Captain Carl J. McCann entered Naval Service in May of 1943. Upon Commissioning in 1945, he was assigned to the USS YMS 468 where he participated in minesweeping operations in the harbors of Sasebo, Japan and Pusan, Korea and off the coast of China from Shanghai. He was released to inactive duty in August of 1946. He returned to active duty in June 1951 and was assigned to the staff of Commander, LSD Division 22. His next assignments were to the Naval Amphibious base, Little Creek; Operations Officer, USS Fechteler (DDR 870); Staff, Commander DESDIV 232; Staff, Commander Amphibious Force, US Pacific Fleet; Executive Officer, USS Henry W. Tucker (DDR 875); Commanding Officer, USS Vernon County (LST 1161); Commander LSTDIV 92; Study at Naval Postgraduate School where he earned a Masters Degree in Personnel Management; Commanding Officer, USS Morton (DD 948); Director PERS C1, Bureau of Naval Personnel; Student at the Canadian National Defence College; Commanding Officer, Enlisted Personnel Distribution Office, Atlantic, with additional duty as Fleet Personnel Officer; Commanding Officer USS Seattle (AOE 3). Captain McCann completed his active duty as Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration and District Inspector General, Commandant THIRD Naval District. Captain McCann was Morton’s sixth Commanding Officer, serving from 12 October 1966 through 8 October 1968. Captain McCann retired on 1 June 1977. Following retirement he and his wife Eileen have made their home in Virginia Beach where he is presently employed as Treasurer/Manager of St. Matthews Federal Credit Union. Updated: April 14, 2001 |
Captain Carl Jay McCann |