Mount Baker (AE 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS MOUN BAK QCA ,Spy . ' me A fc Q ' . A 5. Q ' 1 . 5 T81 As an integral unit of the Navys Combat Logistics Force CCLFJ, USS MOUNT BAKERS primary mis- sion is to provide logistic support for sustained combat operations at sea. In effecting these vital services, MOUNT BAKER enhances the Navys ability to carry out its mission in support of national policies. In the long term, without logistic support our forces cannot endure and win. As part of the Navys general purpose forces, MOUNT BAKER performs the supporting naval Warfare task of resupplying com- bat consumables to forces at sea. This type of support is necessary in order to achieve and maintain the Navys requirement for a high degree of logistical independence. These efforts enable the Navy to perform its functions of sea con- trol and projection of power ashore more effectively. By participating in fleet exercises with national and NATO forces, MOUNT BAKER maintains her op- erational proficiency. Personnel and material readiness are the underpin- ning for the successful conduct of these operations. The USS MOUNT BAKER is assigned to Combat Logistics Force TWO in Combat Logistics Group TWO of the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. 1

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l 1 E ofiwmzifffffzfr V i f ff,' rtxxxxxxxxxitmmnw . at Q. fftilifttwv , fi 'A' sQfm't- Mille fZ'i'ifi12i35,i A CLEAN SHIP IS A HAPPY SI-IIP'. That saying and many others were generated from the good times, bad times, stressful times, and relaxing times We shared together on the Low Country Expressf. For me, this book and the successful deployment it portrays, will always remind me of the loyal shipmates and true friends I had the pleasure to serve with on USS MOUNT BAKER. We proved time and time again that We deliver with class, so you can kick -QC Fair winds and quartering seas Qitsalways a better ridej! Lieutenant Commander Charles S. McDavid was born O1 August 1961, in Ashland, Kentucky He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1983 With a B.S. in Physical Science and a regular commission in the Naval Service. His first assignment was in USS CLAUDE V RICKETS QDDG 52, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, where he Was assigned as the Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer. He saw service with the Multi-National Peace Keeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon, providing Naval Gun Fire Support for units ashore. He was later split-toured as the Navigator! Administrative Assistant, participating in UNITAS XXVI. He screened for the Carrier Readiness Improvement Program and Was transferred to the USS INDEPENDENCE QCV 62j, then undergoing its Service Life Extension in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. There he served as the Auxiliaries Principle Assistant and was later reassigned as the Forward Propulsion Group Officer. His next assignment was to the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey California, Where he attended the Naval Engineering curriculum. There he earned a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering. ' After attending the Surface Warfare Officers School Department Head course, he was sent to a single longer tour as Chief Engineer in the USS RICHMOND K. TURNER CCG 205. There he saw service conducting several drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea and air intercept control off the coast of the former Yugoslavia. Upon completing his Department Head tour, LCDR McDavid was selected to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Propulsion Examining Board as the 1200lb Steam Examiner. There he participated in 56 Operational Propulsion Plant Examinations and Light-Off Examinations for steam, diesel and gas turbine propulsion ships. LCDR McDavid is married to the former Lisa Ann Lyons of Baltimore, Maryland. They reside in Charleston, South Carolina. 3