Executive Officers
To see a 1945 Bio of Cdr Chew, click on his picture.
Both files copied from the 1945 "The Prospector", Newsletter.
Pictures copied from Helena Cruise Books. Not all have a narrative.
 Commander M. J. JENSEN 1949 Helena Cruise Book. |
 Commander B. A. CLAREY 1951 Helena Cruise Book. |
at sea or shore stations associated with submarine duty. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of '34, he completed Submarine School in 1937. On the fateful morning of December 7, 1941, he was Executive Officer of the submarine Dolphin, then at Pearl Harbor. At Brisbane, Australia, in 1942, Cdr. Clarey was taken ill and detached from a sub two hours before she sailed on patrol----a patrol from which she never returned! One of his duties included the submarine Peto, first warship ever built on the Great Lakes. As the commanding officer of the submarine Pintado, he made four war patrols in the Pacific. Force, Pacific Fleet for six months, and then to the Office of the Inspector General, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., until April of 1947. After serving for 26 months as aide and Flag Secretary to the Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, at New London, Conn., he became Submarine Detail Officer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel at Washington, where he remained until ordered to the Helena. |
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command and carries out the commanding officer's policies. The Exec served on the U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Tracy, and U.S.S. Trenton before taking command of the U.S.S. Elmore. Navigation for two years and then attended the Armed Forces Staff College. Called back to sea duty, he commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Rogers for over two years. Upon being relieved of that command he proceeded to the University of Southern California as the Executive Officer of the Naval Reserve Training Corps for two years. |
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assignment from two years duty as Executive Officer of the Naval Officer Training Unit, University of Southern California. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1935 and later he served there as an instructor in Navigation. Commander Conkey also graduated in 1947 as a member of the first class of the Armed Forces Staff College. served aboard the U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Tracy, and U.S.S. Trenton. Eugene E. Elmore, a destroyer escort, which successfully attacked and destroyed the German U-Boat 547. U.S.S. Rogers, a radar-picket destroyer, for over two years. and Marine Corps Medal, the Bronze Star with "V", Commander Conkey is also authorized to wear the American Defense Service Medal with one star, campaign medals from American, European, and Pacific theaters, the World War II Victory Medal, China Service Medal, Navy Combat Occupation Medal, United Nations and Korean Service Medal with one star, and the National Defense Medal. promotion to the rank of Captain, and has received orders as Commander Destroyer Division 132. George Rose, 8 Patrick, 7 and John, 5 and daughters, Carolie, 11, and Mary Klien, 9 reside at 1632 Virginia Road, Los Angles, 6, California. |
Officer February 26, 1954 at Long Beach. tour as Plans and Operations Officer on the staff of the Commander of Task Force 92. the next few years received training as a junior officer on battleships and cruisers. accomplishments he was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Commendation Medal. officer of the USS Boxer. Then followed a tour as commanding officer of the USS Agerholm (DDP 26). Intelligence at Washington. From 1950 to 1952 the Commander was Naval Attaché at the United States embassies in Havana, Cuba, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was for his service at Havana that the President of Cuba awarded him with the Order of Naval Merit. Peggy, and their daughter, Holly, at Coronado. |
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Jr., the Executive Officer. the U.S. Naval Academy and was graduated with the Class of '39. His first naval assignment was the battleship USS Mississippi. The Executive Officer participated in World War II and the Korean War. He's skippered four destroyer escorts and was the Executive Officer of the U.S. Naval Base, Annapolis, Md. Honolulu, T. H., in 1943. They have four children, William Jr., Maurien, Christopher Michael and James. Their permanent home is Elmira. |
September 10, 1916, attending city schools and the Devitt Preparatory School in Washington, D. C. Upon receiving an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, he completed his education there and was commissioned as an Ensign in the Class of 1940. CDR. HANNA participated in many engagements, including Guadal- canal, New Guinea, Leyte and the initial attack on Pearl Harbor. Duty followed on the staff of the Commander, Operational Development Force. In 1951, he assumed command of the USS MADDOX (DD-731), which post he held until December, 1953, when he began a tour of duty with the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D. C. Soon afterwards, CDR. HANNA was transferred to his present position as Executive Officer of the HELENA. Award, and a Commendation Ribbon. He is married to the former Henriette Van Wickeren of Sydney, Australia. They have three children John is 11, Paul, 6, ands Mary Catherine, 3. |
 Commander Hugh A. HANNA 1957 Helena Cruise Book |
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in Annapolis, Maryland. The son of RADM and Mrs. J.R. Beardall, he attended schools in the United States and Europe and received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in 1937. He was Commissioned an Ensign in the Class of 1941 and received orders to USS RALEIGH, then at Pearl Harbor. Shortly thereafter, the now- historic attack took place, and Ensign Beardall had good opportunity to make use of his naval training. USS CLEVELAND, USS WEEKS, and USS MOALE, followed by command of USS VARIAN and USS TOLLBERG in 1945. CDR. then attended one year of postgraduate education at the U.S. Naval Academy and two years of study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, culminating in the awarding of a Master of Science Degree in electrical engineering. USS WORCESTER, after which he took command of USS BLACK in the Pacific. He then attended Guided Missile School, followed by a tour of duty in the Guided Missile Research section of the Bureau of Ordnance. on the Staff of Commander, SECOND Fleet. He reported to HELENA in May, 1958. of Berryville, Virginia. They have two daughters, Elizabeth 9 and Edith 5. |
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