Princeton (LPH 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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E. E. WOOD con usN Executive Officer March 1963 Commander Wood hails from Liberal, Kansas, and attended Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, and Wichita University, Wichita, Kansas. He entered the NAVCAD Program and was designated a Naval Aviator in early 1943. Commander Wood was ordered to duty as an instructor in the Flight Training Program upon receiving his wings. Later he graduated from the American Airline School at Fort Worth, Texas, and in 1945 was ordered to VE-1 at San Diego. From 1945 until 1948, he served with VR-11, VR-4, and VR-8. He graduated from General Line School at Monterey, California, and reported to NAS, Pensacola, as assistant personnel officer. While at Pensacola, he ,attended the Armed Forces Information and Education School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1950 he reported to COMFAIRSEATTLE as assistant operations offi- cer. Commander Wood reported to VP-9 in 1951, where he made tours to Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and Korea. In January 1953, Commander Wood was ordered to the office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington. He was ordered to sea duty in January of 1956 aboard the USS Gardiners Bay as operations officer. In December 1957, Commander Wood reported to VP-19 as Executive Officer and in November 1958 assumed command of the Squadron. In January 1960 he reported to the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, New Iberia, Louisiana, as Operations Officer, and from there to the USS Princeton as Executive Officer in March 1963. He holds the Air Medal, American Theatre Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, China Service Medal fExtendedj, Korean Service Medal fTwo- Stars and Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insigniaj , United Nations Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Commander Wood and wife, Maurine, with their sons, Jimmy, age 18, and Everett, age 8, reside in Seal Beach, Callfornla. .rn 1 -v,-. .,, ,, L1-31 l 'x l IRQ? . wt A , .as -1 1 4 I 1 i 4 l E 3 5 1 w 3 I al .Z , r 1 QI

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R. E. DIMMITT CDR USN Executive Officer March 1962 March 1963 Born in Los Angeles, California, Commander Dimmitt completed two years at the San Bernardino Valley College entering the naval service at NRAB, Long Beach, 26 F ebrdary 1941, with theufirst group of CAA trained personnel to he inducted for evaluation of an accelerated flight training program. Completing flight training at Jacksonville, Florida, in October 1941, he was assigned to VP-14 in Kaneohe, Hawaii. This PBY squadron deployed to the South Pacific where he was shot down by the Japanese. Later this Squadron retrained in PB4Y-1 aircraft and deployed again to the South Pacific. Upon completion of this tour he joined the PB4Y training unit at San Diego later moving with it to Hutchinson, Kansas, and still later to Whiting Field, Florida. In 1947, he was assigned to VR-8 in Honolulu, Hawaii, transferring later to VRU-1 QVR- 211 serving as Operations Officer. After a year in Line School, Monterey, California, he spent a tour as the head of the Aircraft Structures Section, Bureau of Aeronautics. In 1953, he got his first shipboard duty with MSTS as OPSXNAV of the USS Cape Esperance QTCVF.-88j. As Operations Officer of VP-9 fP2Vj in 1955 he got his first taste of Alaskan flying. From there, he was assigned as Air Officer of the Naval Air Ordnance Test Section, Chincoteague, Virginia, where he became jet qualified. In 1959, he took over as XO of VP-1 QPZVJ and fleeted up to CO. Here again, he deploye-d to the Alaskan area. In June 1961, he took over as Navigator, USS Princeton, moving up to XO in March 1962. Commander Dimmitt was detached from PRINCETON on 13-March 1963 with orders to report to BUWEPS Fleet Support Representative, NAS, Pensacola, Florida. He holds theiDistinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, 'World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Serv- ice Medal, and United Nations Service Medal. Mrs. Dimmitt is the former Kathryn Orr of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With their 2 children, they cur- rently make their home at NAS, Pensacola, Florida.

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X f Fx f ' S . - 5 f x ,K IX 'J PRX ' ff! Q4 S N, , ff X xv- If U V f f -A 7 - l, ji X in X 1 gf f iff' 1' -, X I ' - ,, -L32 . il- X X ff I A . af N f I , . f, x I X 'X- x , xx N The Administrative Department exists to serve the ship. This department employs yeomen, personnelmen, lithographers, journalists, and a master- at-arms force composed of many other ratings. These men are distributed among the I2 offices of X Division: Ship's Office, Personnel Office, Print Shop, Legal Office, I 81 E Office, PIO Office, Library, Technical Publica- tions Library, Athletic Gear Locker, Chaplainis Office, and Hobby Shop. The crew comes into contact with Administration in many ways: whether it is reading the Plan of the Day prepared in the Ship7s Office, seeking legal advice at the Legal Office, reading the Ship's newspaper published by PIO, or getting a new I. D. Card at the Personnel Office, the men in this department will do their best to help you.