Columbus (CG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDJ xg.-f-Fr it CAPTAIN w1LLfffQf The Commanding Officer, Captain.William Arthur, USN, of Homestead, Florida is the 1 of the late A.F. Arthur and the former atrice Atkins. Captain Arthur was born in Wes, Delaware on Marchx 19, 1920. He at- ,ded the Homestead High School and the Bullis 1 Jool of Silver Spring, Maryland prior to at- ding the U.S. Naval Academy. at Annapolis. tier graduation in December 1941, he served First Lieutenant and later Gunnery Officer of 1 destroyer NELSONF ' Wifi: the eiidt of World War II, Captain Arthur ended the Naval Postgraduate School in An- 3ol'is,'-Maryland and completed his postgradu- . study by receiving a Master's Degree in gineering Electronics. Subsequent tours in- ded. duty as Commanding Officer. Fleet Train- g Center, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and in'the ntagon with the Office of the Chief of Naval where he was associated the .missile and other electronic idevelop- grams, . fi A Captain Arthur returned to sea duty gsucciessive tours as the Executive Offi- FF ER A. USN fwrwa, 4 . 'C iw9'1'f - G . -,H --.Wg ,, V Surface Missilefilgyistlems, Captain Arthur was assigned duty 'i-iithe Bureau of Naval Personnel where he was engaged in the management of missile systems perskonnel programs for this special force. A From 1963 to 1965 Captain Arthur served as Commanding Officer, USS NORTON SOUND CAVM-lj, the Navyls test ship for missile sys- tems. He then served as Manager, Advanced Systems in the office of the Director, Surface Missile Systems Project until September 1967. Projects under his cognizance included the Sea Sparrow and the Advanced Surface Missile Sys- tem intended as the ultimate replacement for Terrier and Tartar guided missiles. Captain Arthur became Commanding Officer of USS COLUMBUS CCG-121 on October 5, 1967. 1 Captain Arthur has been awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service in estab- lishing and directing the personnel management program of the Special Navy Task Force for Missile Systems. He has also been awarded the Commendation Ribbon with the Surface of7'f'th'e Udestroyer STEPHEN 1 PCSTTERQ Combat V for meritorious service in action ,n,nggyi.OffiCeg' bf ,the 'battleship rovyg and whi1e5Exeeunve .Officer brute. uss STEPHEN mmanding Officer A,p, o fp, the de'stroyen,'l15EUNT5 ,POTTER during the Korean conflict. ' ',.A a ddition, Captain Arthur has been awarded tedi.in.,several actions during the 'theliiiAtila.ntici.iArea ,Medal, :the European-North 1958, Captain Arthur 1' 2the,iAme'r'ica1n Defense Ribbon - A Ribbon, National De- School -at'.DamiNec1Q, -Service Medal yvithNBronze Starqr-andy? the tpfaihilAfthur'2-iretdf-nted-:td t 11'i M 3 W if Ai' -Eiifzrfwp .ne formerk '. 4 it TV- L2l5?2S5?335lF' 7-774 -exif! ft- 1.-'tri-fl ifftllief T.'Cru1s'er-Destrxwee-'rev PM 2493: ,fx i0f.4,NQ,t.J.1.-,g .-,511--. ,.., J x N iff V lifgt V 133 1. ,.erf,5:eff is-A -tl.:-gg,-153-2' 1 .ey and their home on R A : 'Vila av, ,F

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