John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 Commander Louis L. Meier, lr., U.S.N. Commanding Officer Captain of the frigate USS John S. McCain is Commander Louis Leonard Meier, Jr., USN. who as- sumed command on January 7, 1959. Before this assignment, Commander Meier served for three years as Special Assistant and Aide to the Honorable Thomas S. Gates while Mr. Gates was Under Secretary of the Navy and later, Secretary of the Navy. A 1942 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Commander Meier first served aboard the battleship, USS Maryland. Later he had duty on the cruiser, USS Birmingham. While aboard the Birming- ham, he participated in the Pacific raids of 1943 and operations in the Mariannas, Western Carolines, Leyte, lwo Jima and Okinawa. From 1946 to 1948, he was executive officer of the destroyers, USS Soley and USS Vogelsgang. Following duty at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington and at the White House as an aide, he assumed command of the minesweeper USS Gherardi. The Captain served as senior aide to the Com- mander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe from 1953 to 1955 before reporting to the office of the Under Secretary of the Navy. Commander Meier lives in Honolulu, Hawaii with his wife, the former Eleanora Tomicelli of Naples, Italy and their three daughters, Renee Marie, 4, Eleanor Sharon, 3, and Catherine Frances, 2.

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1' WESTPAC CRUISE OF THE U. S. S. JOHN S. MC CAIN C Lm3D September 1959-February 1963 e we

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lieutenant Commander lames H. Doyle, lr., U.S.N. Lieutenant Commander James Henry Doyle, Jr., USN ioined MC CAIN as executive officer in July l959. During the two preceding years he served in the International Law Division of the office of the Judge Advocate General. Graduating from the United States Naval Acade- my in June l9-46, Commander Doyle spent one year aboard the cruiser USS Chicago followed by three years aboard the destroyer USS John W. Thomason. From i950 to i953 he was attached to the office of the Judge Advocate General. During this time he attended post graduate law school at George Wash- ington University in Washington. Returning to sea, the Commander spent one year aboard the minesweeper USS Bulwark after her com- missioning. Leaving the Bulwark in l954, he spent the next three years as commanding officer of the minesweepers USS Ruff and USS Redstart. Commander Doyle and his wife Jeannette have three children, Kathleen Jeannette, lO, James Henry lll, 7, and Anne Jeannette, 3. The Doyles make their home in Pearl City, Hawaii.