Hamul (AD 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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captain a.cI. kilmartin On 26 July l957, Captain Alfred D. Kilmartin became Commanding Officer of the HAMUL. A graduate of the Naval Academy, class of l934, he has led an interesting and exciting career in the Far East. After initial assignments in the China area, he was selected in J938 to study the Chinese language at Peking which led to his assignment as Assistant Naval Attache in Shanghai. Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Kilmartin, who was then a Lieutenant, was interned by the Japanese. After two years he was repatriated and returned to Washington where he served two years in the Office of Naval lntelligence. ln l944, while holding the rank of Commander, he became Skipper of the destroyer-escort GENDREAU and eventually, Commander Escort Division 73l. ln i9-45, he served as Navigator aboard the battleships INDIANA and NEW JERSEY. Then in l947, he became senior advisor to the China Naval Academy. Several other shore billets followed until l95l when he was assigned as Commanding Officer of the CACAPON which operated in the Korean conflict. Captain Kilmartin came to the HAMUL from Taipei where he was serving as U.S. Naval Attache. His wife, the former Maribel Martin, and his four children are now living in Palo Alto, California W, . 2 ff wif we we QS NS 1 K X w f 'V Q fr 1 f ' f. X

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