Davis (DD 937) - Naval Cruise Book

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5 1 Q E l l F it 'L fl i 1 l a l Q. 1 lf . Qi? E f l l RADM SAMUEL H. PACKER, USN COMMANDER MIDDLE EAST FORCE 1-i From 21 January to 19 March 1978 the USS Davis had the honor to serve as flagship for the Commander, Middle East Force, RADM Samuel H. Packer, USN. Admiral Packer was aboard during the majority of the operations in the Red Sea and Western Gulf of Aden and also p . ,, during port visits to Muscat, Oman and Bahrain. The Admiral i A was accompanied by a mini-staff including Lt Larry D. Fiser, 4 USN, Flag Lieutenant, and Lt David L. Christianson, USN, 3 Assistant Intelligence Officer. i . 7 Lt. David L. Christianson, USN Lt Larry D. Fiser, USN

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'i'17 ,E -' f K S Z 1 CDR ALAN B. FLANAGAN, USN , 7 A ' COMMANDING OFFICER 6 Commander Flanagan was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1938. He graduated from Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, with a BA in History in June 1960. He commenced his Naval career at the Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island, in October 1960, and was commissioned an Ensign, USNR, in March 1961. He served as Communications Officer on USS SPROSTON CDD-5775 from May 1961 to February 1963, graduated from the U.S. Naval Destroyer School, Newport, Rhode Island in September 1963, and was Weapons Officer on USS HARWOOD CDD-861D until July 1965. Following a short tour as Weapons Instructor at the NROTC Unit, Stanford University, he was assigned as Surface Operations fCommunications Officer for COMSEVENTHFLT Staff DET C at Tan Son Nhut, AB, Saigon,Vietnam from December 1965 to November 1966. From March 1967 to December 1968, he was Commanding Officer, USS MOLALA CATF-1061 and took part in various operations in the Western Pacific. From 1968 until 1972, he was on the Joint Staff of USCINCEURX CINCLANT in Stuttgart, Germany. He served as Executive Officer, USS ROBERT A. OWENSCDD-8271 from June 1972 to September 1973. During the period October 1973 to March 1977, he was assigned as Surface Personnel Officer at the Enlisted Personnel Distribution Office, Atlantic Fleet, in Norfolk, Virginia and then as Director, Unit Manning and Monitoring Division of the Enlisted Personnel Management Center New Orleans, Louisiana On May 21 1977 Commander Flanagan assumed the duties of Commanding Officer of the USS Davis CDD 9371 relieving Commander Donald H Gunderson a a 9 ' 9 . .

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-'- ?' CAPT FRANK N. HANNEGAN, USN COMMANDER, DESTROYER SQUADRON FOURTEEN From October 20 to November 20 1977, the USS Davis was privileged to fly the pennant of Captain Frank N. Hannegan, Commander of Destroyer Squadron 14. Capt. Hannegan commanded a task group' of which the Davis was flagship, during the West African portion of the Middle East Cruiseg and made the port visits to Conakry, Guinea and Lagos, Nigeria. W,