Ticonderoga Apollo Recovery (CVS 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y Y ,.,1 ,lmui Y Commander William S. Myers Executive Officer Commander William S. Myers was born in Mukden, China, and remained in the Far East until fall of 1941. After attending Purdue University he enlisted in the Navy in October 1949 and shortly thereafter entered flight training under the Naval Aviation Cadet program. He was commissioned and received his wings in 1951. Commander Myers first sea tour was in Patrol Squadron 812 at the Naval Air Station at Whidbey Island, Washington. This squadron, redesignated Patrol Squadron Twenty-Nine, participated as a member of the United Nations Force in the Korean Conflict. ln 1954 Commander Myers was ordered to shore duty in the Naval Air Basic Training Command, Pensacola, Florida, where he acted as a flight instructor until 1958. Upon completion of his first shore billet, Commander Myers graduated from the Naval Reconnaissance Photographic School prior to reportring to Patrol Squadron Seven, based at the Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine. ln December 1959, he was ordered to the Staff, Commander, Fleet Air Wing Three as Weapons Employment Training Officer. After graduating from the Naval War College, Newport in June 1963, he served as the SubmarinefAnti-Submarine Computer Warfare Officer, on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. During this period he did additional duty tours with the Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff. ln September 1965, he reported aboard-the USS RANDOLPH fCVS-155 as the Nuclear Weapons Supervisor, a billet he held until November 1966. Following completion of Combat Replacement Air Group Training, he reported to Patrol Squadron Eleven in May 1967 as Executive Officer. Commander Myers assumed command on 10 May 1968. Being relieved 7 July 1969 he attended the Naval War College-School of Naval Warfare, Newport, from August 1969 to June 1970. From June 1970 to January 1971 he undertook undergraduate work at the University of Rhode Island in Political Science. He reported aboard USS TICONDEROGA QCVS.-141 as Executive Officer in May 1971. .Commander Myers has been selected for the rank of Captain. A 221- WS

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Biography of Captain Boyd Captain Edward Ayres Boyd was born on 21 August 1920 in Louisiana, Missouri, but considers Rock Island, Illinois his home. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augustana College and did graduate work in Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University. He entered the Navy as an Ensign in Washington, D.C. on July 3, 1944 and served as an Aerological Officer in the Southwest Pacific with advance base units in the Philippines, Japan, and Truk Island, Central Carolines. After World War II he attended Lighter-than-Air flight training in Lakehurst, New Jersey and was designated a Naval Aviator in April 1947. Lieutenant Boyd then served in Airship Squadron One out of Santa Ana, California and Weeksville, North Carolina. He was assistant Engineering Officer, O and R Department, Lakehurst, New Jersey until he entered the Heavier-than-Air flight training in 1951. Upon completion of the HTA curriculum he was assigned to Patrol Squadron 26 at Brunswick, Maine in December 1952. In 1954, LCDR Boyd completed the Naval Aviation Safety Engineering course at the University of Southern California and was assigned to the Staff of Commander Fleet Air Wings Atlantic as Aviation Safety Officer. Hee attended Line School in, Monterey, California from January 1957 to November 1957, at which time he was ordered to the Office of Legislative Affairs in Washington, D.C. He served as Naval Liaison Officer to the Appropriations Committee, House of Representativesiuntil July 1960. Commander Boyd served as Executive Officer of VS-24 in Norfolk, Virginia and as Commanding Officer of VS-20, Quonset Point, Rhode Island from October 1961 until September 1962. Commander Boyd joined the USS Yorktown as Air Operations Officer in October 1962 and became the Air Officer in April 1963. Detached from the 'Fighting Lady' in 1964, Commander Boyd assumed command of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 in October 1964, the first ASW Air Group to be utilized in the Vietnam war. Captain Boyd was ordered to the Office of DCNO for Research and Development in November 1965 where he served for three years as Head of Air Undersea Warfare Development. As additional duties his assignments included National Leader, TRI Partite Airborne Systems Panel, Sub-Group G3 U.S. Member Information Exchange Group II, NATO, and Deputy Liaison Officer, President's Scientific Advisor Committe for Naval Warfare. Captain Boyd took command of the USS Taluga QAO-621 on 23 December 1968. Following two deployments to WestPac where the 'Flying Red Horse' won the Navy E for operational excellence, he was ordered to Commander Naval Base Los Angeles-Long Beach as Chief of Staff 15 June 1970. On 14 December 1970, Captain Boyd assumed command of the USS TICONDEROGA fCVS-141. He was selected for Rear Admiral on 27 April 1972, the day that TICONDEROGA recovered Apollo 16.

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A is Day . in History A Tradition of Greatness The Story of TICONDEROGA and Apollo 1 6 A Time of Success J? ,