Fox (CG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gmiiwul F Born in Saugus, Massachussetts, on June 13, 1821, Gustavas Fox entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1838. He served in cruising warships, including Commodore Perry's squadron during the Mexican War, the Coast Survey, and finally commanded US Mail steamers plying the Atlantic Coastal routes. Besigning from the Navy in 1856, he entered business at Lowell, Massachusetts. At the onset of the Civil War, he volunteered for service and received a temporary appointment as a Lieutenant in the Navy. In April 1861, he was dispatched in the steamer BALTIC to relieve Fort Sumter. Before he could land his embarked troops, the confederate bombardments began, and after the surrender of the fort, he could only transport the remnants of Major Anderson's command backhto New York. ' He was appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy in 1861 and, at President LincoIn's insistence, the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was created for him by congressional action in August of the same year. Fox was a forceful, outspoken individual with considerable experience in ocean going steamships and he soon gained Lincoln's confidence. By sheer force of personality, he rose to a dominant position in the direction of naval affairs within the Navy Department. Similarly, his influence in government circles afforded him a major role in the tactical as well as strategic direction of naval aspects of the Union War effort. I Fox resigned his position in 1866 to represent the President on a special mission to Russia. He then returned to business in Lowell, Massachusetts, residing there until his death on October 29, 1883. l l l l i l

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OHM Captain Mathis is a 1962 graduate of the University of Maryland. Upon commissioning from Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode island, he reported to USS BLUE CDD-7441 serving as First Lieutenant, ASW Officer and Gunnery Officer until 1965. Captain Mathis completed U.S. Naval Destroyer School in December 1965 and was ordered to USS HAVER- FIELD QDER-39311 as Weapons Officer. ln 1968 he reported aboard USS ADROIT QMSO-5095 as Executive Officer. He served in that capacity until 1970, at which time he received orders to the Bureau of Naval Personnel as a Junior Officer Detailer. ln 1972 he was assigned as Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations QOP-09Cl. Upon completion of this tour he attended the Armed Forces Staff College, graduating June 1974. Captain Mathis' next tour was aboard USS KOELSCH QFF-10495 serving as Executive Officer until 1976. He returned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Plans and Policy Branch COP-605 until 1978. In 1978, Captain Mathis assumed command of USS ROBERT E. PEARY QFF-10735. Upon completion of his command tour he received orders to Staff, Commander Third Fleet as Fleet Exercise and Readiness Officer. ln 1982 he reported aboard Commander Carrier Group Seven Staff as Surface Operations Officer. Upon completion of the Carrier Group's deployment to Central America and the indian Ocean, ,Captain Mathis was assigned as Fleet Plans and Policy Officer on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, Captain Mathis completed the Navy's Senior Officer Material Readiness Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Newport, Rhode Island. In June 1986, he reported aboard USS FOX TCG-333 as Commanding Officer. He completed a Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf deployment which included a seventy-seven day augment to Middle East Force, and the first two reflagged Kuwaiti Tanker Escort Operations. USS FOX' won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for FY 87. Captain Mathis' decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal lwith 3 gold starsl, Battle Efficiency Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionar'y Medal, Vietnam Service Medal lwith 4 bronze starsl, Humanitarian Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon lwith 4 bronze starsl, Vietnam Gallantry Cross fwith palm frondl, Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Captain Mathis is married to the former Patricia Lee Winter of Silver Spring, Maryland. They have two children, Lisa Scott and Lauren Lee.