Vancouver (LPD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN EDWARD J. BROWN, USN Q Captain Brown, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, enlisted in the Navy' in May 1943. He attended the Navy Officers Candidate program at St. Lawrence Uni- versity in Canton, New York and was commissioned as Ensign in June 1945 from the Midshipman School at the University of Notre Dame. He served in the Pacific aboard USS APL-54 until July 1946,when he was released to inactive duty. Recalled to active duty shortly after the outbreak of the Korean conflict in 1950, Captain Brown served as Executive Officer of the Military Department in two Military Sea Transport Service troop transport ships, the General M.C. MEIGS and, the General D.E. AULTMAN. He served on the staff of the Com- mander, Military Sea Transport Service, Pacific Area until December 1952. Cap- tain Brown then attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Cali- fornia, where he studied meteorological engineering. Upon completion of his tour of duty at the school he served on the staff of Commander Amphibious Group FOUR in Norfolk. Captain Brownwas then assigned to the Pacific Fleet destroyer STEPHEN POTTER QDD-5385 as Operations Officer and then as Executive Officer. Captain Brown left Norfolk in 1958 for Guam, where he served at the Fleet Weather Central as senior analyst and forecaster and as a typhoon forecaster. His duty in Guam was followed by a tour as Executive Officer of the ammunition ship VESUVIUS QAE-151 from 1960 to 1963.Captain Brownthen, in succession, served as Commander Landing Ship Squadron TWO, Commander Landing Ship Division 41g and Commanding Officer of the Long Beach based destroyer HENDERSON QDD-7851. Captain Brown reported to VANCOUVER in June 1969 from a tour as Amphibious Placement Officer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. Captain Brown is married to the former Diane Mansell of Long Beach, he, his wife and his three children--Dan Lee, Edward J r. and Karen--reside in San Diego. Captain Brown is presently in receipt of orders to the staff Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleet, located in Pearl Harbor, and in August 1970. 'expects tb be relieved

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CDR Charles W. Martin, Jr. 1 er 1 CDR Fred ic C CZSWGI Jr. I CDR Charles W.-Martin, Jr., was born in Canastota, New York on 22 June 1930,He reported to VANCOUVEBfrom atour of duty at the U.S. Strike Command Headquarters, Tampa, Florida. He is a graduate of Villan- ova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, class of 1953. His previous duty assign- ments include: USS NAIFEH QDE-3525, USS LAWS QDD-5583, USS LOS ANGELES QCA- 135J, COMC RUDESFLOT 3,Staff,the Bureau of Naval Personnel and USS FECHTELER QDD-8705. CDR Martin is married to the former Leila B. Lynch of San Diego, California. They have two children: Charles, III, and Suzanne. , CDR Frederic C. Caswell, Jr., gradu- ated from' Brown Unive.rsity' at Providence in 1951. He was commissioned as an Ensignin the ,regular Navy at that time as- a result of his participation as amidshipman in the 4- year Naval Reserve OfficeriTraining Corps program while attending Brown. ' I . ,- He was ordered to active duty in Sep- tember 1951, when he reported to USS HALE IQDD-6425, an east coast destroyer. He has had previous duty assignments including the USS AMH-ERST QPCER-85321, USS CABILDO QLSIJ-161, the Office of the Chief of Naval In- formation and the staff of Commander Am- phibious Group FOUR. , CDR Caswell joined the VANCOUVER in May of 1968, after serving as Plans and Operations Advisor to the Commander in Chief, Chinese Navy, Taipei, Taiwan. His present residence is in Coronado, California with his wife, Ruth, and three children: Ellen, James and Judith, who are all attending local elementary and high schools,