Mazama (AE 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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F mer Executive Officer or Hai'-ls.sif,fil,r . f Hdfvofd LCDR JQHN J, STEWART received ond,AI.B.SZl:sJf?n lil-nwport and University in l953. He attended Officer Cond' 0 e . - fter commu' . . first tour Cl received a reserve commission the same year. HIS ' - l. , . 5 HALE CDD 642 nications school, was an operations officer aboard the U5 TEWART com' ln 1957 as a Lieutenant and Sian aboard the HALE MR- 5 I . R serve. pleted his active duty and transferred into the N0V0l e e USS ln i962 LT. STEWART became first Lieutenanfdobijclj tllvqo Med DIAMOND HEAD CAE-197. Eighteen months later he ho gto Lieutenant cruises and another to the Caribbean and had been promotg Georgia and Commander. Then came orders to Air Intercept School mClC and later more sea duty aboard the USS NORTHAMPTON KCC-ll 05 as gunnery officer. T Shore aafy took LCDR STEWART to fha Paaragon On the 0 aaa cations Staff of the Assist t C . h 0 an hief of Naval Operations where he e the Surface and Shore Readiness Section. , - Officer LCDR STEWART relieved LCDR SWEENEY as Executive of th e MAZAMA on 28 F b . ' l'1C1Ve e ruary l968. He and his Wife Stephonle three daughte ' ' ' ' rs and live in Davisville, R. l.

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Commanding Cfflcer BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN PETER W VISCARDI USN Captaun Peter W Vuscardr was born n New Orleans Lourslana rn l923 After or tendmg Loyola Unwersuty of the South he en tered flnght traunnng os a Naval Avlatlon Cadet un I942 and was commas toned an Ens gn and desngnated Naval Avnator an I9-44 aptaun Vnscarde rlutue have ' left Torpedo Squadron I8 Tulane Unlver lt, Gen eral Lane School Monterey Cnlrfurnla CIC School Aer Antnsubmarlne Squadr Nl 22 A le to Commander Corner Own-soon SIXTEEN Armed Forces Specual Weapon Protect Son Transport Squadron 22 Fleet Arr Support Squadron THREE and Operatmnf. Oltnrer for Commander Naval Anr Base TWELFTH Naval Dustrnct He reported lor duty o Executwe Oftucer of V 3 an March l963 la ADH' l9o-1 he became Commanding Otfacer of VS 23 Alter sen. ng ID that capacrty untul March V965 he became Operatlons Oltncer of the USS YORlxTONNN He then became Executave Ottncer t NORKTOWN on l February I966 Or 7 Scfvtember l966 he was detached Ond rc lr fred n tw the Chret of Naval Operatuons rx l O t ter N66 Os Asssstant Branch Head P s OP 5083 On l8 July l wel L rm rw A H Cummnngs as Com 1 3 Ott er USS MAZAMA lAE 97 lift N. acardr rf, morrned to the f fr Pntr o llrrdx ol Mnomu Flo ey t lmghtcr and two sons and 1 c rm at uarters 1 l A stat Ouonscl poant Rhode S ii i 4-15-s ! l I l ' I I I 1 Q. ,' ' - I I ' - S l . ' , S 1 f ' -- ' . ' I I E Y' 4 . :T ' ' - ' C :S Q' -' IHCHYH - x L. L Q u ' ' I l - 3 tl A-.r,1t. A-rm lcjrm 2 968, ' , - I , r I tw rein: r To W I - L ,Q A gr S FYMJYM lftr :L V ' . Y T' r 1 1 Lllgt co 1 Of- dla Base, Albuquerque, New Mr-mco, Arr Wt ' NNT, r nfs , , 'J Q , , I tw Htl' 'fur l r S , OTC , . Q. pr fgcrltl-, r mul 'J , O O , U. - - , Q Mfg fr C r wry P , , l l- - sez owl no 0 I l 'T K' ' ' f ll U . A D 'HE v .. ' 'R .1 I 1 ja K 1 . ,

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Present Executive Cfficer -r lr LCDR DON L SMITH, the present Executive Officer, from Clermont, Florida, entered the Navy in June l9Sl and served aboard the USS, CHOURRE lARV-ll and various other electronic repoir units ln April l957 he entered Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island and was commissioned an Ensign in September of the some year He has had the following assignments prior to reporting to the MAZAMA in August I969: U.SiS. SAUFLEY lEEDE-4657 - Engineer Offlcer BJU-TWO, NORFOLK, VA -- Operations Officer U.S.S. OXFORD CAG-l59l - Navigator Naval Past Graduate School - Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, and Staff Graduate work in Communications Commander Middle East Farce - Staff Communications Officer LCDR SMITH is married ta the former Ann C, Hough of Clermont, Florida. The SMlTH'S have three l3l children: Adela, Russell and Karl.