Edwin B. Hooper oral history transcription

Hooper, Edwin B., VADM, USN, 1909-1986. Education, USNA, 1931; USS Pensacola, 1931-1936; USS Cushing, 1936-1938; MS, MIT, 1940; USSWashington, 1941-1944, with the British Home Fleet off Norway and in the South Pa­ cific in the Solomons and Gilbert campaigns, 1941-1944; USS Alaska, 1944-1945; Officer in Charge of Maintenance, Pacific Fleet, 1945; Staff, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission where he planned for the first nuclear tests, 1947-1949; CO, USS Waccamaw, 1949-1950; Staff, BuOrd, where he developed first nuclear anti-submarine weapon, 1950-1952; Student, National War Col­ lege, 1952-1953; CO, USS Sierra, 1954-1955; Assistant Chief of the BuOrd for Research, 1955- 1958; CO, Destroyer 26 Squadron 1958-1959; Director, Naval Long Range Studies Project and Amphibious Group I, 1961-1962; Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare Research and Develop­ ment, 1962-1964; Deputy CNO Development, 1965; CO, Service Force, Pacific Fleet, 1965-1968, during Vietnam buildup;Joint Logistics Review Board, 1969-1970; Retired, 1970; Director of Na­ val History, 1970-1976.