Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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glll'6'W6ff 611,11 aiu Quarfzw CAPTAIN THOMAS JOSEPH QUARTON, U.S.N. CAPTAIN THOMAS JOSEPH QUARTON WAS BORN IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. HE ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS FOLLOWED BY FULLERTON JUNIOR COLLEGE, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, AND CENTRAL COLLEGE, FAYETTE, MISSOURI. HE ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL, NOTRE DAME, AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN OCTOBER OF 1944. CAPTAIN QUARTON SERVED ON THE USS POLARIS IAF-111 IN THE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC THE- ATERS IN WORLD WAR II, AND LATER ON THE USS EVERGLADESIAD-241 AND USS TOMBIGEE1AGC-11I. SUBSEQUENTLY, BILLETS WERE HELD BY CAPTAIN OUARTON ON THE USS ADIRONDACK IAGC-151, USS RICHARD E. KRAUSE IDD-849I AND USS NEWMAN K. PERRY IDDR-8831. FROM 1951 TO 1953 CAPTAIN QUARTON WAS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, CLASS ' 'A RADARMEN SCHOOL AT TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND ATTENDED THE GENERAL LINE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS WERE SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION TWO AND WITH THE MILITARY ASSIST ADVISORY GROUP TO SPAIN. SUBSEQUENT BILLETS WERE ON THE USS BUCKLEY IDDR-808I AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND ON USS HOOPER IDE-10261 AS COMMANDING OFFICER. HE WAS ORDERED TO NEWPORT IN 1961 TO SERVE AS HEAD OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE U.S. NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL. HE TOOK COMMAND OF THE VESOLE IN JULY 1964 AND WAS RELIEVED ON 4 FEBRUARY 1966 BY COMMANDER CLARENCE E. BOGER. CAPTAIN OUARTON WAS THEN PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK AND IS NOW THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER FOR COMMANDER SERVICE SQUADRON TWO.

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1 I dfmmander Desfrayer 'Vi i014 242 I I I I I 1 I I 'I CAPTAIN BARET VAHAN AJEMIAN, U.S.N. CAPTAIN BARET VAHAN AJEMIAN, THE SON OF VAHAN AND ACABIE AJEMIAN, WAS BORN IN FEB- g RUARY 1922 IN ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS AND ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS. UPON GRADUATION FROM PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL IN 1939, HE ATTENDED MASSACHU- I SETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY. A GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 1944, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN'S FIRST DUTIES WERE ABOARD THE DESTROYER CALDWELL, OPERATING WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET. DURING HIS 31 MONTHS ON I Q THE CALDWELL, IN WHICH HE ADVANCED FROM ENSIGN TO LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN PARTICIPATED IN CAMPAIGNS IN THE GILBERTS,MARSHALLS AND THE PHILIPPINES, WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND EARNED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE, AMERICAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PA- CIFIC THEATER, OCCUPATION,VICTORY AND PHILIPPINES LIBERATION CAMPAIGN MEDALS. AFTER COMMISSIONING THE CHARLES H. ROAN AS GUNNERY OFFICER, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN'S NEXT MAJOR DUTY WAS AS FLAG LIEUTENANT AND AIDE TO COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION EIGHT. AFTER A TOUR AS MAIN BATTERY ASSISTANT IN THE CRUISER ROCHESTER, HE MARRIED THE FORMER SHIRLEY FLORENCE JOHNSON OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, AND REPORTED TO THE U.S. NAVY POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AT ANNAPOLIS FOR A COURSE IN APPLIED NAVA GI L EN NEER- ING. UPON GRADUATION HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT. IN A 7 MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO KOREA, IN WHICH THE MISSOURI WAS FLAGSHIP FOR COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN EARN KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION BADGE. HIS NEXT DUTY WAS AS SYSTEMS PROJECT OFFICER WITH THE SURFACE AN TISUB DEVELOPMENT DETACHMENT IN KEY WEST. HIS SON, BARET JR., WAS BORN IN KEY WEST, MAY 1954. IN 1956, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AJEMIAN WAS ASSIGNED AS EXECUTIVE OFFI CER OF THE DE- STROYER TURN ER, HOMEPORTED IN NEWPORT. IN 1957 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE DESTROYER ESCORT wAG NER. AFTER HIS PROMOTION TO COMMANDER, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN REPORTED TO THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT WHERE HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR I ED THE KOREANQSERVICE MEDAL AND THE I N THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICS UNTIL 1960. HE THEN ATTENDED THE COURSE IN NAVAL WARFARE AT THE NAVAL wAR COLLEGE FOLLOWED BY A TwO YEAR TOUR AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DESTROYER HARLAN R. DICKSON. HIS DAUGHTER MARIA wAS BORN IN AUGUST 1962. PRIOR TO REPORTING AS COMMANDER DEST A ROYER DIVISION 242, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN WAS AS- , SIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I I.

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E......- L ...-............ .. ,LLL........,,.n.--.......,....-....,.....................,...-..... .....-....A Hail ap fain Hager COMMANDER CLARENCE EARL BOGER, U.S.N. CLARENCE EARL BOGER WAS BORN IN ZIHLMAN, MARYLAND, ON DECEMBER 12, 1924, SON OF IRA AND MARY 1BROWNI BOGER. IN 1927, THE FAMILY MOVED TO AKRON, OHIO. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON MAY 18, 1943. IN NOVEMBER 1944, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE V-12 PROGRAM AND ATTENDED PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. UPON COMPLETION OF V-12 TRAINING, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE NROTC PRO- GRAM AND ATTENDED DUKE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING IN JUNE OF 1946. HE WAS COMMISSIONED ENSIGN ON JUNE 4, 1946 AND WAS ORDERED TO THE USS PC-618 AND SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. FROM THERE HE REPORTED TO THE USS JEFFERS1DMS-271. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS TOOK HIM TO THE USS SAUFLEY 1DDE-4651 AS THE ASW OFFICER AND TO THE ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT WHERE HE SERVED ON THE USS CORAL SEA 1CVA-431. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WERE FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AT THE GENERAL LINE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, AND THEN TO THE USS AVENGE AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE NEXT HAD COMMAND OF THE USS SAGACITY UNTIL JANUARY OF 1958 WHEN HE REPORTED TO THE USS O'HARE AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS EARLE B. HALL. IN JULY OF 1963 COMMANDER BOGER WAS ORDERED TO THE STAFF COMMANDER CRUISER-DE- STROYER FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET, WHERE HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT READINESS AND TRAIN- ING OFFICER FOR NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. IN FEBRUARY OF 1966 HE REPORTED TO HIS PRESENT ASSIGNMENT AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS VESOLE IDD-8781. COMMANDER BOGER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS ELAINE EVERSOLE OF AKRON, OHIO. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, RANDY, 18g BARBARA, 143 AND BONNIE, 3,