Seattle (AOE 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE SHIP been selected as the Navy's recipient on the Seventh Annual National Defense Transportation Association TNDTAJ Unit Award. In April 1974, SEATTLE's Commanding Officer was presented the Top Runner award by Commander Second Fleet for being the outstanding performer during Atlantic Fleet Readiness Exercise 3-74. SEATTLE was awarded the Communications C for excellence in that area during the fiscal year T974 competitive year. On 4 November 1974, Admiral Cousins, USN, Commander-in-Chief, US Atlantic Fleet, presented the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy Award. The Arleigh Burke Trophy is presented to the unit in the Atlantic Fleet which has achieved the greatest improvement in battle efficiency in the competitive year. USS SEATTLE completed her first maior overhaul in February, 1975 and resumed the role of providing SEATTLE SUPER SERVlCE . is 15 'x it

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Nr ,, T ul! ,wipe 1 I '91, . T .I -I F I 11 !TW t , - 1 : G 5' V' The Story of SEATTLE USS SEATTLE, whose keel was laid at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, on l October 1965, is the largest ship ever built on the West Coast. The third in a class of Fast Combat Support Ships, USS SEATTLE is designed to SUPPlY the attack carrier strike forces with fuel, ordnance, stores and provisions at rapid transfer YOTGS- Because of the AOE's speed, it is the only type of replenishment ship that can 0P9 9l9 continually as an integrated unit of a strike force. The capability provided by ships of this type represents a significant increase in the wartime effectiveness of the Navy's f0rCBS- After commissioning, USS SEATTLE departed Bremerton on a voyage that took her through the Panama to Norfolk, Virginia where she is homeported. SEATTLE operates with the second Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean, and with the Sixth Fleet while in the Mediterranean S00- sEAmEs' nickname is King ofthe MED . She won this title due to ine m00Y m0 'l'f' Sh' spent providing SEATTLE Super Service while deployed to Mediterranean oP9'9 9 0 e her commission in T969 the SEATTLE has made tour mayor lsix months or lonqb oyments to the Mediterranean Sea one two month deployment and numef0US exercises in the Western AtlanticlCaribbean area uly T971 the SEATTLE was awar S ded the Battle fffirif-my L lov excellence in her C e s ip s hard work earned her the red white and I nual service force combat readincs enqineerniq and supDlY 'mc' ellllon On 22 FebfU0fY l973 the Chief on Naval Oyerntion rmnoiin fd that SEATU- H has ' ' ' ' ' ' 'eo' Sinc ' ' ' , , ' T fl depl ' I E, . , bfi lnJ F 9 1, , .' loss. For the fiscal year ending June, 1972, th. .h' '. . T . 1 e A blu' E 's 'n the an ' , - , .I I M g ' 'DMV comp . y I 1' .ini T, 5, 1 I Ehud

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Captain Theodore L. Lloyd, Commanding Officer, USS SEATTLE USS SEATTLE former Commanding lllticers CAPTAIN BRUCE KEENER, lll, USN 5 April T969 - 7 May T97T CAPTAIN MARLAND W. TOWNSEND, JR. USN 7 May l97T - 24 May T972 CAPTAIN CARL J. MCCANN, USN 24 May T972 - 24 May T973 CAPTAIN RAYMOND M. ANDERSON, JR. USN 24 May T973 - 27 June T975 lfl Captain Lloyd is a T953 graduate of the Naval Academy. Prior to entering the Naval Academy he served in destroyers as an ET. His initial assignment upon graduation was in USS LEARY IDDR 879l. ln T954 he entered flight training and was designated a naval aviator in T955. After designation he was assigned to Attack Squadron T2. Following this assignment he attended the Naval Post Graduate School where he was awarded a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering. His next assignment was Attack Squadron T46 where he served as Maintenance Officer and Operations Officer. It was during this assignment while deployed in USS CONSTELLATION ICVA 64l that he took part in the initial retaliatory strikes against North Vietnam in August I964. In T965 he was assigned to Air Development Squadron 5. While there he served as Operations Officer and as Officer in Charge of the Nashua, N. H. detachment. This detachment prosecuted CNO project HO-2TO. Upon leaving Air Development Squadron 5, he served in Attack Squadron 23 where he was the Executive Officer and later the Commanding Officer. His next assignment was in USS F. D. ROOSEVELT ICVA 427 as Operations Officer. Following this tour of duty he was assigned to OPNAV where he was a Section Head in the Strategic Plans and Policy Division. Prior to assuming command of SEATTLE in June l975, he was the Assistant Director of the DDR 8. E sponsored Electronic Warfare Joint Test where he managed the conduct of that tri-service test.