Staten Island (AGB 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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HORACE C. l'l0llfY EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Horace C. Holley enlisted in the Navy in january of 1939 as an appren- tice Seaman, and advanced through every enlisted rating to commissioned status. After being commissioned as an Ensign on March 15, 1944, Mr. Holley spent his first few months at the Small Craft Training Center in Miami, Florida. During the next four years he was assigned to the U.S.S. OCONTO CAPA-1875 and the U.S.S. COL- ONIAL KLSD-IBJ, where he served as Navi- gator, Communications Officer and Opera- tions Officer. Ji ,ff On june 6, 1948 he entered Officer Train- ing School as an N.R.O.T.C. student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Upon completion of his studies. he once again entered school, this time as a General Line Student at the limited States Naval School in Montery, California. Graduating from Line Officerls School he reported aboard the U.S.S. BLACKWOOD lDE-2191 on February 5, 1951. where he served as Navigator and Operations Officer. later becoming Executive Officer. He came I0 the U.s.s. STATEN ISLAND in February' Of 1953, serving as Navigator, Operations Of' ficer, Aerial lce Observer, and then EX' cutive Officer. Lf' HONEY was relieved as Executive Ol' ficer early in February, 1955 by Lieutenallf Commander Earl H. Clark, and is nowfm' tioned in Washington, D.C. as Recruiting Officer. P 1 af- , , if pr -4 wi 1,5 fi? .1 T5 if S is

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fu October 1946, after attending various HAROLD S. HAMlIN, Jr. COMMANDING OFFICER Commander Harold S. Hamlin, jr. attended Culver Military Academy and the Severn Sthool prior to his appointment to the Naval Academy. He was commissioned an Ensign U5-,on graduation in 1938, and reported aboard gl- U.S.S. IDAHO KBB-425, part of the battle for-ce of the U.S. Fleet then based in the Pacific. ln june of 1939, he joined the l QS.S. MONAGHAN KDD-3543, serving as first Lieutenant until his transfer about a -A -fir later to the U.S.S. HOUSTON CCA-305. v M November of 1940 the HOUSTON became 'li' flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. ln the 1 fly days of World War Two he was Turret Y, .1 wnicer of Turret One during the Battle of the Sea and the Battle of Sunda Strait. ilizrret One was the only turret not lcnocl-:ed by enemy fires, and fired the last heavy an salvos from the ship before it was sunlc. After swimming to land, LTIG Hamlin captured by the lapanese and held wsoner in java, Singapore, Burma and Siam. fi- was promoted to Lieutenant Commander If-'ill release on 29 August 1945, and to Com- ii.uder while still on rehabilitation leave. at-iiools, he joined the U.S.S. TOPEKA -W ,. ak- -. 5 M 'F' .., ., ' - '5 'mtX,. t ':':,,,.. -N 'r 1 .,., fir- . , .... if -L. M E-,ms ':'- 4 ' M.. '11-W... 71 n'.,- ..- a f is fwfr!- ICL-67J as Navigatorg and, after a brief tour, reported to the Bureau of Personnel in August of 1947. Commander Hamlin served as Assistant Officer in Charge of the discipline section and as a member of the Naval Sentence Review and Clemency Board until detached in 1950. He then served as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. RUSH which engaged in the blockade and bombardment of the East Coast of Korea. From February 1952 until July 1954 he served in the Of- fice of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Strategic Plan- ning Section. ln july Commander Hamlin assumed command of the U.S.S. STATEN ISLAND.

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UST ROW! L. T0 R. LTJG JACOBS ON, LT RADLOFF, LT HOLLEY, CDR HAMLIN, LT CUR TIS, LT APPLEBACH. CZND ROWJ L. TO R. LTJG HYDE, LTJG NEFF, ELEC GILBROOK, CHBSON MARINOS, MACH WHITSON. C3RD ROW! L. TO R. LTJG MC MINN, ENS MESSING, CUMMISSIDNED UFFICERS l 'TH