US Naval Training Center - Compass Yearbook (Bainbridge, MD)

Page 21 text:

COMMODORE WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE U-I'vm U774-1833i Surgeon fending Commodore Buinbridge on the quarterdeck of fhe USS CONSTITUTION during the battle with HMS JAVA. t ? modore Bainbridg1 In the War of 1 rig and wounded twice durin 1 spirit and professional skill dr'e - President isee page 4; As a foimii Philadelphia, he added to hi'i Navy. In 1942 the President in his honor.

Page 20 text:

NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER lARTIST'S CONCEPTIONl NUCLEAR WEAPONS The conversion of cruisers for the use of surface-to-air guided missiles is well underway. In early conversions, gun mounts have been retained forward and the missile launcher is aft. The entire after section has been reconhgured for miSSile storage. One of the new and radical design ships under construction is the nuclear powered guided missile, light cruiser. This ship is about 11,000 tons in displacement and has a length of over 600 feet. It foretells that era in which we will have guided mis- siles aboard nuclear powered ships capable of steaming to the farthest ends of the earth at the highest speeds. It will be able to launch guided missiles at the heartland of any potential enemy. These will be the First nuclear powered surface ships in our Navy. Nuclear powered guided missile submarines now under con- struction are an improvement on the NAUTILUS and also in- corporate design lessons learned in the USS ALBACORE at high speeds submerged. Such ships as these are a fundamental requirement for for- ward strategic planning in an atomic era that requires a strong Navy. Fast carrier forces assure our country of the continuing ability to strike at the enemy. Naval power is the only means of assuring logistic support to friendly forces, land, sea, and air. Deployed Naval power is an on-the-spot deterrent and a ready retaliatory force in the case of limited or nuclear war. a NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINE tARTIST'S CONCEPTI A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ADMIRAL BURKE ELCOME to the United States Navy. You are starting your service at a very interesting time in history. The future of the Navy has never been brighter than it is today. The new technologies of the nuclear-missile age will make the Navy of the future a force of unprecedented power and effectiveness. You are a part of that future. The importance of control of the seas to the security of the United States-and of the entire free world-has never been greater than it is today. Without control of the seas there is very little else the United States can do to win a war- or to defend itself. The responsibility for this tremendous task lies with the United States Navy. The strength of the Navy is in the people who man it. No matter how rapidly we introduce advanced weapons and new scientihc and engineering developments, the Fleet can be only as effective as the dedication, the integrity, the educated judgment and the trained skills of the people who man it. Without you and others like you this powerful Fleet would not be possible. Good luck to you, and may God bless you. , . . ADMIRAL ARLEIGH A. BURKE Chief of Naval Operations ONl

Page 22 text:

CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. COCKELL U. S. NAVY Commander, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland APTAIN WILLIAM ARTHUR COCKELL, USN, as- sumed duties as Commander, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland on 15 September 1956. Upon the ac- ceptance of command he became the fourth Center Com- mander since the Center's reactivation in February 1951. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1928, he has an unlimited amount of experience in all phases of naval life and warfare including service in airships, battle- ships, cruisers destrovers and Heet oilers. During World War 11, Captain Cockell was awarded Letters of Commendation by the Secretary of the Navy for services performed as Training Officer on the Staff of Chief of Naval Airship Training and Experimentation and as Commanding Officer of an Airship Squadron. As Commanding Officer of a Destroyer he was awarded three Bronze Stai Medals for meritorious achievements and Cheroic service for particiv pation in the battles for the Philippine Islands, Corregidor. Okinawa and the Kyushusi At the end of the war he was in command of Destroyer Division 108. Prior to assuming duties as Center Commander, Captain Cockell's assignments have included command of the USS CALIENTE, the heavy cruiser USS TOLEDO and Com: mander, Fleet Airship Wing ONE In addition to the Bronze Star Medal with two Gold Stars and the Combat WV, the Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant, Captain Cockell has received the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacihc Campaign Medal; World War 11 Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.