Mississippi (CGN 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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rn in New Bedford. Mas- C tain Taylor was bo Eilfsetts on December 22, 1935. He graduated IZII11 the U.S. Naval Academy in June of 1960. He then joined the USS ABBOT CDD-6292 in Newport, Rhode Island and served as Main Pro- t'l pulsion Assistant, and Engineer' Officer uni March 1963. Duty aboard ABBOT included oper- d ean with ations in the Artic and Me iterran , CENTO Forces in the Indian Ocean and partici- pation in the Cuban missile crisis and quaran- tine operations. Subsequent assignments in the Surface Nuclear Power Program included lead- ing EOOW and Assistant to the Engineer for Training at the D1G Prototype in West Milton. New York. In 1966, he was assigned as Engineer Officer, USS HOEL IDDG-132 out of San Diego and participated in Northern SAR and gunline operations in Southeast Asia. In 1967 he was selected as a Navy Olmsted Scholar. This tour included studies at the De- fense Language Institute, Institute of Political Studies at the University of Grenoble in France, and the American University in Washington, D.C. He was awarded a French Diplome d'Etat with distinction and a Master of Arts in Interna- tional Studies. Captain Taylor then assumed duties as Main Propulsion Assistant, USS ENTERPRISE ICVN- 651, an assignment which included nuclear refu- eling and subsequent deployment to Southeast Asia and to the Indian Ocean. In 1972 he report- ed to the USS HALSEY KCG-231 Precommission- ing Unit in San Diego and subsequently partici- pated in HALSEY'S commissioning in Bath, Maine and deployment of the Pacific. Duty in HALSEY included implementation of the first shipwide Combat Systems organization. He then served in Washington, D.C. as Head, Surface Nuclear Power Branch and Head, Naval Reac- tors Branch in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Captain Taylor assumed command of the USS SEMMESIDDG-181 in 1978 and deployed to the Mediterranean when he was ordered to com- mand of USS MISSISSIPPI ICGN-401. JaE:PSL3lflsyI3fr: married to the former Mary ewport News, Virginia, and they have two sons, Raynor and Andrew, ' .J Captain Ra nor A. K. Taylor , if ,Mi 5 5 A in f . F -i .e 5, - sf . g e g ' 1 42 '- s ki 3' ' A 5 i 'Y , ff' rg Q Q, ' 1,-gg: 3 -w 5 . L AQ .nfs X, E 1, 'E C l -' f- It Q I M K . y i I f , , 4 '- Q 'gifs N K . SS X Q W S . , x ssh X MQQS. . -5 . C - - Q9 I gets, 18 .. N-if S' at M . , I C , Xb'

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ll' 1:-1' Executive fficer June 1981 - April 1983 J ,ex ' A ,-'X d..,... I 'f :W f 3 ms' Q pq X X97 NX 5 y 3 - p . V I' X i XX, '32-i Pi li i 1'-V9 Q' 3' 0 '1Zggf'v-g,f' iif flJmw:g?,?if't.1i5i.. f 'l Q CDR Ralph Llpfert - A g et :foo if-si. 5 . e CDR Ralph Lipfert was born in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 1945. grew ' L' e f! A N up a service junior living various places on the eastern seaboard. He graduated Ei, ,k -l 5 3 N ,lg 'fl N' . from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1966, and immediately entered Surface Muhr P . f ' 'Il-3 Q ll ' ,,....,,, Nuclear Propulsion School in Bainbridge, Maryland and West Milton, New F A17 1Ws 'fN'-A-'--Ya'--EQ.: lug ' 1 - York. Following completion of nuclear power training, CDR Lipfert was as- sm I' 'Q signed to USS TRUXTONKCGN-351 in Long Beach, California where his duties 'Q 'f- g ' 4 included Reactor Controls Division Officer and Electrical Officer. Duty aboard gl . TRUXTONincluded two deployments to Southeast Asia and a trip to the of ' ' Japan when the USS PUEBLO was captured. - gf' .4 I Crossing the country for shore duty, CDR Lipfert spent two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying Ocean Engineering. He next ' joined the Precommissioning Crew of the USS NIMITZ KCVFV-683 as Reartor -- Mechanical Assistant. After that rewarding tour he was next stationed on the A Commissioning Crew of the USS VIRGINIA KCGN-382, as the Engineer Officer. This demanding but also rewarding assignment included line' entire progmlrmrfz il. plant test program, commissioning, and the long weapons systems Kl'i?Vl'H!l! 1 .E following commissioning. L 1 ff' X After a brief stay at the Armed Forces Staff Cfsiiefgfz, CDR l.ipff'a'2, 5 f f' staff of Admiral H.G. Rickover at Naval Reartrire in Wnsliiufltors. reported as Executive Officer of the USS 1WiSSl.?.Q.fPi1iHYIN-ff:?j, CDR F married to the former Christine Bonds and they rr-tiff: ' 'Hrggiziiez their three children, Jennifer, Michael, and .:f:lm, 20 fa.-va., .m Ns v3'wu.vx.:zHfrA2:'v - ' J.,-'H yfggx-mm.