Conyngham (DDG 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER G.B. LINDGREN COMMANDER GEORGE B. LINDGREN JOINED THE NAVY IN 1944 AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS ENSIGN FROM THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER ' S TRAINING CORPS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR IN JUNE OF 1946. AFTER COMMISSIONING, COMMANDER LIND- GREN WAS ORDERED TO HIS FIRST TOUR OF DUTY ON THE USS HOUSTON (CL-81). AFTER A TOUR IN THE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE ON THE USS LST 694 AND A LANDING SHIP FLOTILLA FLAGSHIP, COMMANDER LINDGREN WAS ORDERED TO THE ' ' MIGHTY MO , USS MISSOURI (BB-63), WHERE HE SERVED AS ' A ' DIVISION OFFICER AS WELL AS ' K ' DIVISION OFFICER DURING THE KOREAN CAMPAIGN. UPON RETURN FROM THE FAR EAST, AND AFTER A TOUR OF SEA DUTY, HE WAS OR- DERED TO THE U.S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE STUDIED THREE YEARS AND MAJORED IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. FROM MONTEREY,, CDR LINDGREN TRAVELED CROSS-COUNTRY WHERE HE BECAME CHIEF ENGINEER ON THE USS MITSCHER (DL-2). WITH A BROAD ENGINEERING BACK- GROUND, HE REMAINED IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND WITH THE DESLANT STAFF AS THE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL OFFICER AND LATER MOVED TO THE USS WILLIS A. LEE (DL-4) AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. PRIOR TO TAKING COMMAND OF USS CONYNGHAM (DDG-17), CDR LINDGREN STUDIED AT THE AIR WAR COLLEGE WHERE HE RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. CONYNGHAM IS HIS FIFTH COMMAND, THE OTHER FOUR BEING THE USS LSFF 790, USS PCS 1378, USS PCS 1426 AND USS DEALEY (DE-1006). COMMANDER LINDGREN IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER PEGGY I. PERRY OF PORTS- MOUTH, VIRGINIA, AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, GEORGE, JR. AND KARIN. HE TOOK COMMAND OF USS CONYNGHAM 15 SEPTEMBER 1964.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR S. J. HOSTETTLER LIEUTENANT COMMANDER STEPHEN J. HOSTETTLER WAS BORN IN EVANSVILLE, INDI- ANA. HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND INDIANA AND CONSID- ERS BEDFORD, INDIANA HIS HOMETOWN. LCDR HOSTETTLER IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 1953. HIS ASSIGNMENTS SINCE COMMISSIONING HAVE BEEN AS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN USS EVERSOLE (DD-789) FROM 1953-1954; GUNNERY OFFICER, USS JAMES E. KYES (DD-787) FROM 1954-1955; EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS ST. CLAIR COUNTY (LST-1096) FROM 1955- 1956; OPERATIONS OFFICER AT AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT. PACIFIC 1956-1957; WEAPONS OFFICER, USS LAWRENCE (DDG-4) 1961-1962 AND ASSISTANT OR- DNANCE OFFICER FOR GUIDED MISSILE, STAFF COMMANDER CRUISER DESTROYER FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET FROM 1963-1965. HE ATTENDED THE U.S. NAVY POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA FROM 1958 THROUGH 1960 WHERE HE WAS AWARDED THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCI- ENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HE ATTENDED THE U.S. ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE IN 1965 PRIOR TO HIS ASSIGNMENT AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN CONYNGHAM IN JULY 1965. LCDR HOSTETTLER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER LUCY ANN INGALLS OF BEDFORD, INDIANA. THE HOSTETTLER ' S HAVE A DAUGHTER KATHRYN AND A SON STEPHEN.