Edward H. Thiele oral history transcription

Thiele, Edward H., RADM, USCG 1905-1981. National Guard Company C, One hundred and Twenty First Engineers, 1922-1924; USCG Academy, 1927; Cummings, Shaw; Assistant Engineer Officer, Mendota, 1929-1930; Instructor, Academy, 1930-1933; Engineer Officer, USS Hunt, 1933-1934; Engineering Officer, Chelan, 1934-1936; Chief, International Combustion Engine and Small Boat Section, and Chief, Re­ search and Development Division, CGHQ. 1936-1940; 1937 visited foreign countries in connec­ tion with construction of icebreakers; Office of the U.S. Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding, New York, supervised the design and construction of icebreakers Mackinaw, Wind, Raritan, 1937- 1944;XO, Westwind, 1944; CO, USS Gen. D. E. Aultman, USS Wakefield, 1946; District Engineer, Third District, New York, 1946; Chief, Machinery Section, Naval Engineering Division, CGHQ; CG Safety Director, HQ, 1948; B.E., 1949; Chief, Administrative Management Division, CGHQ, 1949; Senior CG and Marine Detail Officer Europe, London, England, 1949-1953; Staff, Com­ mander in Chief, Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1949-1953; Staff, CO, Fifth District, Norfolk, Va., 1953-1956; Chief, Merchant Marine Safety Division, 1956; Chief of Staff, 1957; CO, Ninth District, Cleveland, Ohio, 1957-1958; Engineer in Chief of the CG, 1951; Re­ tired,1961.