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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.., ,. N, -6- :fa :nuke 1 , flaw I 1 l CAPTAIN RICHARD V. GREGORY, U. S. N. , was commissioned an Ensign on 2 June 1932 and had his first duty on board the USS PENNSYLVANIA followed by a tour on board the NEW MEX . After that he completed the course atthe Submarine School at New London, Conn. , and then served on board the submarines ARGONAUT, TARPON and SARGO eventually as Commanding Officer of the SARGO These duties were varied by a tour on the four stacker destroyerBLAKE LY and attendance at the Postgraduate School U S Naval Academy Annapolis Md He comman ded the Submarine Repair Unit in Western Australia during i942 1943 Assigned to Washington D C in I944 he served as Head of the Submarine Maintenance Section at the Bureau of Ships After a three year tour of duty on the Staff of the Commander Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet he returned tothe Bureau of Ships and served there until I949 After graduating from the U S Naval War College at Newport he was transferred to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces ln Washington D C where he was an instructor in the Civilian Reserve Instruction Branch He assumed command of the USS LATIMER on I8 September i952 During September I953 he will be transferred to the Amphibious Base at Little Creek Va where he will command the Naval Am phubnous Training Unit The Captain is married has a family mcludung three children and claims Petersburg, Va as his home . I . ' , o 0 . . ' 1 I ' ' I I ' 0 0 n 0 I I Q A 'T o I 0 A 0 s s ' Q c I 9 . I . , I T ' . ' . , ' . Q C .: 1 A ' ,' l I I 0 ' ' 0 n you o I ' 'I ' 0 Y ' It 0 , ' I su , ' . - I 'I 1 so ao, n o Q g , . . . Q T I ' o ll. o

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