Davis (DD 937) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER LOREN M. LEWEDAG Commander LEWEDAG was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on September 5, 1932, After moving to Minnesota, he attended Southwest High School in Minneapolis. He entered the Freshman class at the University Of Minnesota in the fall of 1953, and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with the Class of 1956. Commander LEWEDAG enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1950, and was commissioned an Ensign on graduation through the ROC Program. He initially served in several Postal Affairs Assignments at the Fleet Post Office, New York, Naval Communications Facility, London, England and later as Assistant Head of Postal Affairs, OPNAV. ln 1962, he was assigned to USS SPIEGEL GROVE QLSD-32l as that ship's Chief Engineer. Com- mander LEWEDAG left SPIEGEL GROVE to join the nucleus crew for commissioning the Guided Missile Frugate USS BELKNAP QDLG 26y the first of thatclass ship While attached to BELKNAP he served as First Lieutenant and Damage Control Assistant from 1964 until 1966 This assignment was followed by a tour of duty as Officer In Charge COMNAVPHILDET Hong Kong BCC until 1969 He subsequently served as Ex ecutive Officer on board USS GYATT QDD 712l and then USS BORIE QDD 704t Most recently Commander LEWEDAG was assigned to the USS WASP QCVS 18l where he per formed duties as Chief Engineer. ln March, 1972, he was ordered to USS DAVIS QDD-937l as its Comman- ding Officer. Commander LEWEDAG is married to the former Miss Liela J. Dormer of London, England. They have three children, Mark, Lance, and Vanessa. He is authorized to wear the Navy Commenda- tion Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Medal, 'Naval Reserve Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star, Vietnam Campaign Ribbon.

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DAVIS began 1971 with a shakedown cruise to the Caribbean. In April the ship departed on a North Atlantic cruise making port calls in Germany, Den- mark, The Netherlands, and the Azores. une 1971, DAVIS once again returned to On 25 the Naval Shipyard for post Shakedown availability. retu departed the yards on 4 October 1971 Newport. In mid-October DAVIS was partici ate in a U.S. Naval Destroyer ad just one week to complete this cruise. The two weeks of d lls, gunnery practice, engineering W exercises were broken up by a Nova Scotia. 1972 found DAVIS, underway for at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During I DAVIS made to the re was DAVIS got expected, but until 4 June not for the ship's third the world cruise were crushed for Sitra, Bahrain and Midlink XV volving British, Pakistani, Iranian, and The trip home included visits to Bander Mombassa, Kenyag Recife, Brazil, Po Trinidad, and Roosevelt Roads, in Newport, Rhode Island on 22 DAVIS completed her third tour of rt After a thirty tran- at Subic AVIS took ne near the rou d forces in Region c Bay in first liberty of making

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warship is one that demands more than an outstan- ment Heads who run the various departments on the ding CO for the job is far too much for one man. The ship. Each department is composed of one or more Commanding Officer is assisted by the Executive Of- divisions who are led by Division Officers ficer who is charged with much of the administrative EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR M T MIDAS DEPARTMENT HEADS LIEUTENANT J. E. CALLAHAN O P E R A T I O N S N G LIEUTENANT S. J. KUPPE S U P P L Y LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT J. D. SULLIVAN J. P. PLUMLEY N A V I G A T I O N ENSIGN J. F. INTERHOLZINGER The task of fighting and administering a modern workload. Reporting directly to the XO are the Depart E i G