Kiska (AE 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER Commander, Robert L. Toney, whose home is Oroville, California, graduated from California State University in Chico, California, and received his commission in 1957. His first tour of duty was as Radio Officer aboard the USS BENNINGTON QCVA-201. In 1960, he was trans- ferred to the Staff, Commander, Training Command, U. S. Pacific Fleet, where he served as Communications Officer. His next tour of duty began in September 1963 as Operations Officer and Navigator in USS GUADALUPE QAO-321, where he participated in two WestPac cruises during the initial phase of the Vietnam conflict. During the period from July 1966 through February 1967 he was assigned as CIC Officer aboard the USS TOPEKA CDR. ROBERT L. TONEY ,P rev I H 4CLG-8J, after which he served as Electronics Project Officer on the Staff, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group - Long Beach through August 1968. Ln September 1968, he was transferred to the USS COWELL CDD-5471 as Executive Officer where he served through November 1969. In December 1969, he reported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel and served until July 1972 as Staff Assistant for Minority Recruiting. Commander Toney comes to the USS KISKA from the USS WICHITA QAOR-11 where he served as Executive Officer during the 1972 and 1973 de- ployments to the Western Pacific. His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service and the Navy Commendation Medals.

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As one of the first service force shi s to en e in the Mini- I A B I ' I l 0 I P 838 Multi concept, the Kiska and her crew well demonstrated the practicality of the theoryg carrying and transferring not only ammuntion of all types, but dry stores, fuel and even frozen foods. Through both alongside and vertical replenishments, Kiska carried through with the force motto, Service to the Fleet. th eCO TE TS COMMANDING OFFICER .... EXECUTIVE OFFICER ..... OFFICERS ................. THE PLACES WE VISITED .... THE WORK'S NEVER DONE . . . THE LIFE ................ THE CREW ........ HOME. . . AT LAST . . . STAFF ............

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E ECUTI EDFFICER LCDR. JAMES J. HINDS LCDR James J. Hinds enlisted in the U.S. Navy in April of 1959 and served on various Pacific Fleet Submarines and on the staff of Commander Fleet Air Mediterranean until 1963 when he was commissioned under the Inte- gration Program. After commissioning, LCDR Hinds served as Assistant Engineer on the USS SAILFISH QSS-5725, Operations and Communications Officer on the USS THREADFIN ISS-4015, Engineer on the USS SEA POACHER QSS-4065 and as Officer in charge on the USS N BOWFIN QAGSS-2875. After graduation from the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, LCDR Hinds served as Operations Officer and Navigator on the USS ROBERT E. LEE QSSBN-6015 and reported aboard the USS KISKA in February, 1975. LCDR Hinds is a native of Traverse City, Michigan and is currently residing in Vallejo, California with his wife Virginia and children, Veronica and Timothy.