Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER UNITED STATES SEVENTH FLEET Vice Admiral Maurice F. Weisner served as Commander U.S. SEV- ENTH Fleet from March 1970 to July 1971. VADM Weisner was com- missioned as an Ensign in 1941 and pinned on the three stars of a Vice Admiral in July 1969, 29 years later. He served aboard the USS Wasp in World War Il when it was sunk by torpedos in the Pacific. After flight training, he was designated a Naval aviator in 1943 and since then has servedin and'commanded squadronx. During his career he has com- manded three squadrons, two ships, a carrier division, a task force and the SEVENTH Fleet. VADM Weisner left his command of the SEVENTH Fleet in July 1971 to a new post as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Air in Washington, D.C.

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if Vice Admiral William Paden Mack served as Commander, U.S. SEVENTH Fleet from July 1971 to May 1972. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and commis- sioned an Ensign in 1937. He attained the rank of Vice Ad- miral in January 1969. Vice Admiral Mack served aboard the USS John D. Ford at' the outbreak of World War ll. He has since that time served at various sea and shore commands, including the Of- ficer-in-Charge of the U.S. Naval School at Bainbridge, Maryland, Commander De- stroyer Division TWENTY- TWO, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: Commander Destroyer Squadron TWEN- TY-EIGHT. He also served in the Office of the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and most recently as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense illllan power and Reserve Affairsl before coming to the SEV ENTH Fleet SEVENTH Fleet command on May 23, 1972, to assume the position of Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Annapo lis, Maryland Vice Admiral Mack left the 107