Columbus (CG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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V .W-. -' -xdff. . ' f U ' - , it ,499 -I -,V -Q . ix , ,Jr - '15 ,A Uvlw A 1 Q I 'ifi ' 1- 'ff Ufhtffer-. ,f p 1 K Q r ififf'fif, ,1 -fri Q 1 CAPTAIN If WIS J STECHER A ., A 9 ':'4 Captain Lewis Joseph Stecher, Jr., was? ,as A officer fborn in Annapolis, -'Maryland on October 18, 1919. He attended the University of Wash- ington in Seattle fMathematic,s Majorj for two years and then. entered the Naval Academy in June 1,9-f19d:'.,.'ii ,r,'T Tffiiifgraduated in December 1941, 'in Electrical Engineering and his commission as an Ensign. J receiving his commission he rept his first sea duty on board USS.. A ggvm EACOLA fCA24y, where he was assign? fo the Gunnery Department. He remained at this command from January 1942 to May 1944, during which time he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. Lieutenant Stecher returned to the U. S. for flight training in 1944, and was married at that time. with combat ent losses beiew prediction, the entire class was returned to sea without receiving their wings. He then reported as tactical and signal officer, USS BILOXI QCL 801 in November 1944 and remained aboard until May. 1946. While attached to USS BILOXI he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. 4 ' In June 1946 he began class at the Naval Postgraduate School where Estudied until August 1947. He then atte pied M. I, T. from September 1947 to June 1 '49 and re- ceived his Masterlof Science Degree and was elected to' Sigma giizyfthe honorary scientific frate We? From October 1952 he served as Execu Qe Officer and Navigator on board USS PERL? i'5'f'QDDR 87 75 and Navi- gator on board USS ROCHESTER QCA 1245, both of which operated in E23-Korean waters. From 1952 to January 1956. he was assigned Officer and Operations Officer of ,ft-ll Naval Ord- nance Missile 'TTef v if ,... i,,,,5ei? White Sands, New Mexico. I' up e Navy member of the lntef Range Safety and Scheduling Cdn3,,amittees-He was named a member to theflintfrg.. Range ln- strumentation Group,Wf gfluded mem- bership of all I He was promoted tvo M i'-a' QCo nder at this COIIIFAI A . , A - QCALEE, , 17' from MaI'Ch'195,52,f-f575fSeptember 19575-4+This was the second 'surface-to-air missile ship to be commissioned, While serving in this billet, he demonstrated een- clusively for President Eisenhower the effectiveness of the TERRIER, -,.'. ,Missile aircraft, the first such 'demonstration in hiStOTY,,ffhS.g,TQting.xLdown an FGF drpnes air- craft, Ht, assignedas Conffnanding Officer, ,,,., 2,U,S.S' TRATHEN QDD 5309 from Octoberffl95?f7 to July 1959. , .In September 1959 he reported to the Office 'ifjfffiftlie Chief of Naval Operations where hxefiserved as research and develop- ment officer ,for s'uiQface-tcgggair missiles, whi ch ,included TALOS, Ry-VPARQTAR, TYPHON. He was-. appointed alternate mem- ber on thefjoint ,DOD-NASA committee to explorer- ' A if 'a1llie,,recommendations con- ce rning, costs lane- tiineis chefdule's!'for manned lunar flight. This committee recommended the SA TfUR3l5Q ,,rt,, QV T, g A Wdrbiyti.Rendezvtous method currently QZ'si11glfol'lo'wed'iQDuring this tour of duty'-19iCfNW3S prQmQtQ0QA 5fff'Q .N,. 'U 1?5'f1'31f'-k Of , .,,: ,..,V tvl I V In .1962 heQ'W3'S..,,9f titn i0f Staff for CommanderCfruiswelri-'Division SIX which was subsequently,rena-med34C,r.u,i,ser-- . . Z -.tvg-v -A 1 4,-. ,I gx! Destroyer Flotiiia TWEIJX. . A . IH 1963 he 1'e'fHfHGS1fEQ3?5ff?fS.,111DB599T1e:fD-Qe to be come the Project TA Rf Missile System, Missile System organizat-My ' In March 1966. he becamerthe, Com- gi' - , gp, t3.gj:fiT mending Officer of Uss coLe+bQ3b.ie,fq ' Captain Stecher has been awarded,itlQg, Commendation 'Ribbon with 'a the Combat JV, the American Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific with 15 stars, the World War Hgiziyictlory' Medal, the Navy OccupationbS4eryice-QMCUQTQ the ,National Defensei.,jS,e,IfVice H one star, the Korean ' two stare, United. Philipbene Elberetierl E1bbQbfYegfh.QHe9.?ter4 and the ,Kei-een. citation 4 .- 4. I 'V V 'g , vlil Q4 1 .1 ,i f. LF: ' Capiilnb 'f11effO1'm- 'er is A 'f' .'- - 3' V 455-'-I-Lf - .JH ,- ,, , f QRE'l sy have two chii

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'Q .. if 'u, Y We-if as EXECUTIVE FFICER 'Nw - . ' CDR VICTOR G. VWARRINER, USN .6 .. Commander Victor G. Warriner vias born in San Francisco, California, on Octo- ber 21, 1922. Entering the Navy in Decem- ber 1941, he served with the fleet in the South Pacific until March 1944. He then entered the V-12 and then the NROTCprq- gram at the University of California at Berkeley, California, from which he was commissioned Ensign on June 5, 1946. He subsequently attended a years course in Electronics Maintenance at Great Lakes, Illinois, received his Baccalaureate ofSci- ence from the Naval Science School at Monterey, California, and received his Masters of Science in Physics from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, in 1962. He served in the pre-commissioning detachment of Lake Mead Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, actually commissioning the new base in September, 1954. During World War ll he served as a radarman on board the USS MARYLAND and COLORADO and after commissioning served on the USS IOWA QBB-615, USS TOPEKA QCL-675, USS WORCESTER QCL- 144y ,A USS HARWOOD QDE-8613, USS ESSEX QCVA-93 and more recently as Weapons Officer of the USS OKLAHOMA CITY QCLG- 5b and as'.Comm'an.ding Officer USS SHIELDS QDD-5965. A He is married '-to' thegformer Leah B. Aasgaard of -Albany, have five children, if -- 3... i . . ,Eh , . N, ,,5N2 'T' -- f -ma ' 'L 7 111