Cleveland (LPD 7 CL 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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Table of contents CO XO 4- 7 Parting Shots 8 Deck Department 10 Admin Department 27 Supply Department 33 Engineering Department 43 Medical Dental Department 59 Air Department 63 Navigation Department 71 Communications Department 75 Operations Department 79 BMU-1 ACU-1 84-86 CLEVELAND Marines 87 Troop CO XO lst Sgt 91-93 THE CRUISE 108 Wog Day - Crossing The Line 126 USMC Comes Home 150 CLEVELAND Homecoming 152 Credits 156 In Memoriam 158

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COMMANDING OFFICER - Capt. R. B. McPherson Captain Roger B. McPherson graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957, after which he entered flight training. He received his Naval Aviator designation in October 1958 and reported to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron TWO in San Diego. He later served as a U.S. Naval Academy engineering instructor, while earning a Master ' s Degree in Personnel Administration from George Washington University. He next reported to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron ELEVEN in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. In 1967, Captain McPherson served with the Seawolves of Helicopter Attack (light) Squadron THREE in the Republic of Vietnam. He was Officer- In-Charge of a detachment in the Mekong Delta, and flew over 200 combat missions. He next reported to the Naval Test Pilot School at Potuxent River, Maryland. Upon graduation, he was appointed head of the ASW and Rotary Wing Branch of the Service Test Division at NATC. One of his major programs. Helicopter Mine Countermeasures RDT and E, led to his next tour as the first Executive Officer and later Commanding Officer of Helicopter Mine Countermea- sures Squadron TWELVE, which conducted the mine-sweeping of Haiphong Harbor in 1973. Captain McPherson ' s next tour was as Air Officer and later Executive Officer of USS INCHON (LPH-12). Then followed a tour of service on the staff of the Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic and assignment as Commanding Officer of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron ONE, the East Coast training squadron for the SH-3 Sea King. In 1978 he reported as Executive Officer for the commissioning crew of USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3). His most recent duty was on the staff of the Commander , Anti-Submarine Warfare Wing, Pacific. Captain McPherson assumed command of USS CLEVELAND (LPD7) on 22 December 1981. He and his wife Carmen reside in Coronado, California.