Coontz (DLG 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lieutenant Commander W. R. HARTMAN, USN was born in Athens, Georgia. He graduated from high school in 1941 and attended the university of georgia and georgia school of tech - nology before entering the u.s. naval academy in 1943. graduating from the naval academy with the class of 1947, he joined the pacific destroyer force during the summer of 1946 when he REPORTED FOR DUTY IN THE USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON (DD-786). Following this duty, LCDR HARTMAN served as Gunnery Officer in the USS SWENSON fDD- 729). On completion of this tour, he was ordered to the east coast for duty in the USS STRIB- LING (DD-876 ' ) after which he assumed duties as Engineer Officer in USS BASILONE (DDE-824 ' i. In 1953, ordered west, he joined the Naval Special Weapons Unit 1233 at Sandia Base, New Mexico. The transit west was completed at the end of this tour with duty in the Gunnery De- partment of the USS KEARSARGE ( ' CVA-33) . Ordered ashore in late 1955, LCDR HARTMAN joined the Staff of SURANTISUBDEVDET in Key West, Florida, where he served some two years before returning to the Pacific Destroyer Force as Executive Officer in the USS JOHN R , CRAIG (DD-885). Entering the Ordnance Engi- neering curriculum as a student at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey in 1950. he graduated in June 1961 at which time he reported on board as Executive Officer, USS COONTZ (DLG-g i, Married to the former Miss Margaret Printy of Iowa, the HARTMAN ' s have four children , Edith , Bill, Chuck and Jim . The HARTMAN ' s presently reside in San Diego, California .

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tC.» LIEUTENANT COMMANDER W. R. HARTMAN EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS COONTZ (DLG-9) EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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LT D. R . SANKS III OPERATIONS OFFICER LCDR W.R. PHILLIPS WEAPONS OFFICER LCDR G. E . SMITH ENGINEER OFFICER LCDR R. G. NICOL SUPPLY OFFICER THE DEPARTMENTS