Arthur Mulroy

USS Antietam, Arthur Mulroy (second from the left, front row)

Arthur Mulroy, born 12 October 1935, turns 80 today.  This US Navy veteran I am very proud to call my cousin.

Artie well remembers enlisting in the Navy in 1952 and having received orders to board the USS Antietam (CV-36).  The Essex-class aircraft carrier, the second U.S. ship to bear the name, was recommissioned for service at the outbreak of the Korean War.  She was redesignated an attack carrier (CVA), and then as an antisubmarine warfare carrier (CVS).  In 1952, she was fitted with a port sponson to make her the world’s first true angled-deck aircraft carrier.  The Antietam earned 2 battle stars during the war.

USS Antietam, while Arthur was on board

Arthur remained in the Navy until 1956.  He re-enlisted in 1959.  He married and his first daughter was born in 1960; a son, John, and another daughter, Ann Marie, would later follow.  In May of 1962, Artie was transferred from New York to Norfolk, Virginia and worked on ViceAdmiral O’Byrne’s staff.  It was here that history records the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Arthur was part of the team that organized and deployed the ships for blockade and possible war.

Arthur Mulroy left the Navy in 1963 and pursued a career in banking while he and his wife Patricia raised their family and a grandchild.

Arthur Mulroy left us for his final voyage the morning of 7 July 2018.

It seems apropos to me that tomorrow is the 240th US Navy Birthday and Friday, 16 October, is the Anniversary date for the Cuban Missile Crisis.  I hope you enjoy the links I previously posted for those days.

Click on images to enlarge.

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Navy CPO Humor – 

“And when the Captain’s around, you call me Chief – not Master,. Got it?

You…ah…been Chief for very long?

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Farewell Salutes – 

Martin Anderson – Brentwood, CA; US Navy, WWII, PTO, USS Antietam (DV-36)

Allen “Burk” Burkett – Jacksonville, FL; US Navy, Korea, Vietnam, USS Los Angeles (CA-135), Antietam & Yellowstone (AD-27), Master Chief Yeoman (Ret. 21 years)

Arthur Doyle – Boston, MA; US Navy, WWII, PTO, USS Antietam (DV-36), pilot

Theron Fosdick – Winchester, NH; US Navy, Korea, Cmdr. (Ret. 25 years), USS Antietam (CV-36), pilot

Morris Gill – Waco, TX; US Navy, Korea, USS Antietam (CV-36)

Albert Grad – Milwaukee, WI; US Navy, Korea, USS Antietam (CV-36)

Thomas Long – St.Paul, MN; US Navy, Korea, USS Antietam (CV-36)

Walter Sayre – Paramus, NJ; US Navy, WWII, PTO, USS Antietam (DV-36)

August Stornelli – Oakfield, NY; US Navy, PTO, WWII, USS Card (CVE-11) & Antietam (DV-36)

Gardner Wales – Rochester, NY; US Navy, WWII, PTO, USS Antietam (DV-36)

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