David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

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I | • I s 92 WELCOME HOME USS DAVID R RAY USS MCCLUSKY .

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Brittanie Parker - 9 Mar 1986 Roel Locsin - 15 Apr 1986 Sarah Boerma - 28 Apr 1986 ■ i s — ' rf Ashley Spruell - 25 May 1986 1 Kristan McGonagle - 1986 N Nicole Santangelo - 10 June 1986 Ralph Bergmen - 1 Jul 1986 91

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Damage Control Through the long and sometimes arduous de ployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, the officers and crew of the USS DAVID R. RAY never failed to give anything but maxi- mum effort. Between the period of 15 January to 27 July 198fi, the DAVID R. RAY travelled over 29,900 miles, burned 4,663,500 gallons of fuel, pre- pared over 165,000 meals and had been at sea 154 of the 194 deployment days. The Hard work and dedication of the Offi- cers and crew of the DAVID R. RAY did not go unnoticed. On 9 August 1986, VADM Davis, COMNAVSURFPAC, awarded the USS DAVID R. RAY the Battle Efficiency E . The message read as follows: The hard work, enthusiasm and sincere dedication to duty exemplified by the winners is most gratifying. Congratulations to the Commanding Officers, Officers and crews of the ships receiving these coveted awards. Your outstanding efforts havemade a significant con- tribution to the overall readiness of the Navel Surface Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet. Perhaps CDR Long summed it up best when he told the ship ' s company, You earned it! Engineerings ASW Electronic Warfare 93