Mahan (DLG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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I AM VERY PLEASED AND PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 4TH MAHAN CRUISE BOOK, AND VOLUME I OF A TWO VOLUME EDITION THAT WILL COVER OUR TWO YEAR VVESTPAC CRUISE. BETWEEN THESE COVERS ONE CAN FIND REFLECTED ON EVERY PAGE THE SPIRIT OF MAHAN, AND THE MEMORIES OF HER FIRST YEAR IN THE ORIENT. MEMORIES OF PORTS, FRIENDSHIPS, HOMECOMINGS, SEPARATIONS, LEISURE HOURS, HARD WORK, PLEAS- ANT TIMES, AND TIMES NOT SO PLEASANT, BUT ALL fMEMORIES. MEMORIES THAT STRETCH FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES COASTLINE TO THE FARTHEST REACHES OF THE EXOTIC FAR EAST. MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT WOULD NOT BE FORGOT- TEN CERTAINLY, BUT ARE RECORDED HERE FOR POSTERITY LEST THEY DIM WITH AGE. I FEEL THIS CRUISE BOOK SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURES THE HIGH SPIRIT AND MORALE OF THE CREW, A CREW I CALL THE FINEST I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH DURING MY YEARS IN THE NAVY, AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE BEEN CALLED THEIR CAPTAIN. I WOULD HOPE THAT EACH OF YOU HAS ENIOYED THIS PAST YEAR ON MAHAN AS MUCH AS I HAVE ENIOYED BEING YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER. HERE FOR YOU IS A RECORD OF THAT YEAR'S EVENTS AND ACT IV ITIESg A RECORD TO WHICH EACH OF YOU HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY MY WISH IS THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SHIP YOU THE SPIRIT THAT WAS MAHAN 1968 1969 WILL REFER TO THE BOOK OFTEN AND REMEMBER THE CREW, THE TIME, THE PLACE,

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COMMANDING OFFICER , . . ,li N., ,- ,. . N wk X . N X QXNX I. XX A JAk Q wi S S Q N . GX CDR DAVID M. ALTWEGG COMMANDER DAVID M. ALTWEGG WAS BORN ON 24 FEBRUARY 1930 IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, THE SON OF EMIL AND ALLENE CMATTSON5 ALTWEGG. AFTER ENTERING THE NAVY IN MAY 1947, COMMANDER ALTWEGG ATTENDED THE AVIATION ELECTRONICS SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE ENTERING THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. HE WAS GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY WITH THE CLASS OF 1952 AND COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AT THAT TIME. COMMANDER ALTWEGG FIRST SERVED IN THE ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ORISKANY CCVA 345 AS A DIVISION OFFICER WHILE THE SHIP WAS OPERATING IN THE PACIFIC WITH THE SEVENTH FLEET. DETACHED FROM ORISKANY IN JULY 1954, HE REPORTED AS AIDE AND FLAG LIEUTENANT TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION ONE FOR THE FOL- LOWING TWO YEARS. DETACHED FROM COMCRUDIV ONE IN JULY 1956, COMMANDER ALTVVEGG NEXT REPORTED TO THE U. S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE STUDIED FOR TWO YEARS TO RECEIVE HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER- ING. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES, THIS TIME AT THE MASSACHU- SETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOIOGY IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. HE WAS AWARDED A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE FOLLOWING COURSE COMPLETION IN JUNE 1959. RETURNING TO SEA DUTY, COMMANDER ALTWEGG WAS ATTACHED TO THE DETROYER, USS CONE CDD 8665 AS OPERATIONS OFFICER AND NAVIGATOR DURING THE SHIP'S OPERATIONS WITH THE SECOND AND SIXTH FLEETS FROM JULY 1959 TO JANUARY 1961. FROM CONE HE WAS ORDERED TO THE U. S. NAVAL GUIDED MISSILE SCHOOL, DAMNECK, VIRGINIA TO STUDY BRIEFLY BEFORE REPORTING ON BOARD THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATEJ USS BAINBRIDGE CDLG CND 255, AS WEAPONS OFFICER. DETACHED FROM BAINBRIDGE IN DECEMBER 1963, COMMANDER ALTWEGG SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED IN THE GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE USS DEWEY CDLG 145 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNTIL FEBRUARY 1965. AFTER FURTHER STUDIES AT THE NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER SCHOOL IN BAINBRIDGE, MARY- LAND, AND AT THE NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT IN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, COM- MANDER ALTWEGG REPORTED AS FORCE ARMAMENT OFFICER TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER-DESTROYER FORCE, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS AT- TACHED TO COMCRUDESPAC FROM MARCH 1966 TO JUNE 1968, WHEN HE RETURNED TO FRIGATE DUTY AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF USS MAHAN CDLG 115. COMMANDER ALTWEGG HAS BEEN AWARDED, THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, THE KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, THE KOREAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO STARS, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, AND THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR ROBERT E. RUMNEY LCDR RUMNEY IS A RESIDENT OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN E. RUMNEY. HE ATTENDED NEW BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, GRADUATING FROM THE ACADEMY IN 1957. UPON GRADUATION LCDR RUMNEY WORKED FOR A YEAR WITH AMERICAN EXPORT LINES AS A JUNIOR THIRD ASSISTANT ENGINEER. HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN SEPTEMBER 1958. HIS FIRST ACTIVE DUTY WAS AS ENGINEER OFFICER ABOARD USS DANIEL A. JOY QDE 585D FROM SEPTEMBER 1958 TO JULY 1960 AND THEN AS OPERATIONS OFFICER UNTIL JULY 1961. IN 1961 HE REPORTED ABOARD USS UTE CATF 765 AND SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNTIL JUNE 1963. IN 1963 LCDR RUMNEY ENTERED U. S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AND ATTENDED THROUGH MAY 1966. HE COMPLETED THE ENGINEERING SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND NAVAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AND WAS AWARDED A BS DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HE REPORTED ABOARD USS STERETT CDLG 315 IN SEPTEMBER 1966 AS ENGINEER OFFICER AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL REPORTING AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ABOARD MAHAN IN APRIL OF 1968.