Lawrence (DDG 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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richard glenn murphy, a graduate of the naval academy, spent his early naval career aboard uss princeton cvs-37 and uss cogswell dd-651. his first shore tour was spent at the naval academy where he served as weapons instructor. commander murphy returned to sea in the summer of 1961 and served as executive officer aboard uss daniel a. joy de-585, and uss van voorhis de-1028. he then attended the u. s. naval post graduate school which led to a master of science degree in management and returned to sea as commanding officer of uss gallant mso-489 in june 1964. his next assignment was in the bureau of naval personnel, where he served as a placement officer in the officer distribution division. from august 1968 until january 1969 he attended the armed forces staff college in norfolk, virginia. in march 1969 he began a years tour with the u. s. naval forces in vietnam where he served successively as commander, van co river interdiction group, commander, river assault squadrons eleven and thirteen, and as the sealords operations officer. commander murphy assumed command of lawrence in civitavecchia, italy on 3 may 1970. he is married to the former lynn kidd of baltimore, maryland and they have three daughters, mary, nancy, and joanne, and a son, richard.

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john marlan poindexter was born in washington, indiana On 12 august 1936, he graduated from high school in oden, indiana and entered the united states naval academy in iune 1954. after graduation from the naval academy on 4 june 1958 he served as electronics material officer of the uss holder fdde- 8195. in august 1959 he continued his education under the junior line officer advanced scientific edu- ational program. he began a course of studies in nuclear physics at california institute of technology leading to a master of science degree in physics in june 1961 and a doctor of phi- losophy degree in june 1964. lie u t e n an t commander poin- dexter was then assigned as assistant engineer officer of the uss prebble fdlg-151, from sep- tember to december 1964 he attended the crudespac engine- ering school. he returned to sea as chief engineer of the uss william v. pratt fdlg-135. in the summer of 1966 he began a shore tour as a staff member of the manpower requirements directorate office of the assist- ant secretary of defense fsystem analysisy, lieutanant commander poindexter re- ported to uss lawrence fddg-4y as executive officer in sep- tember 1969. lieutenant c o m m a n d e r poin- dexter is authorized to wear the meritorious service a n d national defense service medals. he is married to the former linda goodwin of indianapolis, indiana and they have four sons, daniel, alan, mark, and thomas. Icdr john m. poindexter uin executive officer A lcdr costello 195111 long SI'1gl1'1GGI'l1'1g We apgns