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

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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.

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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.

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THE Naval Training Center at Bainbridge came into being when the former President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, approved the site and purchase of land and buildings from the Jacob Tome In- stitute in early 1942. This property, including build- ings of the Tome School for boys, was enlarged by the purchase of adjacent land which brought the total area of Bainbridge to 1,132 acres. Bainbridge is located on the northeast bank of the Susquehanna River, 35 miles northeast of Baltimore and approximately 75 miles from Washington and Philadelphia. This activity is under the Continued next page