Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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wt f 1 we I . . HH' Q, H 1r l ZZ?? Captain Frank H. Price, Ir.. USN, was born in Van Lear, Ken-' tucky, on 11 Iune 1919, the son of Mrs. Edna P. Price and the late Frank H. Price. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in February 1941. Captain Price,s first duty station was aboard the destroyer WALKE, where he served as Assistant Communications Oficer and as Gunnery Assistant. His wartime duties included tours aboard two destroyers: O'BRIEN, which was sunk in the Pacihc during World War II, and SH UBRICK, which was severely damaged by bombing in the invasion of Sicily and which took part in the invasions of Nor- mandy and southern F ranch. His postwar duties included tours in the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D. C., the United States Naval Postgraduate School where he studied Ordnance Engineering, the battleship MISSOURI and the Bureau of Ordnance. Following duty as Commanding Officer of the destroyer BEALE, Captain Price at- tended the National War College and then served as Assistant Chief, MAAG, Spain, Commander Destroyer Division 362, Carrier Division 18 Chief of Stag, and as a member ofthe staf of COM OPTEVF OR in N orfolk, Virginia. In June 1962, Captain Price reported to Director, Division of Reactor Development in Germantown, Maryland, prior to reporting aboard LONG BEACH as her new Commanding Officer. Captain Price is married to the former Iane Vaughan of I enkins Kentucky. They have two children. , COMMANDING OFFICER ner' J.-'If fm 1' F- .-- o f 'L HMI. A 42,

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COMMANDING OFFICER Q l 3 .ll-..T..' '-1.--1 -... -bu ,L, -1 .ihgsg 'i?1-5 n, I 5 5 'L .v 'G K 4 N g, ,,,. . Q,X 'g .4- ..g3-f ' I 5,5 x 1 - 1 17'--. BZ fy - . Captain Eugene P. Wilkinson, USN, was born in Long Beach, California, on 10 August 1918, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Wilkinson. In 1988 he graduated from San Diego State College and subsequently instructed there in chemistry and mathematics. He was commissioned an Ensign in December 1940, and reported to the heavy cruiser LOUISVILLE for his first tour of duty. After a year on board LOUISVILLE, Captain Wilkinson entered the United States Naval Submarine School in New London, Connecticut, grad- uating in March 1942. During World War II, he participated in eight submarine war patrols, earning the Silver Star and the Navy Unit Commendation Medal while attached to the submarine DARTER. Captain Wilkinson has had duty as Executive Officer of three submarines: MENHADEN, RATON and CUSK, the latter of which was the first submarine to fire guided missiles. He has commanded four submarines: VOLADOR, SEA ROBIN, WAH OO and the Navy,s first nuclear powered submarine, NAUTILUS. For his performance as the first Commanding Officer of NAU- TILUS, Captain Wilkinson was awarded the Legion of Merit. After attending the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, he became Commander Submarine Division 102 in 1958, before receiv- ing orders as Prospective Commanding Officer of LONG BEACH. Captain Wilkinson is married to the former Ianice Thuli of San Diego, California. They have four children. . K 1 QF ' Z X W .2 ? X ws W, . if R ' it 3, . 2 fp. , , I, .9 w lf ggfib e A

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER I , ...?,-.157 P-13,21 4:g :' '- ill UU ' -Qbx ff-. I -'12 -Lou? ei, Captain Hal C. Castle, USN, was born on 26 December 1921 in Peoria, Illinois, and is the son of Mrs. Helen M. Castle and the late Karl E. Castle. After attending St. Mary's College in Winona, Minne- sota, for a year, he won an apointment to the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1943. His yirst duty station was the destroyer PHELPS, the first ship to anchor in Japanese territorial waters in World War II. Captain Castle,s postwar duties included tours of duty aboard the destroyers BRISTOL and DICKSON. In 1948, he returned to the United States Naval Postgraduate School and earned a Master of Science degree in Metallurgy from Carnegie Institute of Technology. He obtained cruiser experience when he served aboard WOR- CESTER as Air Defense Oyficer and subsequently as Gunnery Officer. After leaving WORCESTER, he served for two years as assistant Terminal Ballistics Officer at the United States Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia. In july 1956, Captain Castle became Executive Oficer of the destroyer WILLIAM M. WOOD, and in 1958 took command of the destroyer STRONG. Upon leaving STRONG in December 1958, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, and Nuclear Power School at New London, Connecticut. Prior to reporting to LONG BEACH as Prospective Executive Officer in April 1960, he received additional training in naval reactor prototype operation. Captain Castle is married to the former Martha Shelton of Wash- ington, D.C. They have four children. KE x