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CAPTAIN EMMETT H. TIDD Commanding Officer While with the Sixth Fleet in the Med- iterranean, EVERGLADES was commanded by Captain Emmett H, TIDD. He assumed command of the ship on 1 July 1968, just thirty days prior to her departure from Charleston. Captain TIDD was born on 6 October 1923 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended the University of Oklahoma, and received his commission as an Ensign from the NROTC unit there in February, 1945. Upon receiving his commission, he reported aboard USS GYATT QDD-7125 and assumed duties as First Lieutenant. lnV1950, Captain TIDD assisted in the recommissioning of USS FRANK E. EVANS QDD-7541, serving first as Assistant Engineering Officer and DCA and then as Operations Officer. EVANS was in the first Division of de-mothballed destroyers to reach Korea during the Korean Conflict. For duties performed during this deploy- ment while serving as Bombardment Liaison Officer in the siege of Wonsan he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V . Upon completion of his tour aboard EVANS, Captain TIDD reported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington as Assistant to the Head of the Appointments Branch. He then served as Operations Officer and Navigation Officer aboard USS RADFORD QDDE-4465, followed by a tour as Squadron Operations Officer, Gunnery Officer, and ASW Officer on COMDESRON 25 Staff. ln September, 1956, Captain TIDD received his first Command, that of USS FORCE QMSO-445j. This was followed by post- graduate work at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and a tour as the Assistant Head of the Special Weapons Branch, Strategic Plans Division of the Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations. ln May, 1961, C aptain TIDD assumed Command of USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON QDD-7861, and this was immediately followed by his third Command, that of USS CHARLES F, ADAMS QDDG-21, in April, 1963. Following Command of ADAMS, Captain TIDD was assigned as Objective Plans Officer of the Strategic Plans Division Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. For duties performed in this job, the Secretary of the Navy awarded Captain TIDD a Gold Star in lieu of asecond Navy Commendation Medal. Following this tour he attended the 1967-68 course of the National War College in Washington, after which he reported aboard EVERGLADES to assume duties as her Commanding Officer. Under Captain TIDD, Big Mama deployed to the Mediterranean, and while there, furthered her reputation as areal Can-Do ship. The procession of kudos and credits seemed almost unending. The continued high level of performance by her, crew was a source of great pride to her Commanding Officer, Captain Emmett H. TIDD.