Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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LIEUTENANT STEPHEN W. BAILEY NAVIGATOR LIEUTENANT MICHAEL C. AHRENS FIRST LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT DONALD J. NICOL FIRST LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT (j.G.) ALLEN H . CLARK ENGINEERING OFFICER

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROBERT P. KOLAR UNITED STATES NAVY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ' € THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER ENTERED THE NAVY AS A STUDENT IN THE V-1 2 PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND UPON GRA- DUATION ON 6 JUNE 1947 WAS COMMISSIONED. THE USS ASTORIA iCL-90) WAS HIS FIRST DUTY STATION FOLLOWED BY TOURS IN THE USS PRESIDENT JACKSON (APA-18)ANDUSS BOYD (DD-544). WHILE IN SPECIAL WEAPONS UNIT, PACIFIC, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KOLAR SERVED ABOARD THE USS WASP (CVA-18), USS BONHAMME RICHARD vCVA-32) AND THE USS KEARSARGE (CVA-33). IN 1958, HE REPORTED TO U.S. NAVY POST- GRADUATE SCHOOL , MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA AS A STUDENT IN THE OPERA- TIONS ANALYSIS CURRICULUM. UPON GRADUATION IN MAY OF 1960 HE REPORTED ABOARD GUNSTON HALL AND ASSUMED THE DUTIES AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

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LIEUTENANT (J.G . l JAMES S. ECKENROD OPERATIONS OFFICER LIEUTENANT fj.G .) RONALD P. LYNCH SUPPLY OFFICER ENSIGN DONALD A. BLOXOM DISBURSING OFFICER ENSIGN DONALD A. SMITH COMMUNICATION OFFICER ENSIGN GEORGE E. ANTON CIC OFFICER