Cayuga (LST 1186) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER THEODORE 0. W. WITT WAS BORN IN WAUKESHA, WIS- CONSIN, ON 15 FEBRUARY 1945. AFTER GRADUATION FROM THE NA- VAL ACADEMY IN 1967, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO USS FEARLESS (MSO- 442) WHERE HE SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1968. FROM OCTOBER 1968 UNTIL OCTOBER 1969, COMMANDER WITT SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ON USS MADERA COUNTY (LST-905) WITH ADDITIONAL DUTY AS CHIEF ENGINEER. FOLLOWING ATTEN- DANCE AT U.S. NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL, HE ASSUMED DUTIES AS CHIEF ENGINEER OF USS CHARLES H. ROAN (DD-853) UNTIL OCTOBER 1973 WHEN HE WAS ASSIGNED AS CHIEF ENGINEER OF USS SPARTAN- BURG COUNTY (LST-1192), REMAINING UNTIL AUGUST, 1975. COM- MANDER WITT ' S NEXT SEA DUTY WAS AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS KILAUEA (AE-26) FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1980. AFTER DECOMMIS- SIONING KILAUEA, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS PYRO (AE-24) UNTIL OCTOBER 1981. ASHORE TOURS HAVE INCLUDED SERVICE SCHOOL COMMAND, BAIN- BRIDGE, MD, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, MONTEREY, CA AND NAVAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMAND, WASHINGTON, D.C. PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT TO CAYUGA, COMMANDER WITT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CNO (OP-942), WASHINGTON, D.C. COMMANDER WITT WEARS THE JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MED- AL AND THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH COMBAT V AND GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF SECOND AWARD, AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER THEATER AND CAMPAIGN RIBBONS. COMMANDER WITT IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MARLENE FOLLAK OF KENOSHA, Wl. THEY HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS LISA, JENNI, AND ANNIE. J .t

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WESTPAC 1985 4 APRIL 24 APRIL TO 25 APRIL 27 APRIL TO 30 APRIL 3 MAY TO 4 MAY 4 MAY TO 7 MAY 7 MAY TO 17 MAY 18 MAY TO 19 MAY 20 MAY TO 21 MAY 21 MAY TO 28 MAY 31 MAY TO 19 JUNE 23 JUNE 25 JUNE TO 28 JUNE 1 JULY TO 6 JULY 7 JULY TO 20 JULY 22 JULY TO 27 JULY 29 JULY TO 12 AUGUST 26 AUGUST TO 28 AUGUST 4 SEPTEMBER -DEPARTED FOR WESTPAC -VISITED WHITE BEACH, OKINAWA -VISITED PUSAN, KOREA -VISITED POHANG, KOREA -VALIENT USHER 85-4 -VISITED SASEBO, JAPAN -VISITED POHANG, KOREA -VISITED WHITE BEACH, OKINAWA -VALIENT USHER 85-5 -VISITED SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES -CROSSED THE EQUATOR BECAME SHELLBACKS -VISITED SINGAPORE -VISITED PHATTAYA BEACH, THAILAND -COBRA GOLD -VISITED HONG KONG -VISITED SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES -VISITED HAWAII PICKED UP TIGERS -ARRIVED FROM WESTPAC

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROBERT BOE JAMES EN- TERED THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY FROM TUCSON, ARI- ZONA. FOLLOWING GRADUATION AND COMMISSIONING AS AN ENSIGN IN 1972, HE REPORTED ABOARD USS HALSEY (DLG-23) IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, AND SERVED FIRST AS ASSISTANT COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER (CIC) OFFICER, THEN AS CIC OFFICER, AND LATER AS THE ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE OFFICER. WHILE ON- BOARD HALSEY HE QUALIFIED AS A SURFACE WAR- FARE OFFICER (SWO). IN JUNE 1976 THEN LT JAMES TRANSFERRED TO USS FORT FISHER WHERE HE SERVED FIRST AS THE NAVIGATION OFFICER, AND AS PERSON- NEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, THEN AS OPER- ATIONS OFFICER. HE LATER ATTENDED THE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER DEPARTMENT HEAD COURSE FROM MAY 1978 UNTIL DECEMBER 1978. IN JANUARY 1979, HE REPORTED TO USS SOUTHERLAND (DD-743) FOR DUTY AS OPERATIONS OFFICER. IN JANUARY 1981, LCDR JAMES REPORTED TO USS BRISTOL COUNTY (LST-1 198) AS ENGINEER OFFICER AFTER HAVING COMPLETED EN- GINEERING TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAIN- ING CENTER. IN SEPTEMBER 1982, LCDR JAMES WAS ASSIGNED DUTIES WITH THE ROYAL NAVY UNDER THE PERSONNEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. WHILE ATTACHED TO THE ROYAL NAVY, HE SERVED ON THE STAFF OF THE COMMODORE AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE AND THE STAFF OF THE COMMANDER UNITED KINGDOM AND NETHER- LANDS AMPHIBIOUS FORCE AS SUCH HE WAS ON THE STAFF OF THE FLAG OFFICER THIRD FLOTILLA. HIS DU- TIES INCLUDED FORMULATION OF AMPHIBIOUS PLANS AND PLANNING FOR AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISES WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIES. LCDR JAMES ASSUMED HIS PRESENT DUTIES AS CAYUGA ' S EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN MAY 1985.