Holland (AS 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. PUGH, II, WAS BORN IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE ON 17 MARCH 1920. HE ATTENDED DUKE UNIVERSITY PRIOR TO ENTERING THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND IN JULY OF 1938. HE WAS GRADUATED IN DECEM- BER OF 1941 AND AFTER A SHORT TOUR OF SERVICE ABOARD THE USS MISSISSIPPI AND USS R-4, HE ENTERED THE SUBMARINE SCHOOL AT NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. UPON GRADUATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 1942, HE REPORTED FOR DUTY ABOARD THE USS PUFFER ISS-2681 WHERE HE WAS TO SPEND ALMOST THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE WAR. IT WAS DURING THIS TOUR THAT HE COMPLETED A TOTAL OF SEVEN SUCCESSFUL WAR PATROLS AND WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL WITH ONE GOLD STAR, THE NAVY UNIT CITATION, AND'THE SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA WITH FIVE STARS. FOLLOWING PUFFER, HE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS TUSK ISS-4261 IN JULY OF 1945 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL JUNE OF 1948. HE THEN ATTEND- ED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND FOR ONE YEARS FOLLOWED BY ENTRANCE INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING IN JUNE OF 1951. IN JULY OF THE SAME YEAR HE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS SENNET ISS-4081 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR ONE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY TWO YEARS AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS MEDREGAL ISS-4801. HE THEN SERVED ON THE STAFF, COMMANDER IN CHIEF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN AS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF JOINT AREA PETROLEUM OFFICE, UNTIL JULY OF 1957 WHEN HE WENT TO THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. RETURNING TO THE SUBMARINE FORCE AFTER DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE IN JUNE OF 1958, HE JOINED THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUB- MARINE SQUADRON EIGHT AND COMMANDER SUBMARINE REFIT AND TRAINING GROUP, NEW LONDON, AS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. IN JULY OF 1959 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF SUBMARINE DIVISION EIGHTY ONE AND SERVED UNTIL LATE IN 1960. A SHORT TOUR AS COMMANDER NEW LONDON TEST AND EVALUATION DETACH- MENT WAS FOLLOWED BY ASSIGNMENT TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE SQUADRON FOURTEEN AS 'CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, NEW LONDON REPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS DURING THIS ASSIGNMENT THAT HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. SINCE .JUNE OF 1963 CAPTAIN PUGH HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE STAFF OF DEPUTY COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET, AS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF -FOR FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE MATTERS. IT WAS FROM THIS ASSIGN- MENT THAT HE WAS ORDERED TO THE USS HOLLAND, ASSUMING COMMAND ON 8 AUGUST 1964.

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