Claude V Ricketts (DDG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CDR G. Thomas Forbes Apr 78-Jan 80 LCDR Paul H. Donaldson Jan 80- I I

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COMMANDING OFFICER Commander Thomas Andrew York United States Navy A native of Kansas, Commander York was educated at the Kansas State University and was a member of the English Department faculty while a graduate student. In December 1960, he was commissioned Ensign USNR from the U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island and subsequently was assigned sea duty in Mine Division Seventy-one. Other sea duty assignments included Staff, Mine Flotilla One homeported in Sasebo, Japan; USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6); USS MANSFIELD (DD-728) homeported at Yokosuka, Japan; Aide and Flag Secretary to Commander-Destroyer Flotilla Six; and Executive Officer in USS JOHN KING (DDG-3). Commander York ' s shore assignments have been in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, the Headquarters of U.S. Navy Recruiting Command and most recently in the Strategic Plans and Policy Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. A graduate of the U.S. Navy Destroyer School and the Armed Forces Staff College, Commander York resides with his wife, the former Mary Lucille Crain, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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DEPT HEADS LT Sven Ekiof Operations jun 78-Jan 80 LT Michael Goldman Operations Dec 79 LT Howie Cronauer Supply LT Joseph Gimma CHENG •W, ( «.• LT Michael Snyder Weapons Jun 78-Jan 80 LT Pete Marzluff Weapons Dec 79