Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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.J Vice Admiral James L. Hollo- way lll assumed command of the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet on lVlay 23, 1972. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioned an Ensign in 1942. He attained the rank of Vice Admiral in February 1971. Vice Admiral Holloway served aboard destroyers in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War ll. After the war he became a naval aviator and served two combat tours in Korea. Since that time he has served in a number of commands, including Command- ing Officer of the USS Enter- prise, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Com- mander Carrier Division SIX.

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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

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CHIEF OF STAFF Captain James W. Montgomery served on the staff of Commander U.S. SEVENTH Fleet as Chief of Staff for both Vice Admiral Weisner and Vice Admiral Mack. Captain Montgomery came to the SEVENTH Fleet in July of 1970 from command of the guided missile light cruiser USS Galveston. Captain Montgomery is a graduate of the National War College and also attended Renselear Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, where he earned a Master of Science degree in Management and lndus- trial Engineering. Captain Montgomery left the SEVENTH Fleet in February 1972 to assume the position of Chief of Staff of Naval Material in Washington, D.C.