Mississippi (CGN 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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Combat Systems