Kiska (AE 35) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 11 text:

nJ 1 i l H Wi HBflHH Bj BL ,fl

Page 10 text:

CHANGE OF COMMAND Commander Robert P. Fuscaldo relieved Commander Robert L. Toney as Commanding Officer during ceremonies held off the coast of Japan on December 20, 1976. Lieutenant Commander Barron Nelson, Executive Officer, presided over the Change of Command while Electricians Mate Chief Augustus R. Emperador, the ship ' s Catholic Lay Leader, delivered the invocation and benediction. Pa ji-

Page 12 text:

LCDR BARRON C. NELSON EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Barron C. Nelson, was born in Maywood, California on the 19th of November, 1941. After attending the University of Maryland in Munich, Germany, San Antonio Jr. College and Trinity University in S an Antonio, LCDR Nelson received a B.S. in Interdepartmental Social Sciences. After his graduation, he attended Officers Candidate School (OCS) and received his commission on 18 September, 1964. His first tour of duty was on board the USS FIREDRAKE (AE-14) as Communications Officer. In August, 1966 he served on the USS HIGBEE (DD 806) as Navigator and then at the Naval Destroyer School in October, 1967 followed by another tour on the USS HIGBEE as Weapons Officer. After a year on the HIGBEE, LCDR Nelson served at the Naval Communications Station, San Francisco and then back again to the Naval Destroyer School in July, 1970 as Academic Plans Officer. Two years later he assumed his first command at sea on board the USS TAWASA (ATF-92) Upon completion of his tour as Commanding Officer, he served as the Flag Secretary and Aide of the U. S. Pacific Fleet Training Command (COMTRAPAC) followed by one year as a student at the Naval War College. LCDR Nelson relieved LCDR J. J. Hinds as Executive Officer, USS KISKA in October, 1976.