Denver (LPD 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN ROBERT E. BODAMER, USN Captain Robert E. Bodamer assumed command of USS DENVER (LPD-9) on 9 June 1971 while the ship was moored in the harbor of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. His previous assignment was as Commander, Destroyer Division 212. Captain Bodamer was born in Columbus, Ohio and still considers Tiffin, Ohio his home, although he and his family presently live in Imperial Beach, California. Captain Bodamer ' s wife is the former Patricia A. Shoquist of Des Moines, Iowa. They have a son Steven. Captain Bodamer began his Navy career in 1943 when he entered the University of Wisconsin in the Navy V-12 program. In August 1944 he was transferred to the University of Minnesota where he was commissioned an Ensign, 20 February 1946 and received his BS degree. Captain Bodamer attended the General Line School, Monterey, California in 1948 and the U.S. Naval Post- graduate School and Carnegie Institute of Technology from August 1951 to June 1954 when he received the degree of Master of Science in Metallurgy. In 1968 Captain Bodamer attended intensive language courses in Chinese in Washington, D.C. before going to Taiwan for naval attache duty. Other of his duty stations include a tour as Executive Officer onboard USS DUNCAN (DDR- 874); Commanding Officer of USS PICKET (AGR-7), USS PORTERFIELD (DD-682), and USS MORTON (DD-984); and Director Surface and Amphibious Programs at the Office of Naval Research. Other previous experience in amphibious operations includes duty as boat group com- mander onboard USS WASHBURN (AKA-108) during the landing at Inchon and Wonson. Korea.

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COMMANDER JOHN J. FLYNN, JR., USN Commander John J. Flynn, Jr., reported aboard USS DENVER for duty as Executive Officer on 24 March 1971 after graduating from the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. Commander Flynn was born in Newport, Rhode Island and was graduated from De La Salle Academy there in 1952. He began his Naval career as a seaman recruit in 1953. Following g radu- ation from Manhattan College and commissioning as an Ensign in 1956, he served in seagoing billets in the destroyer and submarine forces, including five patrols as navigator and operations officer of the Polaris submarine USS WOODROW WILSON. Following a tour as Executive Officer of USS REDFISH in 1968, CDR FLYNN served as an operations analyst on the staff of Commander Anti- submarine Warfare Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Commander Flynn is a bachelor whose parents reside in Newport, Rhode Island. His brother is a battalion commander with the 8th Infantry Division in Germany. Commander Flynn currently resides in Coronado, California. Si 1