Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm Edwin B Hooper USN Ret written by Edwin B Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1983-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After graduated from the Naval Academy in 1931, served for seven years in the Pensacola and Cushing; then attended MIT and received MA in electrical engineering. In 1942 was gunnery officer in the battleship USS Washington (BB-56), participating in the Solomons and Gilbert campaigns, then on staff of Commander, Service Force, Pacific. In 1947 served with Atomic Energy Commission, playing a key role in planning Eniwetok tests. In 1950, during tour of duty with Bureau of Ordnance & AEC, initiated development of first nuclear anti-submarine weapon and later as Assistant Chief of BuOrd was involved with development of ASROC and ASW torpedoes. In 1959 was first director of Institute of Naval Studies at Naval War College. Was Commander Amphibious Group, Western Pacific which landed Marines in Thailand during Laos crisis in 1962. Commanded Service Force, Pacific Fleet, providing logistic support in early stages of buildup in Vietnam. Was Director of Naval Historical Center from retirement until 1976.
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Edwin B Hooper U S Navy Retired written by Edwin Bickford Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vice Admiral Edwin B Hooper United States Navy Retired written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address by Vice Admiral Edwin B Hooper U S Navy Retired to the Hilton Head Historical Society Hilton Head Island South Carolina 10 April 1973 written by Edwin Bickford Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1973* with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Rear Adm Edwin T Layton USN Ret Vol 1 written by Edwin T Layton and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1924 graduation from the Naval Academy, Admiral Layton had shipboard duty before reporting to Tokyo for study of the Japanese language. In 1932 was assistant naval attaché in Peiping, China, then reported to Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington. He later served as Pacific Fleet Intelligence officer on several occasions, most notably throughout World War II; he helped predict the planned Japanese attack on Midway. He was director of the U.S. Naval Intelligence School; intelligence officer for Commander Naval Forces Far East during the initial stages of the Korean War; and Deputy Director of Intelligence, JCS. He provides candid reports of intelligence gathering before and after the Pearl Harbor attack and discusses the subsequent investigations about the surprise attack.
Download or read book On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor the Memoirs of Admiral James O Richardson USN retired written by United States. Navy Department. Naval Operations Office and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm Robert Burns Pirie USN Ret written by Robert B Pirie and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designated a naval aviator in 1929, Vice Admiral Robert B. Pirie served in the USS Lexington (CV-2), Langley (CV-1), and Raleigh (CL-7). In 1942 he was Assistant Air Operations Officer for Commander Air Force Pacific Fleet. In 1945 he was Commander Carrier Division Four, participating in the assault on and capture of the Marianas and Palau; the initial raid on the Philippines, Okinawa, and Formosa; the Battle of Leyte Gulf; and the South China Sea Raid. During the final months of the war, he was Air Ops Officer on staff of Fleet Admiral King. He served as Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy in 1952. Subsequent duties included: CO of the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43); Chief of Staff to CinC, U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; Chief of Staff and Aide to CinC U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Commander Carrier Division Six, Commander Second Fleet; and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) until retirement in 1962.
Download or read book Oral History Reminiscences of VADM Hooper written by Edwin Bickford Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes USNA education, MS from MIT; Service in USS PENSACOLA and USS CUSHING, 1931-1937; World War II in USS WASHINGTON and Solomons and Gilbert campaigns, 1942-1944; Staff, CO, Service Force Pacific, 1945; CO, USS WACCAMAW, 1949-50; Staff, Bureau of Ordnance and involved in developing nuclear weapons; Asst. Chief, Buord, 1955-1958; Director, Institute of Naval Studies; CO, Amphibious Group One, 1961-62; CO, Service Force, Pacific Fleet, 1965-67; Director, Naval Historical Center, 1970-1976.
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Charles A Pownall U S Navy Retired written by Charles A. Pownall and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Charles S Minter Jr USN Ret written by Charles Stamps Minter and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Eli T Reich USN Ret written by Eli Thomas Reich and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm Kent L Lee USN Ret Vol I written by Paul L Stillwell and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming from a rural background in South Carolina, Lee enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and became an aviation mechanic before entering pre-flight training. He became a naval aviator in 1943 and the following year joined the carrier Essex (CV-9), from which he flew first as a bomber pilot, then in an F6F fighter. In the postwar period, he returned to the attack role, flying SB2Cs and ADs. He completed his college education in the late 1940s, then served two combat tours in the Korean War. After postgraduate education in nuclear weapons effects, he had a tour in experimental squadron VX-3, then taught senior officers about nuclear weapons. He commanded VA-46, an A4D squadron, was on the staff of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff in Omaha, and was air group commander in the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). He was selected for the Navy's nuclear power program by Admiral Hyman Rickover and underwent training. He commanded the amphibious warfare ship Alamo (LSD-33) just as the United States was getting involved in the Vietnam War. In the mid-1960s Lee served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development). From 1967 to 1969 he was commanding officer of the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise (CVAN-65). A considerable part of this volume is devoted to his command of that ship, including two fatiguing combat tours off Vietnam, the Pueblo (AGER-2) crisis, the demands of Admiral Rickover, and a visit from President Lyndon Johnson. Afterward he served as head of the Office of Program Appraisal for Secretary of the Navy John Chafee. As a three-star admiral, Lee was the top-ranking naval officer at the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff. The bulk of Lee's time as a flag officer was spent in the Naval Air Systems Command, first as assistant commander for maintenance and fleet support, finally as overall commander. In the latter job, as he explains, he had an instrumental role in the development of the F/A-18 Hornet. He retired in 1976. Lee's openness and candor throughout his oral history make it a particularly valuable one.