This cache is the first of a series of seven to reflect the ship and submarines, which Admiral Kelso served.
Following graduation in 1956 from the US Naval Academy, Admiral Kelso served on the cargo ship USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100) before attending Submarine School in 1958.
USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after a county in Georgia, which in turn was named in honor of James Oglethorpe, the founder of the state. She served as a commissioned ship for approximately 23 years. Oglethorpe (AKA-100) was laid down on 26 December 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, under contract for the Maritime Commission. Transferred to the Navy while still on the ways, she was launched on 15 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Ellsworth Buck, wife of the New York Congressman; and commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, on 6 June 1945, Captain James Campbell, USNR, in command. Decommissioned in 1968.
Admiral Frank B Kelso II, who was born and raised in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy for thirty eight years and was the Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994. He was honored by the City of Fayetteville and Lincoln County with July 11, 2018 (and every July 11th after that) being proclaimed Admiral Frank Kelso Day. On Saturday, July 14, 2018 the inaugural Fayetteville Lincoln County Tennessee Hometown Heroes honored him at the museum.
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