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William A. Walsh, Jr. Commanding Officer sion- sh i ed aboard S GRAY (FF-10: fncer anJ ' m Propulsion Assistant. Commander William Alovsiu Walsh, Jr. was bom in Phil- adelphia, Pennsyly »i ;flr SBI|l!l 1 2. A graduate of Monsignor Buaner High School in Drexel l ennsylvania, he attended me United States Naval Academy -at ' Annapolis, Marylajjd where he, received a Bachefdr of Science. ' B.egree in Manogiement Science. Following graduation and com inpj ] ine 1 74 mmander Wals munications Ofhcer ana Main h ' ropu mpletion of a deploymett] li| the Western Pacific IndD cean, Commandtr WeJsh wq selected for overseas duty wi ersonnel Exchange Program onboard HMS Fife (D-20). He a graduate from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, EnglancW where he attended th€ yeut ||nt8 |£Teenwich Course. H( ,ed me Surface Wajiare Officers School culum at Newpi y of Newport Aw| agement. From No mander ' Walsh FLATLEY (F, and Pe Isubsequendy atte I Department Head Iwas awarded the [Leadership and I November 198 [Engineer of U Ithe Mediterr. ISurface Warf; IDirector of FF )ecember 198 FFG-28). From, alsh was assij ' fficers Rhode Island anci d for Excellence in l itaber 1980 through ' ! signed as Chief 21). Followir deployment to s f, he ywks signed to the J Comma c n Nevyrport as,, ngmeen pi rainmg tiiming to sea ii s ed as Executive Dffic of USS BOO er 198 0 Janua?5 ' ' 2, Commandi ed to OPNAV as ActiqnQnicer and Bran ad in the nffl ' ' -hp ' ' p ' lt]- Thirf nffrr-il Operations s. Policy arn perations (OP-06). Hea pdmed Com: of USS Boone on H Juiiu 1993. - ' . Cfwntmander Walsh ' s awards include the Legion oftVlerit, Meritc W s Service tedal. Navy Commesft jation MeAf Navy AchieveiHent Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Nanonal De- fense Ser ' ice4» dal, Southwest Asia,Sgrvice.Medal, and Hu- manitarian Servree Medal. -- -fTT Commander WalsKTS-coanied 3; Trerormer Nancy Lynn Allison of Columbus, Ohio. They have two sons. William Morgan BJ (5), and Ryan Thomas (4). Look Boss! The Plane — The Plane! YM Leams the art of boarding Sheep Ships!
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{GONE is named for the late Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone, Medical Drps, United States Navy. Admiral )one was bom in St. Clair, PA, on ugust 29, 1889. He was awarded the ation ' s highest military honor, the edal of Honor, for extraordinary ;roism while serving with the Ma- les in World War 1, during which he so earned the Army Distinguished :rvice Cross and Silver Star Medal as ssistant Division Surgeon of the Sec- id Army Division. VICE ADMIRAL JOEL T. BOONE 1889-1974 USS BOONE (FFG-28) is a member of the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided mis- sile frigates. She is designed to improve the capability of surface combatants to defend non-carrier forces and conduct anti- submarine warfare in conjunction with oth- er sea control forces to ensure use of es- sential sea lines of communications. She is the product of the most thorough design and testing program for ship construction undertaken in recent years. The lead ship was completed two years before the second ship of the class, allowing full testing and modification of engineering, weapons, and command control systems before finaliza- tion of design. UNITED STATES SHIP BOONE (FFG-28) SHIP ' S CHARACTERISTICS JILT BY TODD PACDTC SHIPYARDS CORP, SEATTLE, WA EEL LAID 27 MARCH 1979 UNCHED 16 JANUARY 1980 OMMISSIONED ... 15 MAY 1982 iNGTH 454 FEET iAM 45 FEET ISPLACEMENT 4100 TONS OMPLEMENT 14 OFFICERS, 167 ENLISTED ARMAMENT MK 13 GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHER — HARPOON ANTI-SURFACE MISSILE — STANDARD ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE 76MM MK 76 RAPID FIRE GUN MK32 ASW TORPEDO TUBES MK15 MOD I PHALANX CLOSE-WEAPONS SYSTEM COMBAT SYSTEMS . . . AN SPS-49 AIR SEARCH RADAR AN SPS-55 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR MK 92 FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AN SLQ-32 ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM AN SQS-56 DIGITAL SONAR AN SQQ-89 SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM NIXIE DECOY SYSTEM SRBOC DECOY SYSTEM NAVAL TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM
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