George Clymer (APA 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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E X E C u T I V E ' ' 1 n o F F I C E R ALEX BAKER COMMANDER. UNITED STATES NAVY In 1912 Commander A. Baker enlisted in the Navv as a seaman. After attendinc midshipman school at Columbia L niversitv. he received his commission in l ' )13. He has served as Assistant Communications Officer of a destroyer. Communications Officer of a carrier, on a destrover s(|uadron staff, and as Communications Watch Officer in the Chief of Naval O])erations messape center. He has had duty as navigator of a heavy cruiser and as Training Officer of the Navy Section of the Joint U. S. Militarv Advisorv Grou|). Greece. Commander Bakers last dut before re|)orting aboard the Clymer was as Execu- tive Officer of the NROTC unit at Cornell L ni ersit . Ithaca, New York.

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c o M M A N D I N G O F F I C E R GERALD W. RAHILL CAPTAIN. UNITED STATES NAVY The 22ncl officer to command the USS GEORGE CLYMER (APA-271. Captain Rahill came to this assifinment from the Pentagon where he served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. As a reserve officer ]5rior to and during World War II. he was in the commissioning detail and served on board three ships: the first -Baby Flat-Top. USS LONG ISLAND (CVE-li: USS AURIGA (AK-08): and the USS BELTRAMI (AK-162) which he commanded. Captain Rahill. a graduate of Williams College, has served four years at tlie LTnited States Naval Academv. He is a Destroyerman. with several tours in destroyers including command of the USS BUCK (DD-7611. 1953-1955.

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DEPARTMENT HEADS LT R. R. HAYNE 1st LT L. A. BEHYMER LTJG L. M. DORMAN