Frank Knox (DD 742) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR P. A. Baker received his com- mission from the Naval Academy in the class of 1957. Since then he has served on various ships in various billets and in shore billets at Fleet TraGroup in San Diego, as a company officer at the Naval Academy and he also attended the Naval Post Graduate School. During his sea going tours he served aboard the cruiser Roanoke, the USS Dale CDLG-191, and was on the commissioning crew on both the USS Somers CDD-9471 and the USS King CDLG-105. His billets aboard these ships have included Missle Officer, Gunnery Officer, Navigator and Oper- ations Officer. I-Ie assumed duties as Executive Officer aboard the Frank Knox in August of 1968. fm... -...ma-n..L.-4-..-fn.n--,.,,wvr1iAv-1

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COMMANDINC OFFICER Commander james G. Baker, USN Ships and cruises are unique to the Navy. A ship is among other things, the place Where We eat, sleep, Work, relax, and serve our country. To successfully make a ship a fighting unit, and simultaneously serve as a home for its crew requires the utmost in team Work, cooperation, understanding and comradeship. A ship's company must become a closely knit family. The true test of a ship and her crew comes on an extended cruise. It is then that all of the previous training and preparation, individual and team efforts are tested to the fullest extent. It is then that the family muSt produce. This book is dedicated to the officers and men of USS Frank Knox QDD 7429, Who during the seven month deployment with the Seventh Fleet in 1969, met and passed the test. Well done! J. G. Baker CDR, U.S.N. Commander james Gilbert BAKER, U. S. Navy entered the Naval Service in 1951, having received his commission through the NROTC Program at the University of Idaho. During his career he has served aboard the destroyers USS DE HAVEN CDD 7275 and USS GEORGE K. MACKENZIE CDD 8365 as Well as the auxiliaries USS DIACHENKO QAPD 1235 and USS MISPILLION CAO 1051. Ashore he has served as Exec- utive Officer for the Naval Adminis- trative Office, Marianas Islands, as Force Personnel Officer on the Staff of the Commander Naval Forces, Marianas Islands and in the Intelli- gence Division, Staff, Commander-in- Chief, Pacific. During his sea-going tours Commander BAKER has served in billets in the three major shipboard departments of Operations, Weapons and Engineering and Was Executive Officer aboard MACKENZIE for eighteen months. As well as service in the Marianas Islands, he has been homeported in Yokosuka, japan and saw two tours of duty in the Pacific during the Korean Conflict. Commander BAKER assumed command of USS FRANK KNOX CDDR 7425 on 28 December 1967 at the U. S. Naval Station, Subic Bay, Philippines. The Captain is married to the former Betty Lee Thompson of Yuma, Arizona. The Bakers now reside in San Diego, California with their four children.

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