Dyess (DDR 880) - Naval Cruise Book

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r -.f ,-,,.,..,. ..-,..,,.-. V .- - ,...- ,.,, -1 ,., .....,Yf-cf --f-.. . .L COMMANDER ERANK C. MEAD iifl 95593 When CDR Erank C. MEAD Took command of The DYESS on 7 January l966, he broughT To The posiTion a fine 'v2'0l:lucaTion in addiTion To a well-rounded miliTary background. l-le maiored in governmenT aT Wesleyan UniversiTy mg nd received his Bachelor of ArTs Degree There in l91i7. l-le wenT on To obTain a Bachelor of Laws Degree from 'mlew York Univers'iTy l.aw School in l95l. , CDR MEAD came To The DYESS from The ,loinT STaff, Cincpac. l-lis posiTion was AssisTanT l-lead of Plans and fjwolicies for all MiliTary AssisTance To The OovernmenT of The Republic of China. JusT prior To serving wiTh mllincpac, CDR MEAD had over Three sTraighT years of sea duTy. EirsT, in SepTember of l96l he wenT aboard 7,lldSS WADl.ElGl'l CDD-6895 as ExecuTive Officer. During ThaT Time The WADl.ElOl-l, an ATlanTic desTroyer, was eployed To The NorTh Sea wiTh a sTriking force for The Berlin Crisis. l.aTer on, in mid - l96.'2, The Then LCDR .,?g955iEAD received orders To Rearl l-larbor To Take command of USS Wll.l-lOlTE QDER-397l. One of The Wll.l-lOlTE'S filirimary duTies was To serve in NorThern Pacific barrier air defense paTrols. ' Tw' During World War ll,CDR MEAD served as OM2 aboard The USS l'lUl.l. CDD-3505 and afTer receiving a commis- alloion as Ensign USNR, served on The USS RC-800 unTil The end of The war. AfTer compleTing undergraduaTe arid 1w Schools, he reTurned To The Navy during The Korean conflicT and served as CommunicaTions Officer aboard lSS LEARY CDDR-879D making Two Trips To The MediTerranean. l-le laTer served on USS COLLETT CDD-73Ol irsT as Gunnery Officer and Then as OperaTions Officer. During ThaT Time The COl.l.E'l'T made Two deploymer1TS o The WesTern Pacific. Following This Tour of duTy he was ordered To The USS HARVESON CDER-flfil 05 fxecuTive Officer. ln V959 he received orders To The EasT CoasT again, where he became parT of The Umm' 2sTraTive STaff of The Naval War College. CDR and Mrs. MEAD were boTh born in ConnecTicuT. They were married There in The ciTy of STGWB' -fi V947 ind now have Two children, Jeffrey age l8 and STacey age 8. CDR and Mrs. MEAD reside in MiddleTown, Qhode lsland. T' ' ' ' '- ...-.-- ..-.,-...

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Qormer Ewcufi c' Off! er i . i J coifwiANbER Huoiies l CDR HUGHES received his commission from The U.S. Naval Academy on 6 June l952. Upon graduafion fro The Academy he was assigned To The USNA Yawl SwifT as a crew member for The Bermuda Race and upo complefion was Transferred To The USS CUSHINO COO-7975 in AugusT l952. On 6 December i953 he was promof if .Y U.S. Naval Mine Warfare School, Yorkfown, Virginia enroufe. ln November l951l he was again Transferred T i The l:leeT Training Cenfer, Charlesron, S.C. for precommissioning Training and ulTimaTe assignmenT To us ' SHRIKIE CMSQ-QOH as Execufive Officer, reporfing on board in March l955. ln January T956 he was Transferre d 1 a To USS HUlVllVllNOBlRO CMSC-i925 as Commanding Officer. On l July T956 he was promofed To LT and lv' Transferred To The U.S. Naval Academy as an lnsTrucTor in July l957. ln i958 he was reassigned and became AssisTanT Secrefary, Academic Board aT The Academy. ln January T960 he was again given a new assignmeni l ROBERT A. OWENS TOO-8275. While serving on OWENS he qualified for command of OO's and was promofed i To LCDR on l Sepfember l96l. ln March i962 he was Transferred To DYESS COD-8805 as Execufive Officer and in Augusr l962' he was again Transferred To U.S. Navy Rosf Oraduafe School, Monferey, California as Ol T l sfudenf. In lvlay l96-41 he was Transferred To Naval Nuclear Rower School, Bainbridge, Md., and on lo Novemberj i964 he reporTed To Nuclear Power Training UniT, WesT Milfon SiTe, SchenecTady, N.Y. for addiTional Training. On l7 May i965 he was deTached from Nuclear Rower Training UniT and Transferred To DYESS reporTing on board 5 June i965 for his second Tour as Execufive Officer. This Time, however, The DYESS had been Trans- V UVVTIS InTO O PRAM l ASW aesfroyer. He was promoTed To The rank of Commander in June i966 and leff The ' JYESS near The end of her around-The-world deploymenf To VieT Nam in July of The same year He received orders To WashingTon in The office of The Chief of Naval Operafions, Operafions Analysis Division. He resideS T' ir g WashingTon wiTh his wife, Joan, and Their Three children. ' 4 4 'i li '44 -f -- - :gg -M sg.: J fr . ed To LTJO and in Sepfember l951l he was Transferred To Commander Mine Squadron Four Sfaff aTTending Th ' iw ' as Aide and Flag Secrefary To The Superinfendenf of The Academy. ln July of i960 he was Transferred To USS K T i