Chicago (CG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS CHICAGO CG-11 WESTPAC DEPLCYMENT GCTOBER 11, 1967 MAY 12, 1968

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Captain Donald Vance Cox was born in Farragut, Iowa, on May 6, 1921, the Son gf Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Cox. He was valedictorian at Farragut High School and the honor graduate at Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri before entering the U. S. 1 Naval Academy in 1940. While at the Academy he was president of the Quarterdeck 'So- ciety and the Art Club, Regimental Adjutant, and a member of the championship inter- collegiate fencing team. A member of the Class of 1944, he was commissioned Ensign in June 1943, subsequently advancing to the rank of Captain. Following graduation from the Naval Academy, Captain Cox served in the battleship USS IDAHO QBB-425 during World War II in the Pacific area and afterwards on board USS MADDOX QDD-7313, as Gunnery Officer. He then attended the U. S. Navy Postgraduate School in Annapolis, Md., and the Johns Hopkins University for ordnance engineering post- graduate training in guided missiles earning an MS degree in Electrical Engineering. Further experience in weapons and missiles was gained while serving as Gunnery Of- ficer aboard USSRICHARD E, KRAUSE, as Missile Test Officer aboard USS MISSISSIPPI, and as Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Project Officer on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. He was Executive Officer of USS DECATUR QDD-9361, helping to place that ship in 5- commission at Boston in December 1956, His next assignment was the TERRIER and TARTAR Research and Development Project Officer and Program Manager in the Bureau of Naval Weapons. I - In 1960 and 1961, Captain Cox attended the War College of the U.S. Air Force at Max- well Field, Alabama. Following graduation from this senior college of the Air Force, he was ordered to supervise the completion and the manning of USS ROBISON as Prospective Commanding Officer. I .. On the firstof December 1961, at Boston, Massachusetts, Captain Cox placed USS ROBISON QDDG+12J in commission as first Commanding Officer of that new guided missile destroyer. After fitting out the ship, he took her through the Panama Canal to her new 1'l01'l'1G port of San Diego. En route, his ship rescued a group of shipwrecked San Diego tuna men from .Clipperton Island. After commanding the ship through her training exercises and V first. deploymentfinl the Far East, Captain Cox reported to new duty in Washington, D.C., U as Executive Assistant for Surface Missile Systems in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. In April 1965, he assumed duties as Head of the Enlisted Distribution Branch in that Bureau. - He reported on boardUSS CHICAGO in July 1966 to assume command. Captain Cox holds the Bronze Star with Combat Distinguishing Device he received for heroic achievement in connection with operations against the enemy while serving as Commanding Officer of CHICAGO as she was patrolling the troubled waters off the coast of Vietnam in 1966. He also holds the following campaign and service medals: Vietnam j jf ServiceMedal, National Defense Service Medal with star, American Defense Service 'Medal Ameriggn Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with six stars, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, China Service Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and the World War II Victory Medal. I . I Captain' Cox is married to the former Evelyn Brewer of Annapolis, Md. They have threechildren, Gena, Vance Jr., and Thomas. '