Cochrane (DDG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER

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CAPT. JOHN E. RENN, USN Captain John E. Renn, USN, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1945. He has served aboard USS GENDREAU (DE-639,), USS QUICK (DMS-30). USS T. E. FRASER (DM-24), USS WEDDERBURN (DD-684), and has commanded USS FIRM (MSO-444), USS EVERSOLE (DD-789), and USS DIXIE (AD-14). Captain Renn served as Executive Officer of U. S. Naval Communication Stat ion Morocco; Staff Commander Amphibious Group TWO; Staff Commander Carrier Division NINETEEN; Staff, Head- quarters, North American Air Defense Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Staff, Commander FIRST Fleet; and as Commanding Officer, Naval Communication Station, Honolulu. He completed the Communications Electronics Course at Naval Post-graduate school and attended the Armed Forces Staff College. In February 1972, Captain Renn assumed command of Destroyer Squadron TWENT-FIVE in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain Renn and his wife, the former Olive Polcar, have two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Mabee of Frankfurt, Germany, and Susan! a senior at Bowling Green State University, and a son, Stephen, a Freshman at Oregon State University.

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CDR. ROBERT K. U. KIHUNE, USN Commander Robert Kalani Uichi Kihune, U. S. Navy, was born in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 15 June 1937. A graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, he attended the U. S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an En- sign in June 1959. After graduation from the U. S. Naval Academy, Commander Kihune serv- ed as Damage Control Assistant, Electronics Material Officer, and CIC Officer onboard USS PRICHETT (DD-561). He was reassigned in October 1961 to the commissioning crew of USS ROBISON (DDG-12) as the Prospective Com- munications Officer. Following ROBISON ' s commissioning. Commander Kihune served one year as Communications Officer and the remainder of the tour as CIC Officer. From July 1963 until June 1965, Commander Kihune was enrolled in the Communications Engineering curriculum at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, from which he received a bachelor of science degree. He was then assigned as Operations Officer in USS FARRAGUT (DLG- 6) from July 1965 until March 1967. In June 1967, Commander Kihune reported onboard USS DAVIDSON (DE-1045) as the Executive Officer and served in that position until his reassignment to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in January 1969. While in the Bureau of Personnel, he was assigned as Head, Communications Activities Placement Section within the Officer Distribution Division. Commander Kihune is married to the former Hope Puanani Zablan of Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii. They have two sons, ages 10 and 11, and one daughter, age 5.