Steven N. Anastasion collection.
| Author/creator | Anastasion, Steven N. creator. |
| Format | Archival & Manuscript Material |
| Production | 1909-2009. |
| Description | 0.337 Cubic ft. (58 items) |
| Supplemental Content | Finding aid |
| Subjects |
| Scope and content | Steven N. Anastasion (U.S.N.A. 1942 graduate) served aboard the USS Champlin (DD601) from 1942 to 1945 and commanded the Destroyer Escort USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416) from 1952 to 1954 in Norway, Denmark and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Destroyer USS Hawkins (DDR873) from 1958 to 1960 and the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Leahy (DLG-16) from 1964 to 1967 in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Papers refer to his service aboard these ships and include printed materials, newsletters, and navigational summaries. Also included are 2009 issues of The Seaweed, published by the USS Champlin Reunion Group and a transcription of an interview with Captain Anastasion done by Robert C. Bormann of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as | Steven N. Anastasion Collection (#913), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner- Gift of Steven N. Anastasion. |
| Biographical note | Steven N. Anastasion of New Haven, Conneticut was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Acaddemy, MIT, Naval War College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces who commanded several ships during and after World Ward II. After retirement from the U.S. Navy he worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences. |