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THE COMMANDING OFFICER CDR. SUMNER GURNEY, USN Commander Sumner Gurney is a native of Torring- ton, Wyoming. His father is CDR Darrough S. GURNEY, USN iRet7 of Marion Massachusetts. CDR GURNEY is married to the former Barbara Jean WILLI of Torrington, Wyoming. The GUR- NEYS have two children named Michael Sumner and Jeffrey Clyde. CDR GURNEY attended Ponce Deleon High School, Coral Gables, Florida. He attended the University of South Carolina at Columbia, Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama, and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. Standing 1st in his NROTC Class at Georgia Insti- tute of Technology. CDR GURNEY was commis- sioned Ensign 6 June 1947. - CDR GURNEY served as Operations Officer aboard USS E F LARSON IDDR-8305, and as Op- erations Officer with Commander Destroyer Divi- sion 72 during the Korean War. In 1953 he reported to the Naval Schools Command as an Instructor at Officers Candidate School and in 1955 took com- mand of USS KING COUNTY ILST-857 J. As Commanding Officer USS KING COUNTY IAG- 157J he took part in the Reguluns II tests and evaluations. CDR GURNEY received his Master-of-Chemistry degree in June 1960 from the United States Naval Post Graduate School at Monterey. He served as Executive Officer USS BRAINE IDD-8303 in 1960. as Commanding Officer USS BEGOR IAPD-1271 in 1962, and Commanding Of- ficer USS COOK IAPD-1305. CDR GURNEY served as Branch Head of the Air Launched Missile Propulsion Division and First Chairman, Propulsion Study. Joint Technical Co- ordinating Group for Air-Launched Non-Nuclear Ordnance 1963 through 1966. In June 1966 CDR GURNEY took Command of USS BRINKLEY BASS IDD-8875 in Ceremonies held in U.S. Naval Shipyard Long Beach. California. CDR Sumner GURNEY and LT Douglas SMITH, Weapons Of- ficer, discuss a target. CDR Sumner GURNEY and COGAR BT1. COGAR receives congratulations on his reenlistment.
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