U.S.S. Little Rock
Commanding Officer Biography
William Edward Miller
14 Jun 1945 - 07 Jul 1946
This is a picture from the Commissioning Ceremony of the U.S.S. Little Rock. It is assumed that the captain speaking is Capt. W.E. Miller |
William Edward Miller, Capt. U.S. NAVY
We have very limited information about Capt.
Miller. Below is what we have found so far.....
Born: 06 Jan 1898 Died: 08 Feb 1988 Birthplace: Massachusetts USS General A. E. Anderson AP-111 was christened by Mrs. George C. Marshall on 2 May 1943, and was placed in full commission 05 October 1943 with Captain W. E. Miller in command. From 25 October 1943 to 21 March 1944 General A.E. Anderson made four round-trip transport voyages out of Norfolk to Casablanca, French Morocco. Underway again 26 March 1944, she returned to North Africa and touched at Gourock, Scotland, before steaming to Bermuda, where British censors and their families embarked for passage to New York. The ship reached New York 7 May, and following a round-trip voyage to Belfast, Ireland, she stood out of Norfolk 29 June for Bombay, where her troops debarked 7 August. General A.E. Anderson returned to San Pedro, Calif., 11 September 1944 and subsequently made another long round-trip voyage thence to Bombay via Australia, returning 09 December 1944. USS LITTLE ROCK (CL-92) was laid down by Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 6 March 1943; launched 27 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Sam Wassell; and commissioned 17 June 1945, Capt. William E. Miller in command. 19 Jul 1945 Capt Miller was commissioned an "Arkansas Traveler" by Mayor Dan T. Sprick, Mayor of Little Rock, AR (1945-47). (*) 30 Oct 1945 USS Little Rock is underway for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SA the start of CL-92's South America cruise. (*) 05 Nov 1945 Crossed Equator Heading South (Approx. Date) (*) 25 Jan 1946 Rounded Cape Horn, Argentina, SA (Approx. Date) (*) 09 March 1946 Crossed Equator Heading North (Approx. Date) (*) 11-15 Mar 1946 Transited Panama Canal (*) 23 Mar 1945 Returned Norfolk, VA (*) Departed Philadelphia, PA for Plymouth England; Scapa Flow and Inverness, Scotland; Goteburg, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Stockholm, Sweden (*) Captain Miller is relieved as CO of CL-92 by Captain Henri Smith-Hutton (*) (*) These items were extracted from USS Little Rock's Ship Chronology pages. |