Captain Joseph Meyer Jr. USN

1969 BIOS

Captain MEYER was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania and attended high school in Pittsburgh. After attending Cornell and the University of Rochester, he was commissioned from the Naval Reserve Midshipman School, Notre Dame in March 1945. Attendance at George Washington University was followed by graduation from sub- marine School in 1948.

Captain MEYER served in the submarines REMORA and SCABBARDFISH, was Executive Officer of SIRAGO and commanded the fast attack submarine BARBEL.   In 1966 he commanded Submarine Division SEVENTY-THREE.

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He has had two tours in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; 1954-56 in the Foreign Military Assistance Division and 1963-65 as Submarine Warfare Evaluator in the Progress Analysis Group. From 1958-60 he served as Submarine Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander Antisubmarine Warfare Force, Atlantic. In 1965 he joined the Staff of Commander Submarine Squadron SEVEN with additional duty as Operations Officer, Submarine Flotilla FIVE. In August 1966 he joined the Staff of Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet where he served as Instructor of the Prospective Commanding Officers School and later, as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans.

In addition to Submarine School, Captain MEYER is a graduate of the Naval General Line School, Armed Forces Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He then reported for duty as Commanding Officer USS KAWISHIWI AO-146.

He is married to the former Sidney Elizabeth DONELSON of Birmingham, alabama; has three daughters, Christine, Roxanne and Tracy; and resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.
 

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