Mount Katmai (AE 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 1 l 4 1 J i 1 1 ! 1 i I E A . l , 7 I I 1 A 4 1 i x F 1 r A 1 1 1 t r 1 4 3 1 i . 3 i 9 I I F USS MOUNT Ship's History nition ship MOUNT KATMAI operated in support of the attack carrier task forces and other units of the Seventh Fleet in the South China Sea and South Vietnam area. This deployment marked I I During her 1966 deployment to the Western Pacific, the ammu- her 14th tour of duty, in 21 years commissioned service, with Seventh Fleet. MOUNT KATMAI completed her last deployment in December 1965 in support of the Vietnam War. Except that the scene of operations was shifted some 1,000 miles South, the deployments in the South China Sea have been very reminiscent of MOUNT KATMAI's three deployments with the Seventh Fleet during the Korean War. From 1950 to 1953 the ship supported United Nations forces off Korea with only short periods in the United States. For about three months in the sum- mer of 1950 she was the only ammunition ship engaged in replen- ishment operations with the Combatant Force of the United Nations. For her performance of duty during that time MOUNT KATMAI was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation. In the 12 years between Korea and South Vietnam MOUNT KATMAI followed the established operational pattern for Service Force Ship's of the Pacific Fleet -- participation in training exercises off the West Coast as a unit of the First Fleet, over- haul and maintenance periods in the San Francisco Bay area, nine deployments to the Western Pacific for operations with the Seventh Fleet. MOUNT KATMAI is named after a semi-active volcano, which is located in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in MOUNT KATMAI National Monument at the head of the Alaskan Peninsula. ' f Y M-'GJ - N. - -nn. . 'Kin' Qw- ,, -.ia K V. 3. -, 1, ,-s- .ar -1' -4 ,- .. -, u, 11 ,,, 1 ., I . ' 05, - k 1-V' . A , Q. A' 'VL :Zi v-79.1

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Jesse A. Naylor was born 23 August 1920 at Linn, Kansas. His boyhood days were spent in Kansas where he attended Kansas City Jr. College for a year and a half prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939. He was commissioned Ensign June 1942 and reported aboard the USS COLHOUN as Gunnery Officer. A short two months on duty and COLHOUN was sunk off Guadal- canal by Japanese bombers. His next assignment was as Engineer Officer aboard USS SPENCE, one of Arleigh C31 Knotb Burke's Little Beavers. While aboard SPENCE he was promoted to LTJG and subsequently to LT. Having qualified as a Salty DD Sailor he was sent to Submarine School in New London to add to his qualifica- tions. USS SEALION was his first assignment down deep where he was the First Lieutenant from April to November 1945. LT Naylor reported aboard USS POMFRET in December 1945 where he spent three and half years as Gunnery, Engineering, and Executive Officer. He was relieved April 1949 and spent a two year shore tour at BUPERS, adding another half stripe while he was there. September 1951 and LCDR Naylor was back at sea aboard USS CLAMAGORE for ten months as Executive Officer. Following CLAMAGORE he commanded USS TRUMPET- FISH for two years. Commanding Ctticer July 1965 - Nov 1966 Newport, R.I. was his next home where he was a student and then on the Staff of the Naval War College for nearly three years. He was promoted to CDR in 1955 while at the Naval War College. Subsequent tours found him as Operations 'Officer for COMSUBFLOT ONE, then Commander Submar1neD1V1S10U 33. He was Undersea Warfare Officer for CINCPACFLT for three Years in Pearl Harbor. September 1962 and CAPT Naylor was black on the Mating land at the Pentagon as Chief, Strategic Forces Brant! , Soviet Bloc Division in the Defense Intelligence Agency' On July 31, 1965 CAPT Naylor took command of USS MOUNT KATMAI until December l, 1966. From the MOUNT KATMAI CAPT Naylor reported to Defense III- stitute Language School in Washington, D.C. Among the various decorations CAPT NaY10I' is enutlig to wear are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star,.Iil1II1,l:1it Heart, Commendation Ribbon, and the Presidentla Citation. CAPT Naylor's family makes their home in. Arlington, Va. Two sons and two daughters keep his Wlfe 112119221 on the go. Mrs. Naylor is an accomplished af lsision writer. She has sold several paintings and her revearly of The Navy Wife was published by Harper and Row in 1966.