Colonial (LSD 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN IN ACTION

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COMMANDER RICHARD S. AGNEW COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER AGNEW, WHO REPORTED ABOARD COLONIAL AS COMMANDING OFFICER IN DE- CEMBER 1966, GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN JUNE 1949. HIS FIRST ASSIGN- MENT WAS ASSISTANT NAVIGATOR ON THE USS BAIROKO (CVE-1 15) AND LATER AS COMMUNI- CATIONS OFFICER ON THE USS BOXER (CVE-21). AFTER COMPLETION OF FLIGHT TRAINING IN 1952 CDR AGNEW SERVED WITH VA-175 LATER BECOMING ASSISTANT OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE MAIN RECRUITING STATION IN JACK- SONVILLE. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM GENERAL LINE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIFOR- NIA, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS AIDE AND FLAG LIEUTENANT TO COMALSEAFRON AND COMSEVEN- TEEN IN ALASKA. ON COMPLETION OF TOURS WITH VAH-123 AND VAH-4 CDR AGNEW SERVED ABOARD THE OKLAHOMA CITY (CLG-5) AS NAVIGATOR AND THE USS MONTICELLO AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. COMMANDER AGNEW AND HIS FAMILY MAKE THEIR HOME IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. I

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l(( • l 4l, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PAUL C. MATTHEWS, JR. EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR MATTHEWS, WHO REPORTED TO COLONIAL AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER 10 FEBRUARY 1967, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO IN 1954. PRE- VIOUS SHIPBOARD ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED: 1954-1957 GUNNERY AND ANTI- SUBMARINE WARFARE OFFICER ON USS LEWIS [DE-535), SIX MONTHS AS OPER- ATIONS OFFICER AND NAVIGATOR ON USS COLONIAL (LSD-18), 1958-1959 OPFRATIONS OFFICER AND FIRST LIEUTENANT ON USS CATAMOUNT (LSD-17), AND 1962-1964 NAVIGATOR ON USS ALBANY (CG-10). TOURS ASHORE INCLUDE: 1959 COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, U.S. MILITARY TRAINING MISSION TO SAUDA ARABIA, 1960-1962 PROGRAM MANAGER, MIDDLE EASTERN AREA, FOREIGN NAVAL TRAINING BRANCH OP 632, AND 1964-1966 FORCE PERSONNEL OFFICER FOR COMNAVMARIANAS.