Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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SIUIPIERINTIENDIENT CAPTAIN JULIAN D. WILSON, USN Our Superintendent, who made his first cruise with us last year, graduated from the Naval Academy in June, 1917. His first ship was the NASHVILLE, in which he served eight months as Division Officer. After a short time in destroyers in France, he became Engineering Officer of the new destroyer BARKER, and later Executive Officer, serving a year in the Black Sea and two years on the China station. Having met and married Mrs. Wilson in Manila, he was sent to the Academy as instructor for two years. A three-year tour in the ARIZONA was ended by his re- turn to the Academy. Ordered to the ARIZONA again, he was Assistant Gun- nery Officer for three years. Back at the Academy, he instructed in ordnance and gunnery. His next assignment was as Command- ing OfHcer of the GOF F for two years. Then he was made Commanding Oflicer of the WORDEN for the same period. Transferred to the New York Shipbuilding Company, he served as Inspector of Ordnance for two years, before taking command of the tanker MATTOLE for a similar period. After a short tour as Commander Task Force 32, he was sent to the Oflice of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions. From there he went to command of the MARYLAND for a year. His last duty before his appointment as Superintendent was as Executive Member of the Ship Characteristics Board, Chief of Naval Operations.

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BOARD OIF CCONllMllSSlONlERS CAPTAIN CHARLES W. HURLEY ARTHUR G. SULLIVAN EPHRAIM MARTIN Board of Visitors Walcott Ames, President, Barnstable County National Bank john Desmond, Commissioner of Education John J. Halloran, Vice-President, Sprague Steamship Company Warren B. Nott, Superintendent of Machinery and Trial Engineer, Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Fore River . Commodore Norman L. Queen, USMS, Supervisor, State Maritime Academies, U. S. Maritime Commission Commander Frederick S. Walker, Merchant Marine Inspector-in-Charge, MH' rine Inspection and Navigation, U. S. Coast Guard

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EXECUUFWE OEEIHCER COMMANDER JOHN W. THOMPSON, USMS As Executive Oflicer of the Academy, Commander Thompson has won the re- spect of all the Midshipmen for his taut 3 yet square, treatment of all of us under his charge. Graduating from the NANTUCKET in 1912, he spent five years with the Light- house Service and one year with the New York-Puerto Rico Line and the Savannah L. . me. During World War I he was with the U.S. Army mineplantels at Newport. After the war he returned to the school- shi N ' ' ' p as avigator, and remained until 1925. A ten-year period as a Scout Execu- tive followed, during which he Organilfid the Pine Tree Council of Maine and served as Executive Ofiicer of the Quincy Council. In 1935 he again returned to the NAN- TUCKET as Navigator, retaining that position until 1941, when the Massachu- setts Nautical School came to Hyannfs and was renamed the Massachusetts Mari- time Academy. At this time he became Executive Oiicer, and he has devoted himself to building this institution 1I1t0 what it is today.