He served later as Operations Officer, and for “exceptionally meritorious service… from March 10, 1941, to January 11, 1945…” he was awarded the Legion of Merit, with Combat “V.” The citation states that “During this vitally important period, (he) displayed the highest qualities of judgment and initiative, thereby contributing materially to the prosecution of the war against Japan…” In March 1941 he joined the Staff of Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, as Assistant Operations Officer. In June 1939 he assumed command of the USS Dorsey, flagship of Mobile Target Division One, Base Force, serving in that command until transferred in February 1941 to the USS Indianapolis for one month. For three years thereafter he had duty at the Postgraduate School, Annapolis, as an Instructor in International Relations.
Completing that course, and the course in Communications and Applied Communications, he was detached in May 1933.Ī year on board the USS Mississippi, a unit of Battleship Division Three, Battle Force, was followed by duty from June 1934 until June 1936 as Radio Officer on the Staff of Commander Battleship Division One, Battle Force, USS Texas, flagship. In July 1929 he reported to the USS Camden, for service until May 193, when he returned to Annapolis, for the General Line Course at the Naval Postgraduate School. In September 1925 he was transferred to the USS Overton, and served on board that destroyer, a unit of Division Fourteen, Scouting Fleet, until June 1929, with the time out, Newport to June 1927, for instruction at the Naval Torpedo School, Newport, Rhode Island.
Upon graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1924, he was assigned to the USS Utah, operating with Battleship Division Two, Scouting Fleet.
Graduate and commissioned Ensign on June 4, 1924, he subsequently advanced in rank of that Rear Admiral, to date from May 1, 1952. He was graduated from Chelsea, Massachusetts, High School, and entered the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on July 29, 1920, as a Midshipman from the Ninth District of Massachusetts. Howard Lyman Collins was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, on October 26, 1903, son of George A.
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