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U.S.S. Antietam ( CV-36 ) - March 2, 1945 @ Philadelphia, PA.
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• THE PRESENT C<HWIDDIG OFFICER
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• PATROL B<JIBING S~ADROII ONE HUNDRED FOUR'l'BEN
Lieut. C011111ander Donald Carlyle Higgins. USN August 26• 1944
Lieut. CC!!!pQander Riggin• relieTed the Squadron'• ori ginal c.o., Connander L.B. Moilpine. on Augu1t 26th, 19'4., and has sinos that tiae
maint&ined aotive OClllllll82ldo
Lieut. COlllllander Riggin•• llhoee home i s i n Hollywood• Calitornia.
Olll!lll very near to beooming • tlyer tor the UoSo Karin•• instead ot the
Ha..y• a s his fir 1t interest in arlation -• developed at the Karine R•1tM'9
Air Baee at Lo• Angele•, Calitornia while attending the UDiver1ity ot
California at Los Angel••• Howenr, euoh wae not to be, and Lt. OO!ldr.
Higgins o0111111enoed training ae a Naval Aviation Cadet on Kay 15, 19S6.
Be took hie trai.ning at Penneaoola and reoeived hie winge on the 2Srd
ot September, 19370
The tirst duty to whioh Lieut. Commander Higgins r eported wae
with Patrol Squadron 18, tlying P2Y21' while atationed at Pearl Harbor,
Honol ul!i•
VP-18 later beoame VP-13 in 1939 and VP- Z6 in 19.W and he
raained with this unit throughout.
I t is interesting to note that while Lieut. Comdr, Riggin•
wae with VP-13• that Squadron made a 15 plane uee t'lig)lt to Honolulu
i n September ot 191191 replaoing Squadron VP-1, W!ich wa1 being eent on
to the FMlippines, and in June ot 19.W the a1me unit made the first
ro\Dld t r ip tlig)lt trm Honolulu to the Philippine• and r eturn, deli w r-
ing nsw airoraft to VP- l .
• • 1fext in Lieut. Com1111u1der Bizgin11' career ome a short tour
of' in1tructor duty in PBY•' at Penn1acola, and in Deceiaber of' 1 41 he
waa tren1terred into the GUJ111ery Departm.ent there.
!hia period ot duty gaTI1 Higgins 11. chance to malce a n11111e tor
hilleelf in Gunnery Training and, ae Training Officer of the r 11.pidly
expanding Free Air Gunnery Program, he wrote the first in1tructors manual
tor Gree Gunnery, which-• extensively UJ1ed throughout the Navy. In
Karch of 1943 he eetabliahed the Bombardiers Training Course at the
Hollywood laTig11.tion School, Hollywood, Florid&.
In Kay of 194S, Lieut. Commander Higgins toolc onr hie tir1t
oQllllllaJld1 that of the Nanl Air Station, Great Exuma, in the Bah••••
Thia 00D1111and he held until orders oame tranaterring him back to ComA.ir
Lant, and thenoe to VPB- 114.
On reporting on the soth of' October, Lieut. Commander Higgins
at first took o,,..r the r eaponaibilities of' Flight Oftioer, and then on
January 181 1944 beoame Executin Officer.
On crdere or BuPera, on August 26th, 1944, he aulll!led o0111111and,
relieTing Coamander KcAlpine.
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( This Official U.S. Navy Photograph ( # 64902 ) was taken by an aircraft from
the U.S.S. Santee ( ACV-29 ) on March 6, 1943 at an unknown location in the
South Atlantic Ocean. The S.S. Arawa was in an independent movement from
Montevideo, Uruguay to Freetown, Sierra Leone. )
The attached U.K. National Archives file shows the S.S. Arawa’s actual vessel movement card for convoy CU-49 ! mck November 6, 2015
( This Official U.S. Navy Photograph ( # 222334 ) was taken by a blimp from ZP-11 based at N.A.S. ( Lighter Than Air ) at South Weymouth, MA. on February 24, 1944. The M.V. Britannic was at an unknown location, likely, positioning herself for
service in convoy UT 9. )
The attached U.K. National Archives file shows the M.V. Britannic’s actual vessel movement card for convoy CU-49 and “ near “ related voyages ! Notice the three month “ lay off “ from August to November of 1944. mck November 10, 2015
mck November 7, 2015
S.T.K. Empire Milner related
In reviewing the vessel movement card for convoy CU 49, please note how destinations for the “ Port of London “ were routed and handled. The attached maps provide insight for those locations.
( Note: The Port of London Authority ( “ Let the Imperial Port Flourish “ ) did not acknowledge my permissions
request for use of their logo ( above ). )
( A special Thank-you ! to the unknown artist and Imperial War Museum # ART PST 13937 for the use of the
above poster. )
mck December 10, 2015
( This Official U.S. Navy Photograph ( # 453383 ) was taken by an unknown
type of aircraft on September 23, 1944. The S.S. Exanthia was in the New York ( Ship ) Channel having
arrived from Liverpool in convoy UC-37. )
mck 09-27-2015
( This Official U.S. Navy Photograph ( # 419746 ) was taken by blimp # K-46
( at an altitude of 500’ ) based at N.A.S. Lakehurst, N.J. in March of 1943. The S.S. Excelsior was at an
unknown location, likely, in the Third Naval District. )
mck 9-27-2015