Maiorino, Carl

CS3 CARL ANTHONY MAIORINO – 21 November 1959 to 25 July 1963

I Carl Anthony Maiorino, “Cookie” was born 10 February 1941 at San Francisco, California. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I enlisted in the U. S. Navy on 25 August 1959 at San Mateo, California. I was 18 years old. I went to boot camp at USNTC San Diego where I was in Company 421, the best Company at that time. Company 421 won all the awards that were handed out such as academic, weekly competition awards, and most importantly, the Brigade Award.

After boot camp I went aboard USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD 754). It was 21 November 1959. Initially, I was assigned to 1 Division, the Deck Force. After about three months I went to “S” Division to become a cook.

In 1962, EVANS entered a contest with 1,012 other ships in the fleet to see who had the best feeding ship in the U.S. Navy. The USS FRANK E. EVANS won the Francis Ney Memorial Award, the first time that a destroyer had ever done so. In 1963, she won the award for the second consecutive year. I received three letters of commendation.

While aboard FRANK E. EVANS for four years, in 1960 she went through a FRAM conversion. We were in the yards for 18 months during which time a flight deck and helicopter hanger were installed. FRANK E. EVANS them made a Westpac cruise. During my time in FRANK E. EVANS I saw four captains, three executive officers and four changes in crew. From 1959-1963 there were only about 12 crew members that remained aboard the ship. On 25 July 1963, I transferred to the Long Beach Naval Station for discharge.

“Cookie” currently resides at 3150 Via Mazatlan, Corona, California. You can reach him at ashleyspappa@ca.rr.com or 951-736-2017.