Boone (FFG 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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ADM JOEL THOMPSON BOONE (1889-1974) Bom in St. Claire. PA.. Adm. Boone was a graduate of Mercersburg Academy and Hahneman Medical College in Philadelphia. Adm. Boone, who had been with the Naxy Medical Corps since 1914 through 1950, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service with the Marines when he continued to treat the wounded after a shell blew up the Regimental .Aid Station at Belleau Wood. His highest honors came in WWI. when he served as battalion and regimental surgeon with the 6th Marine Regiment and then as assistant division suigeon of the 2nd Army division of the American E.xpeditionan. ' Forces. He participated in other campaigns and received the Distin- guished Service Cross, the Silver Star Medal with five oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart Medal with two oak leaf clusters for his service with the Army. He was one of three officers selected to liberate allied prisoners of war in Japan before the military occupation of that countr - and was Navy Medical Corps representative at the surrender ceremonies aboard the USS MISSOURI in Tokv ' o Bay. A veteran of both world wars and the Korean conflict. Adm. Boone was one of the most highly decorated doctors in the history of the Naw. In addition to the numerous decorations bestowed upon him by this country, he held decorations from France and Italy. He is suA ' ived by his wife, former Helen Koch Boone, a daughter Mrs. Milton F Heller, Jr., five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Adm. Boone died at the age of 84 after a long illness. r V. ' TlSi-t JW '

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UNITED S ' OTES SHIP BOONE -T KF- FFG-28 ' CHARACTERISTICS he USS BOONE (FFG-28) v.-as built by Todd Pacific Shiryards Coipordtion in Seattle. W hington. Her keel was laid dow-n on 27 Main 9. Ten months later, on 16 Januarv ' 1980. she was launched. On a typical Boone day, 15 May 1982, she was commissioned in the Unitd :es Na -. Length 445 Feet Beam 45 Feet Displacement 3.700 Tons Complement 13 Officers, 167 Enlisted Armament ' . . . f S MK 13 Guided Missile Launcher - Harpoon Anti-Surface Missile Standard Anti-Aircraft Missile 76 mm .MK 75 Rapid Fire Gun MK 32 ASW Torpedo Tlibes MK 46 Torpedoes MK 15 Mod 1 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System Combat Systems AN SPS49 Air Search Radar AX ' SPS-i iS Suifa.c S.mil1i Radar MK 92 Fire Control System AN SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System AN SQS-56 Digital Sonar System Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures SRBOC Decoy System Tactical Data Systems Propulsion TVvolEeneral Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines (40.000 HP) TW) 360 HP Electric Auxiliary Propulsion Units (APU) jL • One Controllable Pitch Propeller Maximum Speed ....; More than 30 Knots Air-Craft Capable of Canning fVvo Medium Size Helicopters J

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I 1 HARVEY E. ATKINSON, III COMMANDER UNITED STXTES NAVY Commander Harvey E. Atkinson. Ill, received his commission from Officer Candidate School in March 1967 after graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In April 1967 Commander Atkinson reported aboard USS VOGELGASANG (DD-862) where he sensed as First Lieutenant and Gunnery Assistant. Following a tour as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer with the Third Marine Division in Vietnam in 1969, he reported to Destroyer School as a student in April 1970. Commander Atkinson served as Weapons Officer on USS CONNOLE (DE-1056) and USS BARNEY (DDG-6) until June 1973. He attended Naval Postgraduate School between 1973 and March 1976 and received a Master ' s Degree in Meteorology. Between June 1976 and April 1979 he served as Staff Weapons Officer and TAO on Cruiser Destroyer Group ONE Staff Aboard USS O ' CALLAHAN (FF-1051 ) he was assigned as Executive Offi- cer from June 1980 to January 1982. Most recently Commander Atkinson was assigned to Naval Electronic Systems Command. Commander Atkinson is married to the former Barbara Sue Rowe. They have two children, Rebecca and Lin and Ivor Benjamin. He is authorized to wear the Navy Commendation and Nax-y Achievement Medals, the Combat Action Ribbon and various campaign and service medals.