Henrico (APA 45) - Naval Cruise Book

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RELIEVED CAPTAIN JOHN H. DOLAN Captain John H. DOLAN was bora September 4, 1918 at Maiden, Manacbufctts a city located ten miles to the west of the capital city of Bofton. Captain DOLAN ' s formative years were spent in the New England area and he enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross, at Worcester, Massachuetu soo n after his graduation from high school m Providence, Rhode bland. The Bachelor of Arts Degree WM conferred upon Kim at the completion of his four years of study. In 1940, as world tensions grew and war threatened, Ca{Xain DOLAN reported to the Naval Recruiting Station at Newport, Rhode bland and Joined the Navy. From February 1941 until May 1941, he attended V-7 Midshipmen School at the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign April 1941. Soon thereafter, he was assigned to submarines and made war patrob throu Ji.ut World War U. He was promoted to the rank of : junior Grade) in May 1942 and to the rank of Licuten- :;h 1943. CapUin DOL N senred as engineering and supply officer aboard the USS nPER (SS 409 ) between May 1944 and July 1946, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander during this period. From October 1946 until Match 1947 he held the position of executive officer of the USS ATULE ( SS 403 ) and In April 1947 he was ordered to the same position aboard the USS TORO ( SS 422 ), In April 1948, ho assumed the duties of training officer at the Fleet Sonar School, Key West. Captain DOLAN returned to sea duty in 1950 as executive officer of the USS SEA LEOPARD (SS 483) and was promoted to the rank of commander in July 1951. In 1953 ho took command of the USS CORPORAL (SS 346) then serving in the Atlantic and Mcditcrrcan- Seventeen years after his entry into the Navy, he returned to Newport, Rhode bland to attend the Naval War College. Upon completion of his senior course in 1958 he reported to San Diego to assume command of SUBMARINE DIVISION 53. Later the same year he was ordered to the Atlantic Fleet Antisubmarine Warfare Tactical School as Executive officer where he stayed until September 1959. John H. DOLAN attained the rank of Captain in July 1960 and immediately prior to assuming command of HENRICO attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He relieved Captain R. M. HA ' ES on July 18, 1962 and was relieved by Captain H. J. ROSANIA September 14 1963.

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COMMANDING OFFICER 71? 4JJWJi CAPTAIN HUGH J. ROSANIA Captain Hugh J. FOSANIA, USN, a native of Somerville, New Jersey, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943 with a B. S. degree and was commissioned an Ensign in the U. S. Navy in June of that year. Prior to attending the Naval Academy he was an engineering student at Rutgers University. During his first tour of sea duty aboard the USS WADSWORTH (DD 516) he saw action at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Iwo Jima, Philippine Islands and Okinawa and was awarded the Pacific Asiatic Theatre Service Medal with seven stars plus the Presidential Unit Citation. In May 1945 he attended Submarine School at New London, Connecticut and upon completion in August of that year was assigned to his first submarine, USS CUBERA (SS 347) where he later gained the designation Qualified in Submarines . In 1948, Captain BDSANIA placed USS VOLADOR in commission and served aboard until 1950, at which time he reported to Staff, Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, Northwestern University as Assistant Professor of Naval Science. In June 1952 Captain ROSANIA reported aboard USS SIRAGO for duty as executive officer and served in SIRAGO until June 1954 at which time he was ordered to Armed Forces Staff College. Upon graduation in January 1955, he was ordered to USS ENTEMEDOR (SS 340) for duty as commanding officer. Under his command, ENTEMEDOR deployed with the SIXTH Fleet and also operated with South American Navies off Columbia in 1956. He received orders to the Staff of the Submarine School in January 1957 where he was Director of Tactics, Ordnance, and the Enlisted Training Departments until July 1959. In August 1959, he reported to Staff, Carrier Division 17 at Long Beach, California where he served as Submarine Operations Officer. He deployed to the Western Pacific serving with the SEVENTH Fleet and participated in Operation SEA LION with all member nations of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization. During this deployment he was commended for his performance of duty as a direct participant in operations involving President Eisenhower ' s visit to the Western Pacific. He then reported aboard USS NEREUS (AS 17) in January 1961 , where he served as executive officer. It was during this period that the NEREUS initiated the nuclear submarine afloat repair capability- Captain BDSANIA took corrimand of Subm.aiine Division 51 in February 1962. During April and May 1962, he participated in Operation DOMINIC , receiving a commendation from Rear Admiral MUSTIN, COMMANDER Joint Task Group 8. 3 for outstanding performance of duty during Nuclear Weapons Tests. In April 1963 Captain BDSANLA reported to the Staff of Nuclear Weapons Training Center, Pacific where he served until August 1963 prior to being promoted to Captain and receiving orders to duty as Commanding Officer, USS HENRICO (APA 45)

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COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ONE CAPTAIN RODERICK K. MACLEAN Captain Roderick K. MACLean was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, on January 1, 1911, son of Kenneth and Katherine MACLean. He attended Bar Harbor High School and Hebron Academy prior to entering the University of Maine in 1929. Captain MACLean graduated from the University in 1933 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked as a sales engineer in New York and Philadelphia until March, 1941. Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade) on March 12,1941, his first duty station was the SupShips Office in Groton. Connecticut. In November of that year he was transferred to the USS GATO, a submarine destined to participate in many of the war ' s most gruel- ling campaigns in the South Pacific Theatre. While attached to the GATO he was awarded the Silver Star for the gallantry and intrepidity he displayed leading a group of evacuees to safety from Japanese-held Bougainville. He also wears the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the GATO for extraordinary heroism in the action during her war patrols in the Solomon Islands, Bismark, New Guinea, and Truk areas. By the summer of 1943 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and transferred to the USS FLOUNDER as executive officer. In July 1944, he was assigned to COMSUBDIV 82. In November of the same year he returned to the submarine fleet, this time as executive officer of the USS PERCH. During the last six months of 1945 he was aboard the USS LANCETFISH as propective commanding officer and concurrently was promoted to the rank of Commander. Captain MACLean was transferred to the USS PICUDA as comm- anding officer in January of 1946. The same year saw him ordered to the General Line School for a year ' s tour of duty under instruction. In June of 1947 he assumed command of the USS CORPORAL and after two years in this duty he was assigned to the staff of COMSUBRDN 10. In July of 1953 he joined the staff of COMSUBLANT. August 1955 saw Captain MACLean assume duties as COMSUBDIV 82. In July of 1955 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and assigned to the Mare Island Group of PacResFlt. In January 1960, Captain MACLean took command of the USS WASHBURN (AKA 108). He was relieved in February 1961 and ordered to the Staff of Commander Amphibious Training Command, U. S. Pacific Fleet, where he assumed the duties as head of the Operations Department. He took command of Amphibious Squadron ONE from Captain E. R, CRAWFORD on February 13, 1963.