Princeton (LPH 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER Kaplan pm! Q fnapb WS77 Captain KNAPP was born and raised in Mason City Iowa I-Ie graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in June 1938 and immediately thereafter entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base Minneapolis Minnesota In the fall 1938 he was sent to Pensacola Florida for flight training and in the fall of 1939 was designated a naval aviator and commissioned Ensign in the U S Naval Reserve As an Ensign Captain KNAPP's first tour of duty was with Bombing Squadron Two of the USS LEXINGTON Air Group While serving with VB 2 he received the Navy Cross for actions in the Battle of the Coral Sea Also during this period of time he applied for and was accepted into the Regular Navy After the sinking of the USS LEXINGTON Captain KNAPP returned to the United States and was assigned to Bombing Squadron Eleven I-le served with VB 11 until September 1943 participating in the Solomon Island Campaign The next two years found Captain KNAPP serving consecutively on the Staff unit and in command of a SBZC carrier bombing squadron At the end of World War II Captain KNAPP attended the first post war General Line School at Newport Rhode Island from August 1946 until June 1947 He then was ordered to command one of the first Navy AD squadrons Following years found Captain KNAPP as assistant force personnel officer Staff COMNAVAIRLANT a student at Armed Eorces Staff College Assistant Chief of Staff for administration on the staff of Commander Naval Air Reserve Training operations officer of the carrier USS KULA GULE executive officer of Air Development Squadron Three Assistant and later Director of Training on the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Training a student at the Naval War College operations officer for Commander Carrier Division Eive and Chief of Staff to the Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training In January 1963 Captain KNAPP took command of the seaplane tender USS CURRITUCK and in May 1964 assumed his present command Captain KNAPP and his wife the former June L Kalland of Minneapolis and their two daughters are now residing in Coronado California I , I , , . . , D . . . i , Z . . . , . n , , u n h u a , I , . o . 1 D o . . a , . -' , . , l l of Commander Eleet Air, Alamedag at Naval Air Station, Miami with a VB training Q n n l ' 9 . 9 . , . . . . . . i , f . . .3 3 I ' ' A 0 A S ' , l 2 s l ' I so a ' u g U u n I l 3 n I 1 c , . ' . I 9 ' , - , . . - . .' . 1 , - Q . 2 9 A

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Commander Vernon F rankl1n Anderson USN was born 1n M1nneapol1s Mlnnesota on 10 January 1923 the son of Mr and Mrs Alfred W Anderson He was graduated from the U S Naval Academy and comm1ss1oned an Enslgn ln June 1944 Enslgn Anderson s f1rst duty was that of Turret Offlcer aboard the USS MOBILE QOL 635 where he took part 1n the 1nvas1on of Ok1nawa as part of Task Force 38 and Task Force 58 Ens 1gn Anderson rece1ved the followtng decorat1ons durmg World War ll Amer1can Defense Amer1can Theater As1at1c Pac1f1c Theater Q4 starsj Ph1ll1p1ne L1berat1on Pre Pearl Harbor and the World War ll V1ctory Medals He was ordered to F11ght Tra1n1ng 1n October 1945 at NAS Dallas Texas where he was deslgnated a Naval Avlator tn March 1947 ln June 1947 LTJG Anderson reported to duty w1th Patrol Squadron 21 where he was ass1gned as Electron1cs and Communlcattons Offtcer After two years of duty 1n Patrol Squadron 21 he was asstgned as a student 1n Av1at1on Electronlcs Off1cer's School and then as Ass1stant Trammg Off1cer for two years at NATTC Memph1s Tennessee In January 1951 LTJG Anderson was 6 EXEC TIVE OFFIC R gommmzdm WSW promoted to Lleutenant He was ass1gned to HATU and FAETULANT at Norfolk V1rg1n1a as an lnstructor tn ASW tact1cs Electrontcs Warfare and Nuclear Weapons Dellvery from August 1952 to June 1955 LT Anderson rece1ved h1s promotlon to Lreutenant Commander 1n July 1955 Lleutenant Commander Anderson was ass1gned as Asststant Professor of Naval Sctence 1n Naval Weapons at Rlce lnstltute 1n Houston Texas from July 1956 to June 1959 In Ju1Y 1960 he was promoted to h1s present grade of Commander Commander Anderson was asslgned tO Patrol Squadron Etghteen as Operatlons Off1ce1' 1n December 1961 unt1l January 1962 when he became the Executlve Off1cer In January 1963 he relleved Commander R F Lyons as Com mandtng Offlcer of Patrol Squadron E1ghtee1'1 In February Commander Anderson reported to the USS PRINCETON to serve ElS the Shlp s Navtgator and fleeted up to Executtve Offlcer ln September 1964 Commander Anderson resldes tn San PedrO Callforma w1th h1s w1fe the former Constanfle Rae Waters of Galveston and Lalvlarque TeXaS and the1r four chlldren