Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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CUMMANDING CFFICER Captain Frank R. Fahland, USN Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he began his career by enlisting as a Seaman in 1943. While in boot camp, he won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy from his home district in Nebraska. He graduated with distinction and was commissioned in 1950. The next five years meant sea duty with ser- vice in the destroyer USS N. K. PERRY QDD 8833 operating in Mediterranean waters and in USS ESSEX QCVA 91 in the Korean theatre during that conflict. Later he served as an aide to the admiral commanding Cruiser Divisions ONE and FIVE. Lieutenant Fahland entered the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1955 and was awarded the degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He commanded the gasoline tanker USS PECATONICA QAOG 571 from 1958 to 1960, while she convoyed Mutual Assistance Pact ships across the Atlantic and supported U.S. Na- val facilities in the Caribbean during the Cuban crisis. ln 1961 he graduated from the U.S. Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. Following graduation, he was given an op- portunity to demonstrate his technical ability with duty at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He worked in the Polaris Missile and ABM programs. Lieutenant Commander Fahland again returned to sea as Executive Officer of the Destroyer USS HAMNER QDD 7181. Another promotion and another command were soon in store for this naval officer The now Commander Fahland commanded the destroyer USS BAUSELL QDD 8451 off the coast of South Vietnam and in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1965 and 1966. He was awarded the Navy Commenda- tion Medal with Combat V. From 1966 to 1969 Commander Fahland served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense lSystem Analysisj, where his work con- cerned both the effort in Southeast Asia and resource analysis of strategic force programs. For this service he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. ln 1969 Captain Fahland was ordered to sea as pre-commissioning Commanding Officer of the amphibious assult ship USS NASHVILLE QLPD 131. In 1971 he commenced training in nuclear power. He assumed -command of USS LONG BEACH QCGN 91 on 25 September 1972 in the Gulf of Tonkin. Captain Fahland is married to the former Miss Dorothy Bomer of Sands Point, Long Island, New York. With their son, Chris, they now live in San Pedro, California. ..

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EXECUTIVE Born in Cleveland, Commander Bossart attended Cleveland Heights High School, where he graduated in 1951. He then attended the United States Naval Academy, where he was commissioned as Ensign in 1955. Following graduation, Ensign Bossart got a taste of sea duty in the traditional way. His first tour of duty was aboard the destroyer USS STEPHEN PORTER QDD 5381 as Damage Control Assistant. He was then assigned to the USS ABBOT QDD 6291 in March of 19565 he again was the Damage Control Assistant and CIC Of- ficer. ln 1956 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. ln June of 1957 Lieutenant fjunior gradel Bossart became a member of the Staff of COM- CRUDIV 4 as Flag Lieutenant. He made Lieute- nant in June of 1959. ln July of 1959 Lieutenant Bossart was assigned to another destroyer, the USS FOREST SHERMAN QDD 931l, where he served as Operations Officer. Here he remained until July of 1961. Commander GFFICER He attended the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1963, when he studied advanced weapons systems. He was promoted to Lieute- nant Commander in 1964 and attended Nuclear Power School in Bainbridge, Maryland. ln 1965 he went to the Nuclear Power Training Unit in Idaho Falls. In September of 1965 Lieutenant Com- mander Bossart reported U aboard the USS ENTERPRISE QCVAN 651. Keeping on the move, Lieutenant Commander Bossart was transferred to the destroyer escort USS SCHOFIELD QDEG 3l. He continued as the Executive Officer of USS SCHOFIELD until 1969 when he was reassigned to OPNAV in the Head Satellite Navigation and Geophysics Branch. He was promoted to the rank of Commander in February of 1969. Commander Bossart became a plank owner of the USS DOWNES QDE 1070l as Commanding Officer in August of 1971. He reported aboard USS LONG BEACH QCGN 91 as Executive Officer in August of 1973. Commander Bossart is entitled to wear the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Defense Medal with one star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and both the Vietnam Service Medal with four stars, and the Vietnam Defense Medal. Commander Bossart is married to the former Lillian Schmidt of Beaver Creek, Oregon. They have one son Edmund B., lll. Edmund B. Bossart, Jr., USN