Durham (LKA 114) - Naval Cruise Book

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First CO CAPTAIN JOHN DONALD STENSRUD, U.S. NAVY Commanding Officer Captain John Donald Stensrud, USN, was born in lVlcCanna, N.D. The son of the late T.O. Stensrud and Mabel Grodahl Stensrud, he received his B.A. degree from Mayville State College, lVlayville, N.D., and his lVl.S. in education from the University of North Dakota. He was commissioned in 1943, then served aboard the destroyer escort USS BORUIVI lDE 7901. ln 1946, he left active duty but joined the reserves. In August 1951, Captain Stensrud returned to active duty with the Naval Schools Command, Treasure Island. Later he became executive officer and the commanding officer of the salvage lifting vessel USS IVIENDER lARSD 21. He was augmented into the regular Navy in September 1955. After attending the Damage Control and ABC Defense Command School, Captain Stensrud served in the heavy cruiser USS COLUIVIBUS lCA 741 until February 1958, when he was assigned to the staff of Commander lVline Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Later he became executive officer and navigator of the destroyer USS CUNNINGHAIVI lDD7521. On June 17, 1961 Captain Stensrud became commanding officer of the radar picker escort ship USS SAVAGE lDER 3861. He attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va., from August 1963 to January 1964 when he reported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C., to direct the enlisted programs branch, recruiting divi- sion. He commanded the destroyer USS AGERHOLIVI from October 1966 to July 1968, and assumed the additional duty as Commander Destroyer Division Fifty-Two in April 1968. Captain Stensrud is married to the former lVliss lVlary E. Ringstad of Aneta, N.D. Captain and lVlrs. Stensrud have two children, a daughter, 'Caren Ann, married to Captain Walter C. Whittier, U.S. Armyp and a son, John. I

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