Lockwood (FF 1064) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS LOCKWGOD FE-1064 INDIAN OCEAN CRUISE 23 FEBRUARY - 7 JUNE 1981 1

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VICE ADMIRAL C1890 - 19675 THE SHIP'S NAMESAKE ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, GRADUATING IN JUNE, 1912. THEN STARTED THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE WHICH ENDED WITH RETIREMENT IN 1947 WITH THE RANK OF VICE ADMIRAL. VICE ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD SERVED A LARGE PORTION OF HIS CAREER IN THE SUBMARINE FORCES, BUT HIS CAREER ALSO COVERED MANY OTHER BILLETS BOTH ASHORE AND AFLOAT. EXPECTING TO BE A SURFACE OFFICER, HIS FIRST BILLETS WERE ABOARD BATTLESHIPS. HE ALSO SERVED ON CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, AND EVEN GUNBOATS ON THE YANGTZE RIVER PATROL. HOWEVER, ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD SOON DISCOVERED THAT HIS REAL LOVE WAS SUBMARINES. AS AN ENSIGN, HE COMMANDED THE SUBMARINES A2, AND B1 WHICH WERE AMONG THE SUBMARINES IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW HE COMMANDED FIVE OTHER SUBMARINES, AND DURING WORLD WAR I, HAD COMMAND OF THE CAPTURED GERMAN SUBMARINE, UC-97. 0 BY THE START OF WORLD WAR II ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD HAD MADE CAPTAIN AND WAS SERVING AS NAVAL ATTACHE AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN LONDON. ASSUMING COMMAND OF SUBMARINES SOUTHWEST PACIFIC IN 1942, HE BECAME COMMANDER OF SUBMAR- INES, PACIFIC FLEET IN 1943. BY THE WAR'S END ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD COMMANDED OVER 300 SUBMARINES, SINKING THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ENEMY SHIPPING AND WARSHIPS. THE LIFEGUARD LEAGUE, RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING DOWNED FLYERS BY SUBMARINE, WAS ONE OF MANY DUTIES WHICH ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD ORGANIZED. ON 1 SEPTEMBER 1945 ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD WAS PRESENT WITH FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ ON BOARD USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY FOR THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. FOLLOWING THE WAR VICE ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD SERVED AS NAVAL INSPECTOR GENERAL UNTIL MID-1947. UPON HIS RETIREMENT, VICE ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD BEGAN ANOTHER CAREER, AS AN AUTHOR. HE WROTE EIGHT BOOKS, INCLUDING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DOWN TO THE SEA IN SUBS . CHARLES A. LOCKWOOD JR