Everglades (AD 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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Komfmzmiirzg Offifer CopToin STeinbeck wos born l November i922 oT Union, Missouri. l-le oTTended Cope SToTe College, Missouri School of Mines ond lowo SToTe College. 'l-le occepTed o-commission os Ensign in April T9-414. CopToin STe'inbeck hos served in The following ships: USS DECATUR CDD-Sllll, USS CONY CDD-5085, USS R. L. WILSON CDD-8-4l7i, USS LST ii53, USS WORCESTER CCL-lLl4l,. USS STEINAKER CDDR-8632, ond USS RURDY QDD-731ll: ond eorned The following medols while serving in Them: AsioTic-Rocific wiTh Three bronze sTors, American Compoign, World Wor ll VicTory, Novy Occupofion wiTh Europe closp, Chino Service, NoTionol Defense, Philippine LiberciTion wiTh one bronze sTor, ond The Rhilippine Republic Rresidenfiol UniT CiTciTion Badge. Rrior To reporTing To The EVEROLADES os Commonding Officer, CopToin STeinbeck served on The sToff of The Commonder in Chief U.S. Novcil Forces, Europe. The CopToin is mcirried ond lives in ChJrlesTon wiTh his wife, Cloire ond his Three doughTers, Louise, Noncy, ond Sully. Ewcufive .fi ., O finer A CDR KoTz wos born in New York CiTy 3 December i927 cind received his eorly educoTion in The New York school sysTem. l-le enlisTed in The Novol Reserve V-6 progrom in AugusT T945 ond remoined in,iT for one yeor. SubseouenTly, he eorned on AB degree inlndusTriol McincigemenT GT The CiTy college of New York in T949 UnTil l953, Mr. KoTz worked os o TexTile's:1lesmon ond during This Time he occepTed o reserve commission os Ensign, ordered To ocTive duTy in i953, he served os CommunicciTion Officer in USS BENHAM fDD-796l. Eollow- ing ThoT, he wenf bock To inocTive duTy for o shorT Time, buT come bock in The Novy for good in December l956. lfle hos served in USS R.K.' HUNTINGTON CDD-7813, USS MAURY KAOS-lol, USS BEATY CDD-7565, ond served in The EVEROLADES previously os Engineer Officer. Ashore, CDR Kcifz hos oTTended Oenerol Line School ond In The Office of The Chief of Novol OperoTions, EDR dKoITTz isdmorgied To The former Ercinces Koplon of New York, ond he now lives in ChorlesTon wiTh his wi e on T ree oug Ters, Deboroh, JudiTh, ond Arono.

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. - .h 1' '. . A L' Dedimfia 1 , l ' X I A EVEROLAOES' primary mission of course, is The repair of oTher ships - and ThaT Task is primarily The iob of The ship's Repair OeparTmenT. This Cruise Book, Then, is dedicaTed To The man who heads up The Repair OeparTmenT:' LCDR James A. Mares. This ship has a fine repuTaTion as The Type of Tender ThaT geTs The ioh done. She is affecTionaTely known as Big Mama To The desTroyers ThaT consTanTly Turn To her for help. No one, leasT of all LCDR Mares, would ever claimallThe crediT for EVERGI-ADES' ouTsTanding performance, buT cerTainly he has done more Than anyone else To conTribuTe To iT. Man an officer can recalla session wiTh Mr. Mares when The,Repair Boss emphasized The imporT- Y ance of serving The ships alongside. lf you ever wanT To Turn down a iob for any reason, TT had beTTer be a good one. LCDR Mares was born November I92l, in BalTimore, Maryland. I-le aTTended school There and worked as a machinisT's apprenTice unTil The ouTbreak of World War II.. In V942 he enlisTed in The Navy and Took his booT Training aT OreaT Lakes Naval Training CenTer. As an enlisTed man, Mr. Mares served in USS CHARLES J. BAOOER COO-6575, USS MACON ,CCA-1325, USS WISCONSIN iBE:f61Il, and aT The following shore sTaTions: U.S. Naval RecruiTing STaTion, BalTimore, Maryland, and The Ship Repair UniT, Adak, Alaska. In T954 LCOR Mares was commisioned an Ensign under The LDO program. I-lis firsT Tour of duTy a ffilcer was as AssisTanT Repair Officer in USS SIERRA CAD-ISD. In T957 he was Transferred as n o To The Shipbuilding Office aT NewporT News. OTher Tours of duTy prior To reporTing To The EVER- . , . . . . SS OLADES were in The Nuclear Power Division aT The CharlesTon Naval Shipyard, and in U PANDEMUS QARL--ISD, where he served as The Repair Officer. i

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