Iwo Jima (LPH 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Captain Only a seaman realizes to what great extent an entire ship reflects the per- sonality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a landsman this is not understandable and sometimes it is even difficult for us to understand. But a ship at sea is a distinct world in herself and in consider- ation of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units, the Navy must place great power, respon- sibility, and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command. ln each ship there is one man, who, in the hour of emergency or peril at sea, can turn to no other man. ihere is one who alone is ul- timately responsible for the safe navigation, engineer- ing, performance, accurate gunfire, and morale of his ship. l-le is the Commanding Gfficer. He is the ship. This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour as Commanding Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges in view of his obli- gations are almost ludi- crously small, nevertheless, command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. lt is a duty which most richly deserve the highest, time-honored title of the seafaring world . . . Cap- tain. Joseph Conrad

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Captain William Dclugherly CapTain William A DougherTy was born in PoTTsville, Pennsylvania He received an appoinfmeni To The U.S. Na- val Academy where he earned a commission in The U.S. Navy in June 1958 Subseauenfly, he commenced flighT Training and was designaied a Naval AviaTor in January 1960 Flying S2F TRACKER aircrafT wifh VS-27 in Norfolk, Vir- ginia he made deploymenTs To Europe, Soufh America. and The Caribbean while flying aboard USS VALLEY FORGE, USS RANDOLPH USS ESSEX and USS INTREPID. ln Augusl 1963 CapTain DougherTy maTriculaTed in The OperaTrons Research curriculum aT The U.S. Naval PosT- graduaTe School Monferey, California. AfTer earning a MasTers Degree in OperaTions Research, he reporTed To Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboraTory, Silver Spring. Maryland where he was The STraTegic Forces AnalysT for The Navy s Long Range STraTegic ObjecTives STudy Group. He was awarded The Navy AchievemenT Medal for his work wiTh ThaT group In November 1967 he reporred To VA-125 Lemoore, California for TransiTion To The A-A SKYHAWK . He subse- quenTly had Two combaT cruises in SouTheasT Asia, The firsT aboard USS TICONDEROG-A and The second aboard USS BON HOMME RICHARD During These cruises he flew over 1 A n rr - 1 1 1 1 1 Q' Q r 200 combat missions. From December 1970 To December 1973 CapTain Dou- gherTy was a member of The Chief of Naval Operafions' ExecuTive Panel To WashingTon, D.C. During This Time he was CNO Advisor and STaff Analysi for sTraTegic nuclear docfrine and sTraTeglc arms limiTaTions. He was awarded The Meriforious Service Medal by The CNO. In July 19711, afTer complefing A-7 'iCOSAlR Training in VA-125, CapTain DougherTy joined The VA-93 BLUE BLAZ- ERS on USS MIDWAY as Execufive Officer and SubsequenT- ly Commanding Officer. AfTer a brief Tour as Associaie Chairman MaThmaTics Deparimenf, U.S. Naval Academy, CapTain DougherTy complefed nuclear power Training aT Orlando, Florida and idaho Falls, Idaho. Prior To his arrival on USS IWO JIMA, CapTain DougherTy was Navigafor and Operafions Officer aboard USS NIMITZ. In addifion To The Meriforious Service Medal and The Navy Achievemeni Medal, CapTain DougherTy's personal awards have included STrikefFlighT Medals and Navy Com- mendaTion Medals. CapTain DougherTy, his wife PaTricia and children Linda, Laura, Richard and Chrisiopher reside in Norfolk, Virginia. Susan, William and Charles reside in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Com- mcmder Russell J. Henry Commander Russell J. Henry, a naTive of San Francisco, California, received his com- mission in The U.S. Navy in 4962. He became a Naval AviaTor in July 496A afTer receiving flighT Training aT Pesacola, Florida. He has seen duTy wiTh HS-7 and HS-5 aboard The CVS's USS lnTrebid, USS Essex and USS Randolph. He has been aTTached To HelicobTer LighT ATTack Squadron Three ho- meborTed in Binh Thuy, Republic of SouTh VieTnam and was Officer in Charge of HACLQ-3, DeTachmenT EighT in Rach Gia where he flew over 700 combaT sorfies. During his Tour in SouTheasT Asia, Com- mander Henry was awarded The DisTin- guished Flying Cross, The Bronze STar and Three Air Medals in addiTion To 22 STrike- fFlighT Air Medals. He also was awarded The F5residenTial Unif CiTaTion and The Navy UniT CommendaTion. While an insTrucTor aT The U.S. Naval TesT PiloT School, Commander Henry also con- ducfed The Take-off, landing, acrobaTic and sbin phases of The OberaTional TesT and EvaluaTion of The T-341C airplane. He was accepfed as a member of The SocieTy of ExberimenTal TesT PiloTs in SepTember 49741. He reTurned To HS-5 in 4975 and made lvlediTerranean debloymenTs aboard USS ln- debendence and USS DwighT D. Eisenhower. AfTer being relieved as Commanding Offi- cer of HS-5 in July 4979, Commander Henry reporfed To The lndusfrial College of The Armed Forces. Following graduaTion in 4980, he reborTed To USS Iwo Jima as ExecuTive Officer.