Intrepid (CVS 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN J. LLOYD ABBOT, JR., USN COMMANDING OFFICER Captain J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., was born in Mobile, Alabama, on June 26, 1918. He is the son of Captain J. Lloyd Abbot, USNR CRETJ, and Mrs. Helen Abbot who were both also born in Mobile. In 1934, Captain Abbot graduated from Murphy High School of Mobile. After attend- ing Spring Hill College for one year, he was appointed as a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy. He was graduated from the Acad- emy in 1939 and commissioned as Ensign, U. S. Navy. Captain Abbot's assignments at sea have included, in 1939 to USS ENTERPRISE CCV-65 as Assistant Navigator, during the later part of 1939 to 1941, aboard USS GIL- MER CDD-2335 in various billets, the last of which was First Lieutenant and Gunnery Of- ficer, in 1942 to VS-1-D14 as Flight Officer, in 1943 and 1944 to VS-66 as Commanding Officer, in 1946 to 1948 to VF-42 fAboard USS F. D. ROOSEVELTJ as Commanding Officer, in 1951 and 1952 to VU-4 as Com- manding Officer, in 1955 and 1956 to USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN fCVA-393 as Opera- tions Officer and Executive Officer, in 1956 and 1957 to the staff of Commander Carrier Division TWO fembarked in USS CORAL SEA, USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, and USS RANDOLPHJ as Operations Of- ficer, in 1960 to USS VALCOUR QAVP-557 as Commanding Officer. Upon assuming command of USS INTREPID QCVA-111 on 24 May 1961, he thus undertook his fifth com- mand. Shore-duty tours during Captain Abbot's career have included, Flight Training, at the staffs of the Chief of Naval Air Training and Chief of Naval Air Basic Training, at OPN AV , at the Armed Forces Staff College, and most recently as Executive Officer, Ban- croft Hall at the U. S. Naval Academy. Captain Abbot married the former Miss Marjorie Grubbs of Norfolk, Va., on June 21, 1941, and have three children. Their oldest, Lloyd III, currently attends The Naval Academy. The second son, Steve, is a senior at Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., and their daughter, Mary Neville, attends Friends School at Virginia Beach, Va. Captain Abbot has one brother, CDR R. T. Abbot QSCJ USN R, and one sister, LCDR Helen T. Abbot USNR, both of whom reside in Mobile.

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