.S. DYNAMIC (MSO-432), 1958-1960. His first shore duty was at Harvard University ' s Graduate School of Public Administration. In September 1961, he was ordered to duty with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Assistant Head of the Arms Control and the United Nations Branch of the Politico-Military Policy Division. On 21 July 1963, he reported on board CAPRICORNUS as Executive Officer, where he was promoted to Commander in February 1964. While his official home address is Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, he now resides at 109-77th Street in Virginia Beach with his wife, formerly Leona June Higgins of Mount Ranier, Mary- land, and his two children.

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COMMANDING OFFICER WILLIAM H. AVER CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY Commissioned Ensign in May, 1940, from the Naval R.O.T.C. Unit, University of California, Berkeley, California, his first sea duty was in U.S.S. GAMBLE (DM-15). Subsequently, from Sep- tember 1940 until April 1944, he served in U.S.S. GiLLIS (AVD-12) in PATROL WING (later FLEET AIR WING) FOUR in the Alaskan-Aleutian area. Following relief as Executive Officer of GILLIS, then Lieutenant Ayer assumed command of U.S.S. WILLIAMSON (DD-244), serving during the Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations and for the remainder of World War II. In December 1945 he was ordered to shore duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Functional and Officer Training Sections). He completed this first tour of shore duty as a student in the U.S. Naval War College (1947-48). Sea duty since World War II has consisted of duty in the staff of Commander Amphibious Group Two Commander Transport Squadron Two, 1948-51; as Commanding Officer, U.S.S. NOA (DD-841), 1953-1955; and as Commander Destroyer Division 122, 1958-1959. Captain Ayer ' s tours ashore since 1948 included duty in the staff of CINCLANT CINCLANTFLT CINCWESTLANT USCOMOCEANLANT (Operations Division), 1951-1953; OPNAV (Amphibious Warfare Branch), 1955-1958; and Imperial Defense College, London, England (student), 1960. Cap- tain Ayerwas Assistant Chief of Staff,Logi sties, on the staff of CINCUSNAVEURUSCOMEASTLANT prior to reporting to assume command of CAPRICORNUS on 3 September 1963. Captain Ayer ' s official home address is Berkeley, California. He is married to the former Virginia Claire Golla of Palo Alto, California. The family resides at 1317 Rusticway Lane, Lake Barcroft, Falls Church, Virginia.

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utrMKimtni ntAU LCDR J.P. KRISCIUNAS Operations LT R. MAYER Engineering LTJG J.A. QUARTERMAN Former First Lieutenant LT M. R. DU VALL Fi rst Lieutenant LTP.N. HAYNICZ Former Medical Officer LT W.B. DEAL Medical Officer LT R.C, ANTOLINI Supply LT R. REGAN Combat Cargo TRAINING GROUP ENS S.L. BASINGER ENS J.R. CONNELL ENS P.J. MADIGAN ENS G. OSIOL ENS P.B. HEARN, JR.