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm William P Lawrence USN Ret written by William P Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1980-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir reveals a great deal about the character and personality of an individual who lived his life with a thoroughgoing sense of honor. As a midshipman he was a leader in devising the Naval Academy's honor concept. During his five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he was stalwart in his resistance to his captors. His achievement has been honored by the naming of the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110). His oral history is a treasure trove of material on the Naval Academy, both during Lawrence's midshipman years and in his tenure as superintendent, during which the first women graduated. Throughout the volume, the values of his native Tennessee come through. dmiral Lawrence told his story with integrity and candor. After his graduation from Annapolis in 1951, Lawrence took flight training and became a member of Fighter Squadron 193 (VF-193), 1952-55, during a time of pioneering work in night carrier operations by jets. Among his shipmates was future astronaut Alan Shepard. Lawrence was subsequently a test pilot for the F8U-3 Crusader III and, on the staff of Commander Carrier Division Six, served as flag lieutenant to future Chief of Naval Operations Thomas H. Moorer. After duty in 1960-61 in Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101) to prepare for the fleet introduction of the F-4 Phantom II, Lawrence took a break from naval aviation to serve as navigator of the heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148). While he was in Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14), 1962-64, it transitioned from the F3H Demon to the F-4. He served 1964-66 as executive assistant to Commander in Chief Strike Command, Army General Paul D. Adams. Lawrence was XO and then CO of Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) from 1966 until he was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, then was a POW until his release in March 1973. After being repatriated, he spent a year at the National War College, was selected for flag rank, and in 1974-75 commanded Light Attack Wing Pacific Fleet. From 1975 to 1978 he was in OP-05, the office of the DCNO (Air Warfare) in the Pentagon. From 1978 to 1981, as a vice admiral, Lawrence was superintendent of the Naval Academy. He commanded the Third Fleet, 1981-83, including running two multi-carrier exercises in the North Pacific. His final tour of active duty, 1983-85, was as Chief of Naval Personnel when John F. Lehman Jr. was Secretary of the Navy. Lawrence retired on disability because of a case of depression that lasted until his cure in 1989. The oral history discusses his illness openly. His post-retirement activities included writing, teaching, speaking, and serving as president of the Association of Naval Aviation.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm Kent L Lee USN Ret Vol II written by Kent L Lee and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming from a rural background in South Carolina, Lee enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and became an aviation mechanic before entering pre-flight training. He became a naval aviator in 1943 and the following year joined the carrier Essex (CV-9), from which he flew first as a bomber pilot, then in an F6F fighter. In the postwar period, he returned to the attack role, flying SB2Cs and ADs. He completed his college education in the late 1940s, then served two combat tours in the Korean War. After postgraduate education in nuclear weapons effects, he had a tour in experimental squadron VX-3, then taught senior officers about nuclear weapons. He commanded VA-46, an A4D squadron, was on the staff of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff in Omaha, and was air group commander in the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). He was selected for the Navy's nuclear power program by Admiral Hyman Rickover and underwent training. He commanded the amphibious warfare ship Alamo (LSD-33) just as the United States was getting involved in the Vietnam War. In the mid-1960s Lee served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development). From 1967 to 1969 he was commanding officer of the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise (CVAN-65). A considerable part of this volume is devoted to his command of that ship, including two fatiguing combat tours off Vietnam, the Pueblo (AGER-2) crisis, the demands of Admiral Rickover, and a visit from President Lyndon Johnson. Afterward he served as head of the Office of Program Appraisal for Secretary of the Navy John Chafee. As a three-star admiral, Lee was the top-ranking naval officer at the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff. The bulk of Lee's time as a flag officer was spent in the Naval Air Systems Command, first as assistant commander for maintenance and fleet support, finally as overall commander. In the latter job, as he explains, he had an instrumental role in the development of the F/A-18 Hornet. He retired in 1976. Lee's openness and candor throughout his oral history make it a particularly valuable one.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm Raymond E Peet USN Ret written by Raymond E Peet and published by . This book was released on 1983-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1942, Peet had several wartime tours in destroyers, including duty in the USS Converse (DD-509), one of the "Little Beavers" of Destroyer Squadron 23. Following postgraduate education in ordnance and duty with the Operational Development Force and Naval Proving Ground Dahlgren, Peet was gunnery officer of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) and then commanding officer of the USS Barton (DD-772). He did so well in the latter that he was tapped to become aide to the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke. He provides a detailed description of his difficulties in working with Burke. Peet then won in a competition against Commander E.R. Zumwalt to become commissioning skipper of the first nuclear-powered destroyer, the USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25). Peet's frequent conflict/ competition with Zumwalt crops up time and again in the oral history. Peet later served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and was fired from his first flag assignment--the DX-DXG program--because he would not bend to the political will of his civilian seniors. Following two amphibious assignments, including one which oversaw survival training for Vietnam, Peet became director of the SecNav's Office of Program Appraisal. As Commander First Fleet in the early 1970s, Peet experimented with the concept of operating a numbered fleet from a headquarters ashore. In his final active duty tour, Admiral Peet was Director Security Assistance Agency, concerned with foreign military sales. This memoir is candid throughout and offers interesting insights on such topics as Admiral Hyman Rickover, naval nuclear power, and the disadvantages of early promotion in the Navy.
Download or read book A History of Control Engineering 1930 1955 written by Stuart Bennett and published by IET. This book was released on 1993 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the consolidation of a specialty, as the various feedback control devices used in the 1930s for aircraft and ships, the telephone system, and analogue computers, were brought together during World War II to form what is now known as the classical frequency response methods of analysis and design, and applied to non-linear, sampled-data, and stochastic systems. Follows the field's development through the post-war addition of the root locus method to the introduction of the state-space methods of modern control. Distributed by INSPEC. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
