New Orleans (LPH 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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r e Former Commanding Officer Captain Glen M. Even As NEW ORLEANS first Commanding Officer, Captain Glen M. Even reported to the ship while she was still under construction. He not only as- sumed the responsibility of command over NEW OR- LEANS-in itself no mean task, but it was he who guided the ship through the somewhat tedious waters of completion, trials, commissioning, outfit- ting, and preparation for her initial deployment. His labors, devotion and leadership saw NEW OR- LEANS through her birth and infancy. It is one of the major reasons why she enjoys the high degree of readiness, efficiency, habitability and morale that she does today.

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Executive ,Officer d CDR Lloyd L. Parthemer 1 Commander- Parthemer, a native of F rankfort, Kansas, enlisted ein' the Navy vin 1944 wheregn hetnserved for ,two years as a rcombat aircrewmanvg He returned to E Actives duty as H a Naval Aviation Cadet andff was commissionedf can Ensign in October, 11950. tyii He cteic then served as ea fighter pilot until 1953. In 1963, he earnedfta Bach- felorf' of Science degree at the Naval Postgraduate School-Q 'and subseqnently became Opera- tions Officer of fHSQ9 fwhere he receivedjthe 1 COMFAIR fQl10l'14 set ffDipper e avvardg p He be- came the e first Commanding Of? ficer of HC-7 in 1967, me 1 , do Commander r 7Pai1'theII1er served as- Operations Officer of the USS ENEW ORLEANS from commissioning, until d Def cemberg 19691, when he became theft Executive Officer. Among various v other decorations, he has been awarded the Bronze Star with combat V for ser- vice iin Vietnam. . i