Thetis Bay (LPH 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN CHARLES E. GIBSON, USN CAPTAIN GIBSON IS A CLASS OF '37 GRADUATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY. AFTER RECEIVING HIS WINGS IN I94O, CAPTAIN GIBSON SERVED WITH SCOUTING SQUADRON 42 UNTIL I943. IN EARLY I943, HE FORMED AND COMMISSIONED ESCORT CARRIER SQUADRON 36. LATER THAT SAME YEAR, HE ATTENDED THE U.S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. IN I945 CAPTAIN GIBSON RECEIVED HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER DEGREES AT THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. AFTER HAVING SERVED AS NAVIGATOR ABOARD THE USS BUNKER HILL, AND AS AIR GROUP COMMANDER OF LIGHT CARRIER AIR GROUP ONE, HE SERVED A TWO AND A HALF YEAR TOUR IN THE FIGHTER DESIGN BRANCH, BUAER. FOLLOWING A TOUR OF DUTY AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ABOARD THE USS WASP, CAPTAIN GIBSON SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER FLEET AIR EASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITTERANEAN. AFTER A TOUR IN THE WARFARE DIVISION, OPNAV, HE ATTENDED THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE IN WASHING- TON, D. C., IN I956. FOLLOWING GRADUATION CAPTAIN GIBSON WAS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET. HELICOPTER TRAINING AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, PRE- CEDED CAPTAIN GlBSON'S ARRIVAL IN CALIFORNIA IN MARCH OF I959 WHEN HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE USS THETIS BAY. we df -h-EH.-Pda MH

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THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER JOHN W. CROWE, USN COMMANDER CROWE ENTERED THE NAVY DIRECTLY UPON GRADUATION FROM MANHATTAN COLLEGE IN NEW YORK IN I94O. FLIGHT TRAINING COMPLETED, COMMANDER CROWE RECEIVED HIS WINGS IN 1941. AFTER SERVING HIS FIRST TWO YEAR TOUR AS AN AVIATOR ABOARD THE USS OMAHA EARLY IN WORLD WAR Il, COMMANDER CROWE NEXT SERVED IN PATROL BOMBER SQUADRON I28 WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF AIR ATTACK MISSIONS, FROM ASW TO LOW-LEVEL STRIKE MISSIONS. AFTER THE CLOSE OF WORLD WAR II, HE SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE NROTC. NEXT DUTY WAS WITH PATROL SQUADRON 8 IN AR- GENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND GREENLAND, WHERE THE FIRST COLD WEATHER TESTING OF THE P2V NEPTUNE PATROL CRAFT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AFTER A BROAD RANGE OF DUTIES FROM TEST PILOT AT THE NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER AND ATTENDANCE AT THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE TO STAFF DUTY WITH COMMANDER FLEET AIR WING ELEVEN, AND DUTY IN THE PATROL DESIGN BRANCH, BUAER IN I957 COM- MANDER CROWE BECAME THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF PATROL SQUADRON FIVE. DURING HIS TOUR WITH PATROL SQUADRON FIVE, THE COMMANDER MADE EXTENSIVE ICE RECONNAISANCE FLIGHTS OVER THE ARCTIC REGIONS. IN AUGUST 1958, HE LED A SPECIAL SURVEY FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE IN CONNECTION WITH FUTURE SUBMARINE TRANSITS UNDER THE ARCTIC ICE CAP. AFTER HELICOPTER TRAINING AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, IN EARLY I959, COMMANDER CROWE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS THETIS BAY IN APRIL TO BECOME EXECUTIVE OFFICER.