Saginaw (LST 1188) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMA DING OFFICER Commander George P. Brown 'Swv 5' Commander George P. Brown, USN, entered the Navy in January of 1954 as an Ensign after graduating from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1955. His Cafll' Sea assignments included duty aboard the destroyer HARDWOOD CDDB--86U,the ammunition ship VESUVIUS CAE-155, the amphibious ship TIOGA COUNTY CLST-11585 and Command of the minesweeper ENHANCE KMSO-4373. Commander Brown attended the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California, and has served ashore as Weapons Instructor at Officer's Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and as a Scientific Officer in the Office of Naval Research, Washingwfl, D.C. Recently, Commander Brown served a tour aboard the amphibious ship DUBUQUE CLPD-85 as Executive Officer and, immediately prior to his present assignment as Com- manding Officer of SAGINAW, he graduated from the Army War College at Carlisle, Penn- sylvania. Commander Brown was born in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, on the 1831 of August, 1930. He is married to the former Miss joan Carol Bentz of North Bergen, New Jersey. Commander and Mrs. Brown currently make their home in Virginia Beach, Vifgillil, with their four children: Thomas, David, Janice, and Sharon. i

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Message From The Captain . I On Januany 25nd, 1971, USS SAGINAW wan cominnioned at Long Beach,1 I Caligonnia. Thun nhe began hen caneen an a United Staten Naval Vennel. Since that date SAGINAW han compiled an excellent necond og achievement. Shontly agten comminnioning nhe jounneyed thnough the Panama Canal on hen way to hen homepont og Little Cneeh, Uinginia. On the way nhe panned 4 acnonn the equaton and the many pollywogn wene inducted into the Realm og King Neptune. Upon annival, SAGINAW nettled into pnepanationn gon going to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. SAGINAW panticipated in Shahedown tnaining Pont-nhahedown tnaining, and Amphibioun tnaining. Fon all og the long monthn og tnaining SAGINAW emenged with a ginal gnade og Hexcellent.H In the nummen og 1971 SAGINAW tnavelled to hen ginnt yand peniod in Philadelphia. Hene minon modigicationn wene made an a nenult og lennonn leanned duning nhahedown tnaining. In Novemben, nhe netunned to Little Cneeh, and neady gon the Fleet. In Januany 1972, SAGINAW panticipated in hen ginnt gleet exencine ogg the coant og Maine. Snowy Beach wan the name og the exencine, and thin exencine pnoved to be a valuable one in tenmn og lennonn leanned. In Manch 1972, SAGINAW went on hen ginnt extended openation to the Meditennanean. She wan only the necond LST og hen clann to do no. In Augunt, nhe netunned a5ten nix long monthn og nteaming with the U.S. SIXTH FLEET. Thin booh in the ntony, told in pictunen, o5 the nhip and the cnew D that in SAGINAW. It in anothen in the long line og ginntn that a new nhip goen thnough. It in hoped that thone og you who nead it will nememben the long hounn npent aboand SAGINAW and paune to nememben thone who have mQd2 hen the gneat nhip nhe in. I I fn,