Rear Admiral George DeMetropolis
"Before
assuming command of the USS Pringle in Sept. of 1943,
George DeMetropolis served as Assistant Damage Control Officer
and Assistant First Lieutenant from March 1941 to April 1943
aboard the Battleship USS North Carolina. According to a
biography
I have from the Navy Biographies Branch dated 5 June 1957
the
chronological transcript of service lists service on the USS Pringle
as Commanding Officer from April 1943 to June 1944."
Jan DeMetropolis