Chief Warrant Officer William Lovey
Mozingo
United States Navy - March 12, 1936 to September 24, 1956
Born in
Buena Vista, Virginia on March 7, 1917
Died in Fort Worth, Texas on May 8, 1976
"Home is the Sailor, Home from the Sea"
Rank/Rate, Command, Dates, Duties
AS, NRS, Richmond, VA. 3/12/36 to 3/12/36, Initial Enlistment
AS-SEA2C,
NTS, NOB, Norfolk, VA. 3/12/36 to 7/22/36,
Recruit
SEA2C-SEA1C, USS CHAUMONT (AP-5), 7/22/36 to 5/22/40, Seaman (CHINA SERVICE)
SEA1C, RS,
San Francisco, CA. 5/22/40 to 5/27/40,
Transient
Sea1C,BM3,BM2,BM1,CBM, Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA. 5/27/40 to 5/8/43, Tugmaster (WW2), Served aboard: USS WAHNETA III (YT-134), USS TAMAROA (YT-136), Tugs 6, 10, 156 and 162.
CBM, USNRB, Shoemaker, CA. 5/8/43 to 7/7/43,
CMAA (WW2)
CBM-CWO2, NAVAMPHIBASE, E6 #4, 7/7/43 to 6/8/44
(WW2)
CWO2, US NAVAL ADVANCED BASE, NAVY 722, 6/9/44 to 6/15/44
(WW2)
CWO2, SS BATTLE ROCK, 6/15/44 to 7/14/44 (WW2)
CWO2, TWELFTH
NAVAL DISTRICT, San Francisco, CA. 7/14/44 to 7/17/44 (WW2)
CWO2,
COMTWELVE, San Francisco, CA. 8/4/44 to 8/14/44, Temporary Duty
(WW2)
CWO2, CO, PRE-EMBARKATION BARRACKS San Francisco, CA. 8/15/44 to
8/17/44 (WW2)
CWO2, USS GENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT (AP-136), 8/17/44 to
9/1/44, Transit (WW2)
CWO2, US NAVAL ADVANCED BASE, Espiritu Santo, New
Hebrides, 9/1/44 to 9/6/44, (WW2)
CWO2, USS MINTAKA (AK-94), 9/6/44
to 9/10/44, (WW2) Transit
CWO2, USS CASSIOPEIA (AK-75), 9/14/44 to 11/5/45,
Ship's Boatswain (WW2)
CWO2, COMFIVE, NOB, Norfolk, VA, 11/5/45 to
11/5/45, Transit
CWO2, COMTWELVE, San Francisco, CA. 11/28/45 to 11/28/45,
Transit
CWO2, NAVAL SHIPYARD, Mare Island, CA. 12/3/45 to 7/15/46,
Served as Commanding Officer of the USS NEPANET (YT-189)
CWO2, COMTWELVE,
San Francisco, CA. 7/29/46 to 8/24/46, Awaiting Orders
CWO2, Honolulu,
8/25/46 to 8/28/46, In Transit
CWO2, Guam, 8/28/46 to 8/28/46, In
Transit
CWO2, USS WARRICK (AKA-89), 8/28/46 to 1/8/47, Ship's Boatswain
CWO2,
COMFOURTEEN, Pearl Harbor, T.H. 1/8/47 to 1/10/47, In Transit
CWO2, USS HAVEN
(AH-12), 1/10/47 to 1/16/47, In
Transit
CWO2, COMTWELVE, San Francisco, CA. 1/17/47 to
1/17/47
CWO2, POST DEMOBILIZATION CENTER, NAS, Alameda, CA. 1/17/47
to 3/10/47, Separation
CBM, NAVY RECRUITING STATION, San Francisco, CA.
3/11/47 to 3/31/47, Reenlistment
CBM, RECSTA, San Diego, CA. 4/3/47 to
4/4/47
CBM, R/S NAVSTA, TI, San Pedro, CA. 4/4/47 to 4/16/47, For Further
Assignment
CBM, USS HELENA (CA-75), 4/16/47 to 9/15/48,
CMAA
CBM, USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73), 9/15/48 to 11/7/48, Temdu For Further
Transfer
CBM, USS PASADENA (CL-65), 11/7/48 to 1/10/50,
CMAA
CBM, R/S, Seattle, WA. 1/10/50 to 1/11/50
CBM, R/S, San
Francisco, CA. 1/26/50 to 1/31/50, For Further Transfer to COM14
FURAS
CBM, USS GENERAL J.C. BRECKINRIDGE (AP-176), 1/31/50 to
2/9/50, Transit
CBM, R/S, San Diego, CA. 2/11/50 to 2/16/50, 4 Months
Humanitarian Shore Duty
CBM, R/S, Long Beach, CA. 2/17/50 to
4/15/50
CBM, NAVSTA, Long Beach, CA. 4/15/50 to 6/7/50, For Duty
CBM,
R/S, NAVSTA, San Diego, CA. 6/8/50 to 6/7/50, For Further Assignment
CBM, R/S,
San Francisco, CA. 6/18/50 to 7/8/50, Awaiting Orders
CBM,
USS MADDOX (DD-731), 8/24/50 to 5/7/51, For Duty (KOREAN WAR)
CBM, USS
KIDD (DD-661), 5/7/51 to 3/15/52, For Duty (KOREAN WAR)
CBM, NAVRESTRACEN,
Huntington, WV. 4/21/52 to 5/3/53, Shore Duty
CBM, NAVSCOLSCOM, NAVSTA,
Norfolk, VA. 5/4/53 to 5/15/53, Instructor School
CBM, NAVRESTRACEN,
Huntington, WV. 5/16/53 to 9/54, Shore Duty
CBM, USS FORT MARION (LSD-22),
9/13/54 to 9/56, For duty
(Participated In ATOMIC TESTS, OPERATION WIGWAM IN
1955
AND OPERATION REDWING IN 1956)
CBM, USNAVRECSTA, San Diego, CA.
9/56 to 9/24/56, For Separation/Retirement 20yrs 6mos
10days
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"No profession or occupation is
more pleasing than the
military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution
(for the strongest, most generous and proudest of
all virtues is true valour) and noble in its cause. No
utility either more just or universal than the protection
of the repose or defence of the greatness of one's country.
The company and daily conversation of so many noble,
young and active men cannot but be well-pleasing to you."
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92), French essayist. Essays,
bk. 3, ch. 13, "Of Experience" (1588; tr. by John Florio).