Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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