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Born in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Christmas Day in 1908, Captain Arthur F. SPRING, Commanding Officer, attended public schools there. He received appointment to the Naval Academy in 1926 and was graduated and commissioned as Ensign in the class of 1930. An outstanding midshipman, he played varsity football and basketball and was a member of the all-American LaCrosse Team for three years.
Among other positions of leadership, Captain SPRING served as Executive Officer aboard the USS MISSOURI and as Commanding Officer of the USS MOUNT KATMAI before promotion to the rank of Captain in July, 1949. He then served under the Joint Chiefs of Staff before assuming command of the USS RENVILLE in 1954. For fourteen months before reporting to his present duty, Captain SPRING served as Chief of Staff for Commander of Training Command, U. S. Pacific Fleet. In October 1956, he assumed command of the HELENA, now Flagship for the United States Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
Captain SPRING is married to the former Clare Murphy of San Francisco, California. They have one son, Arthur Thomas, who is presently beginning his Naval career as an Ensign serving in the Pacific Fleet.
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