Meyerkord (DE 1058) - Naval Cruise Book

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mf .-,W 1 , , , F -,, ,, 4, , ',,- --,r 'xaf-'fwa4'a41Yltnfrv ' , ,, 1 1, 3 -,::, f'ie1:2gi,.Z4.,..a!..4'. ' Lalakif .....4I'n'dp'.I1..:2,..in5al'-.3 . A A F ,VIA V, . .., ..,.. ,..-. W.- ..-,R V. A - - FORMER co MA DI G OFFICER CDR W.L. CHADICK 1 , 1: .ff ,A W R He said he would paint it himself, and he did. because the gun shot so well that day. A native of East Texas. Commander CHADICK was born in Texarkana. After attending Texarkana College and the University of Texas, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in June. 1954. Upon graduation. he reported to the USS MULIPHEN QAKA-617 in September, 1958. where he served as CIC Officer and Electronics Material Officer. From November 1960. un- til June. 1962. he served in the USS CANBERRA QCAG-25 as Amistant Missile Officer. In June, 1962. Commander CHADICK became an Assistant. Professor of Naval Science at the NROTC unit of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Following a two year tour at Tulane, he served as Weapons Officer of the USS SEMMES QDDG-181 at Charleston, South Carolina. During this period. SEMMES participated in a major fleet Technical Pro- ject, two Mediteranean deployments. and the Dominican Republic Operation. ei, U v. Commander CHADICK reported to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in August, 1966, as Assistant for Surface Missile Systems Operations and Readiness. In 1968-69, he attended the Command and Staff course at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.l. Prior to reporting to the USS MEYERKORD CDE-10587 in -July, 1971, he served as Executive Officer ofthe USS FUREH CDEG-Bl. After being relieved by CDR Robert J. KERRIGAN on January 3, 1973, while the ship lay moored in Hong Kong harbor, CDR CHADICK departed for San Diego to move his family to Yokosuka, Japan, where he is now serving on the Staff of the Com- mander SEVENTH Fleet. Commander CHADICK is married to the former LaNell CHADWICK ofNacogdoches, Texas. The couple has three children: Melanie 11, Melinda 10, and Kathleen T.