Guadalupe (AO 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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af ' LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DONALD C. KELLY Lieutenant Commander Donald C. Kelly, a native Californian, first entered the Navy in 1944 as a Seaman Apprentice. In 1955, while serving as Chief Electricians Mate, LCDR Kelly graduated from Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island, under the integration program and was commissioned an Ensign. From 1955 to 1957 he served as CIC, Electronics, and Operations Officer aboard USS HOPEWELL IDD-6812 in the Pacific Fleet. In june 1956 he was promoted to Lieutenant ljunior Gradej, and in March 1957 LCDR Kelly was ordered to duty on the staff of Commander Pacific Reserve Fleet as Electronics Officer. LCDR Kelly's next assignment was student at the Nuclear Weapons School, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, Nea Mexico. Upon completion of his training there he served as a Nuclear Weapons Team Officer for the Special Weapons Unit, Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1958 LCDR Kelly reported aboard USS RANDOLPHlCVA-151 for duty as Special Weapons Officer. just prior to his departure from RANDOLPH in 1959 he uras promoted to Lieutenant. From july 1959 to September 1962 he served as Special Weapons 0ffl'Cer at the LCS. Naval Station in Rota, Spain. In October, 1962 LCDR Kelly reported aboard USS BOXER lLPH-41 for duty initially as Fire Control and later Comrntuzications Officer. From May 1964 to August 1965 LCDR Kelly served in Vietnam as a Deputy Senior Advisor to the Viet- namese Navy Coastal Force ljunk Forcej. He not only spent many hours aboard junks, but also frequently rode spotter planes to 10561151 targets for the Vietnamese naval craft. For his work in Vietnam LCDR Kelly received the Medal of Honor, lst Class, from the Vietnamese government, the Air Medal with a gold star, and the Navy C0,,,mer1clat1'0r1 Medal with combat V . Shortly after his arrival in Vietnam he was promoted to the ranle of Lieutenant Commander. Llxjon CO,,,p1e,,'0,, of his your gf duty in Vietnam LCDR Kelly was ordered to London, England where he served as Chief of Protocol responsible for coordinating the visits of important dignitaries to the European area. He reported aboard GUA DALUPE as ExecutiL'C Offlufef ON 2 ANtd'f5f 1997- LCDR Kelly was formerly married to Miss Lois Elizabeth Custer of Modesto, California, and has three p1J,'151,f,,7'. DOWN, Ly,,,,,,' agp 18,- Kf'11.'l,lI Michael, age 17: and Timothy Terrance, age 16, nou' residing in Norfolk, Virginia.

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'M 'fre A 1 U! .Y 1 pi i 4 23 .Ji hog 71 wi -.f 4- .. 4 I I 4 'N VE .a lk 91. p t F! I - I 2 in 5 E 7 . . f 41 LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JAMES M. RICKLY Lieutenant Commander james Maurice Rickly is a native of Mason, Michigan. He joined the United States Naval Reserve in 1951 while attending college at Alma, Michigan. Following his graduation from Alma College, where he acquired a BA degree, four letters in football, and a wife, LCDR Riclely enrolled in the ROC program in Newport, Rhode Island. He received his commission in September 1954. From October 1954 to August 1956 LCDR Riclely served as Operations Officer aboard USS KING COUNTY fLST-8571, home ported in Pearl Harbor. Their main mission during this period was to provide logistic support for Midway Island. During the two years LCDR Riclely was aboard, KING COUNTY made no less than twenty three trips from Pearl Harbor to Midway transporting everything from the finest liquors t0 pedigreed cats and dOgs.ln December 1955 LCDR Rickly was promoted to the rank ofLieutenant junior grade. In September 1956 LCDR Riekly reported aboard USS CARPENTER CDD-8251 for duty as Gunner' Officer. . ' A 3 Shortly thereafter he augmented into the regular Navy as he found both the Navy and destroyer duty very much to his lilaing. CARPENTER deployed for WestPac in 1957 and during this cruise was awarded the ' 'E for both Gunnery and ASW. For the next two years LCDR Riclzly served as an OOD instructor at Fleet Trainin Center San Die o. . g . . g In May of 1958 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In 1960 LCDR Riclely was sent to the Getleffll L' S h l 'L . ' ' ine c oo at tionterey for nine months of graduate work in all phases of general and Naval Science. F1001 Monterey he returned to San Diego for three months of Engineering School before reporting aboard USS PYRO IAE-241 for duty as Engineer Officer. During his tour aboard PYRO, LCDR Riclely pggdg gwo more trips to WestPac. From PYRO he went once again to San Diego where he served with 11,9 F196 T,aj,,i,,g Group, For two years he composed and evaluated battle problems for the underway training unit. During this tour he u't1S promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. LCDR Ric-kly ,gponed aboamr the USS GUADALUPF in September 1965. ' LCDR Riclely is married to the former Leyla Aygubpg of Hr lt H' l' ' ' . I ' I 1 7 . '- I I . b ' 5 lames Michael. Steven Carl. and David Bruce. 2 IC ugml Q Rzckly S ,MUG ,nee O35

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