Richard E Byrd (DDG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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Forward Med 1-87 'To conduct prompt and sustained combat operations at sea in support of national interests. The heart and soul ofthe United States Navy abides in the deceptively simple mission stated above. Today fulfilling that mission involves complex detection and weapons systems. However, beneath the rapid changes in our society and in the way itwages peace, the life ofthe sailor remains constant. For every ship retuming home there sails another to replace it off some distant coastline, where it also stands watch. The USS RICHARD BYRD has served its nation for twenty-three years. This joumal records the life ofthe men who made her live on this, her tenth Mediterranean deployment 2 Forward The six months of Med 1-87 saw the l'Shootin' Steamin' Richard underway for numerous days with portcalls in Spain, France, ltaly and lsrael. We conducted routine patrols off Libya and Lebanon and screened both the USS NIMITZ and USS KITTYHAWK Although the BYRD suffered no major casualties through her zerodarls-thirty unreps or live-fire exercises we received a painful reminder ofthe realities ofour profession with the loss of.'56 sailors aboard the USS STARR on May 17 1987. They were men like ourselves, on station in suppon of national interests, a long way from home. . .

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Commanding 4CO Officer CDRRa Anderson, allace, USN Commander RayA Wallace, USN, a native of San Antonio, Texas, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June, 1968, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science. Following graduation, he received nuclear power training at Mare Island, Califomia and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was ordered to USS TRUXT UN fCCrN 55l for his first operational tour, where he served in the M Division and Electrical Officer billets. ltwas during this tour that Lieutenant Wallace was designated a Surface Warfare Oflicer and was qualified to be the Engineer of a nuclear powered ship. In 1972, Lieutenant Wallace reported to the Pre-Commissioning Unit, USS NIMITZ CCVN 68I to be the Radiological Controls Officer. Alter NIMITZ was commissioned in 1975, he reported to the Surface Warfare Officers' School, Department Head Course. Upon graduation he received orders to USS MITSCHER lDDCr SSI for duty as Operations Ofiicer. Lieutenant Commander Wallace was then selected to be an instructor in the Prospective Engineer Oflicers' Course, Ship's Material Readiness Crroup, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Following this tour as an instnrctor he reported to USS SOUTH CAROLINA ICON 573 for duty as Engineer Officer, a billet he held from 1978 to 1981. Attendance at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, preceded orders to USS VIRGINIA ICON 58l for duty as Executive Officer, which he began in May 1982. It was during this tour that Commander Wallace was designated as Qualified for Command. In May 1984, Commander Wallace reported for duty in the Surface Warfare Plans and Requirements Branch KOP-3245, Surface Warfare Division on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fSurface Warfareb. He reported to USS RICHARD E. BYRD QDDG 231 in December 1986 and relieved as Commanding Officer. Commander WaIlace's decorations and awards include the Navy Achievement Medal with one Crold Star, Naxy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation with one star, Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Senice Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one star, Wetnam Service Medal with three stars, Sea Rrxice Deployment Ribbon with three stars, and the Wetnam Campaign Medal. Commander Wallace and his wife, Dr. Martha Broumlee, reside in Norfolk. He has two cl1ildren,Williarn and Staq. ,dl