Greenwich Bay (AVP 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 -Q , 'dn CDR B. G. Shepple Operations Officer flielievingj A Ar- 'fi .l LCDR G. G, Zimmerman Personnel Officer LT V. J, Ramsey Chaplain u I x e .. l Y .Wish 9- . is A if JN? ll if if CDR J. J. Coonan Operations Officer LCDR D. E. Brunner First Lieutenant 1 ,,., 1 4 F YU' V, 44 .gi as bat... LT R. A. Michaud Communications Officer LT J. F. Reeves, Jr. Supply Officer lg ga rf 1 1 ff U3 H41 is A .L LTjg. J. M. Blenkhorn, Jr. LTjg A. A. Walker Engineering Officer Damage Control Asst. CHBSON F. W, Delea Q Navigator ENS J. W, Mcmnizm Disbursing Officer ' .., I

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I, a... 41' fu 59 ps -.gf lg s T LA ,A 3.1 ..I' 3.4 x I CRD. Eric W. Pollard Executive Officer Commander Eric W. Pollard is a Californian by birth, claiming the city of Alameda in that state as his home town. Prior to entering the Navy he was Seaman in ships of the Oriental-Oceanic Lines which sailed from San Francisco to ports of the Orient from Manchuria to the Philippines. Commissioned Ensign and designated Naval A- viator in April 1941, he reported to VP-61, a PBY squadron in AirPac. Subsequently he served with VP -82 in the North Atlantic, the squadron of Sight Sub, Sank Same fame and through whose area of opera- tion noallied ships in convoy or otherwise were sunk by enemy subs. He was later Senior Aviator ofa Privateer Detachment based in Morocco and flying missions into the Baltic Sea and elsewhere. Commander Pollard was the first U. S. Naval Attache to the American I-lmbassy in Teheran, Iran, from 1951 and 1954. Prior to his June 1957 assign mentas Executive Officer of the U, S, GRI-I ISNWICH BAY, he was Commanding Officer of Patrol Seaplane Squadron -15 based in Panama and Bermuda. Commander Pollard is married to the former Nl-nette I-lstienne of Casblanca. 'Yi CDR. Richard D. Gruber Executive Officer Commander Richard D. Gruber was commis- sioned Ensign and designated Naval Aviator in March 1940. His first fleet duty was with VP-54, then en- gaged in neutrality patrol duties in the North Atlantic. His tours of duty in the Pacific consisted ofCommand- ing Officer ofVH-1, an Air-Sea Rescue Squadr0r1 and VP-34, a Medium Seaplane Squadron based on Saipan in the Mariannas Group. Commander Gruber has completed a tour of dufY in OPNAV and was assigned to the Staff, Supreme Al- lied Commander Atlantic during the early formative years of NATO. Prior to his assignmentas Executive Officer of the U, S, S. GREENWICH BAY, he was on the Staff, Commander Second FleetfCommander Striking Fleet Atlantic. He relieved CDR Pollard as this shig1'S X. 0- last July while it was in Massawa, Eritrea. Commander Gruber is married to the former Marie Tyon of Kansas. They have two children. 9' daughter, Kim and a son, Bob.

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-'4 Captain James M. Wright reads his orders to relieve Captain French Wampler, Ir. to become the Greenwich Bay's 12th Commanding Of- ficer. hange of Command 1 1 . 5