Hornet (CVS 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPT B. D. LUCAS, USN Executive Officer Captain Burke D. Lucas, executive officer of USS HORNET, was bom April 12, 1924, in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He entered the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet in 1943 after attend- ing Oklahoma University. He was commissioned and designated Naval Aviator in 1944. After completing operational flight training, he reported to VPB-123 in 1945 and served in patrol planes until 1948. He transferred to single-engine aircraft and reported to the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa. Other Navy assignments have included duty with VX-1 and VX-3; USS SALISBURY SOUND, as navigator; VR-3, and as OmC of the GCA Unit, NAS Atlanta. He graduated from Oklahoma University in 1954 and from the Naval War College in 1962. He received helicopter training at Ellyson Field, Pensacola, Fla., and HS-TEN. Before assuming his present assignment. Captain Lucas was commanding officer of Helicopter Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron FOU .

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CAPT W. M. PARDEE, USN Commanding Officer Captain William M. Pardee, commanding officer of USS HORNET, was bom Sep- tember 20, 1920, in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1943 and served in destroyers in the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II. He was designated a Naval Aviator following flight training in June, 1948. Naval flying duties have been primarily with antisubmarine warfare squadrons, having served with VS-21, VS-31 and VS-37, and as Commander, CVSG-53. He also served in the Pentagon with the ASW Div ision on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. Captain Pardee was commanding officer of the Pacific Fleet oiler USS MISPILLION (AO-105) before assuming his present command. He is married to the former Jane Tupper of Calais, Maine, and has three children, William, Jr., Catherine, and Diana.

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ASW Group ONE En Route To The Far East