Melvin Richley

Interview Outline

00:32 What division were you a part of when you were at Cal Maritime?
01:11 How was it coming in with only fifteen students in your class?
01:39 How many instructors were at the Academy during your time? Are there any instructors in particular that stick out in your memory?
04:32 What was the first cruise you went on?
05:11 Did you go on three different cruises?
06:12 What was Pearl Harbor like a few years after the attack?
07:28 As a cadet on the commercial ship, were you expected to socialize only with the officers?
09:32 What kind of training did you do on cruise?
10:56 What responsibilities did you have in the engine room on the training ship? How was it decided which cadets would have certain roles?
11:35 What was your second training cruise like?
12:16 What were the campus building and living arrangements like on campus?
15:42 What classes did you take while you were at Cal Maritime?
16:28 Why did you decide to attend Cal Maritime?
22:21 What ports did you visit during your senior cruise?
26:59 What was your uniform like when you were at Cal Maritime?
28:02 Do you still keep in touch with a lot of your classmates? Did most of them go to sea?
29:44 You went directly to USC after Cal Maritime to study accounting?
34:34 Did you go to Korea during the war?
42:52 Is there anything else you'd like to add?
43:14 When you were a student at Cal Maritime, did you imagine that the school would evolve to what it is today?