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commanding officer E 5 Griffith Conrad Evans, Jr., is the son of Pro- fessor CEmeritusj and Mrs. Griffith Conrad Evans, Sr. Professor Evans is a noted mathematician at the University of California. Commander Evans graduated from the University of California, Berk- ley, California, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve August 14, 1942. His date of rank as Commander is January 8, 1957. He first served on district patrol craft having F- quartermaster and signalling duties. InSeptember 1942 he was Assistant First Lieutenant at the :Maritime School. HOFFMAN ISLAND, New York. Commander Evans then returned to patrol craft, first as Executive Officer of the USS YP 449, and in May51943 as Commanding Officer of the USS YP 61. In January 1944 he underwent submarine chaser training in Miami, Florida where he completed the Basic and Prospective Commanding Officer courses. He served as Executive Officer of the patrol craft USS PCS 1383 commencing in August 1944. Com- mander Evans served as Commanding Officer of the USS PCS 1421. - On February 11, 1946 Commander Evans was released from active duty at his own request, how- ever he remained an active member of the Naval Reserve. . On August 20, 1950 he returned to ex- tended activefduty at his own request. gm- He assumed command of the landing ship USS n . L .. LSM 175.. In November 1951 he assumed command of r ,ml gn, 5513! 071 , , the Uss EVERETT qrnsp alternating between the ' V Korean theater and as U.S. Stationship, Hong Kong, I ' from March to August 1952 and from November to March 4 1953. Commander Evans next served as Convey and Routing and Assistant, Operations Officer on the Staff, Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier. In September 1953 he was selected for the TAR program. In February 1954 he reported for duty with Assistant Director Naval Personnel fNaval R S ' ' ' ' eservej taff, Commander Fourteenth Naval District. He then assumed duties as Commanding Officer on the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center Santa Ana California and was a member of the National Naval Reserve Policy Board for FY 1956 and 1955 Here he, formed th F' Fl . e irst eet Division activated in Country May 13, 1956, and the First Submarine Attack Unit, activated in December 1956. F th ' rom ere he was orderedto the oiler USS KAWISHIWI fAO'46j where he be- came Executive Officer, and later Commanding Officer. On December 7, 1959 Commander Evans assumed command of the icebreaker USS BURTON ISLAND CAGBD. Wh'l h ' ' ' ' 'f ' ' . 1 e e was Commanding Officer the ship participated in the first successful penetration of Bellingshausen Sea during DEEPFREEZE 1960 Also with the sa h' h . re s 1 e established the first ship-launched ice floe station ARLIS I in the A t' ' S m P rc ic in eptember 1960. On November 14, 1960 Commander Evans became Commanding Officer of a second icebreaker, the USS EDISTO CAGB2Q. i Commander Evans is married to the former Miss Arlene Westbo Callahan of Hollister, Cali- forma. They have four children, and the family is currently residing in the Boston Mass. Area.