Latimer (APA 152) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR JOHN F. FINNERAN, Jr., U.S. N., was commissioned an Ensignin the Naval Re- serve on 6 June, 1941. After duty on board minesweepers and patrol craft in the First Na- val Districtl, he entered the Amphibious For- ces in October .1943, as Engineering Officer on the Staff of Commander Landing Force Sup- port Group for the Normandy Invasion. He served as Training and Engineering Officer at the Naval School at Hampton Institute, Hamp- ton, Va., during 1945. In 1946 and until 1947, he was assigned duty at BUS hips, Wash- ington, D.. C. After two years on the cruiser HUNTINGTON, he attended the General Line School- at Newport, Rhode Island. In 1950-1952, he was Executive Officer and In- structor at the USNROTC Unit at the College of the Holy Cross. ' He reported onboard the LATIMER during July 1952. 119' Operation Department LCDR F D Parrish Deck Department -- LT. G. L. Jarvis Engineering Department LCDR W C Smith Supply Deparmtnet -- LT. L.O. Purkaple Navigation Department LTJG L Rounsevrlle Medical Department -- LTJG D. L. Wardell Dental Department LT. A.D. Hunger, Jr.

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