Chikaskia (AO 54) - Naval Cruise Book

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, . r Offiwr i i CAPTAIN THOMAS J. 'HUGHEs, USN . COMMANDING oFF1cER Captain Thomas J. Hughes was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 14 October 1926. He attended- St. Teresa's Grammar School and Boy's High School before enlisting in the Navy V-5 Program in December 1943. After attending Williams College and Franklin and Marshall College, Captain Hughes transferred to the active NROTC at Harvard University where he received a B.S. Degree and vvas commissioned on June 6, 1946. Captain Hugheslserved as a Junior Officer on Amphibious and Service Force ships, attended General Line School and became Engineer Officer of USS MASSEY CDD-7781, which operated for ten months off the coast of Korea in 1950-51. From 1952 to 1955, he served as a nuclear supervisor insfarmed Forces.:Special Weapons Project fnovv Defense Atomic Support Agencyj. After a tour as Engineer Officeriin USS WILKINSON CDL-52, he became Executive Officer of USS BRADFORD CDD-5453. Captain Hughes attended, the Armed Forces Staff College and the Operations Analysis curriculum at the U. S. Navy Postgraduate Schooh where he received a Master of Science Degree. He also served as Assistant Officer in Charge of the Naval Guided Missile School at Dam Neck, Virginia. ln 1962, Captain Hughes was assigned to the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This duty was followed by command of USS JOHN KING CDDG-37 and a tour in the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group in the office of the Secretary of Defense which required him to spend much time inSo.utheast Asia. Captain Hughes also commanded the USS THUBAN QAKA-191. He assumed command oft, ai , 1,1-IKASKIACAO-541 in November 1967. it I i Fr , 'si . Captain Hughes and Mrs. Hazel fKoblit2J Htigiiat 'rot 0' 'have eight children ranging from thirteen to tvventyyears of age. The family ff ide T . W- ' lil, H3:'i'q l r.i1 'Il,rl if' 4 c Homrmzmlilrg

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'J 0 Deck Dfparfmenf .F N ' ffylliii , LCDR G. ROBERT HOLT, USN FIRST LIEUTENANT DECK DEPARTMENT ml -U , y The Deck Departments fulgdtion in CHIKASKIA is quite important. Afterithe OperationslhD.epiar'tment has received a fueling commitment afilbl' charted a course to the rendezvous.. y Departmenthasltchecked ,the cargo, and the Engineering Department has gotten the ship to the re'nfd'e'zvou's, irjis uputo5tl1e1Ql5tetcl2?'Department to deliver the goods. We do this by a complicated process called Underway Replenishmentf' CHIKASKIA delivers three different petroleum products through ,six,Vfuel,inng:,st,ation,s, Deckjcargo, consisting of bottled gases, lubricating oil, and automobile gasoline in fifty-fiifel.g.alf'lonl.driugmsA'and otljfeifstores, are delivered by hi-line, burton, or housefall rigs. lVlail and personnel are also trainsferredi-by: hi?line2,3,With,-Lag-4'ship along each side it is not unusual to have all six fueling rigs and both hi-line time. V-vu ' Of course, Cl-HKASKIA does riot spend all of her time fueling ll When vve are not fueling, Deck Department is not idle. We must keep the shipnlinlnoodzi Fi i we do by constantly fighting the problem of rust. We also must maintain axllfin W 7 .ilsible Condition. ' i 4 '1 a irled span vvire, burton wire or hi iivering as -Qs a very dangerous situation fl 'ltd renewed 'Week ' hes on the Jepartment