Hawkins (DD 873) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER STEVEN N. ANASTASION COMMANDING OFFICER, U.S.S. HAWKINS (DDR873) Commander Steven N. Anastasion, U.S. Navy, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Savas Anastasion of Woodside Drive, Orange, Connecticut. From New Haven High School, he went to the Naval Academy at An- napolis, graduating in 1942. During World War II, Commander Anastasion won two Bronze Star Medals on board the USS CHAMPLIN (DD 601). He was Sonar Officer when the CHAMPLIN killed an enemy submarine, and Gun- nery Officer during the invasion of Southern France. Since the war, Commander Anastasion attended an Ordnance Post Graduate Course in Special Physics and was awarded the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also served on the USS CORAL SEA; at Eniwetok Proving Ground; at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory; in the office of the Assistant for Nuclear Energy Application at the Bureau of Ordnance; as Director, Technical Training Division of Training Group for the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at Alburquerque, New Mexico, and as Commanding Officer of the USS NAWMAN (DE 416). Commander Anastasion completed the course in Naval Warfare at the Naval War College in Newport R.I., prior to his present duty as Commanding Officer, USS HAWKINS (DDR-873).