Decatur (DDG 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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-, , -..,-..:.N.-V ...,,..w r. - I ,.,.,,,, - .vm-' -- A -1- H., . ... JOHN BISHOP ALLEN, COMMANDER, USN P COMMANDINC OFFICER - 19 SEPTEMBER 1968 - 14 JULY 1970 John B. ALLEN, ,son of Mr. and Mrs. George I. Allen of Caruthersville, Missouri, was born on January 16, 1930. After completing the local schools in Caruthersville, he attended Southwestern at Memphis before entering the Navy Officer Candidate School. Following graduation from Officer Candidate School, in December 1952, he reported to the USS MCCOY REYNOLDS CDE-4403 and served as Gunnery 'Officer during operations with the Seventh Fleet from January 1953 to December 1955. ln January 1956 he reported for duty on the Staff of Commander Destroyer Flotilla 6, where he served as Aide and Flag Lieutenant. In October 1958 he completed the General Line Course at the Navy P.G. School at Monterey, California. From Monterey, he reported for duty in November 1958 as Assistant Secretary in the Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D. C. As a Lieutenant he returned to sea duty in March 1961 as Executive Officer of the USS BORDELON CDDR-8813. In August 1962 LCDR ALLEN took command of the USS ALACRITY CMSO-5205. The two assignments carried him to the Mediterranean for deployments in support of Sixth Fleet operations. After' completing the course at the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia in January 1965, he re- ported to the Office of the Chief of Naval.Operations as Head, Joint Plans Section, Logistics Plans Division. Commander ALLEN took command of USS DECATUR during ceremonies at sea on September 19, 1968. He is married to the former Carolyn Milton of Martin, Tennessee, daughter of Mrs. O. O. Milton. They have three sons, Paul, Christy and Wesley. Commander ALLEN is presently attending the Naval War College in Washing- ton, D. C. P P P P P P P L P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P ?. P P P P P P P P P P P P P P ...L

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UA ' 7 -f' 5: Q -'.,.., '-2' J-C-9'1 -'f r':2 f x'1 ' ' 1 I .. . . -i ,U N--U - 1 ,. . . . .. ff., N , 'f f., Wi XF' f' r ffl wwxR f2y'f f ,f M-...M 'H W QW 7 , M V THEODORE ROCNESS JOHNSON,iIII, CAPTAIN, USN COMMANDER DESTROYER DIVISION 132 A graduate of Yale University-CBA 1943D and the United States Naval Academy CBS 19465, Captain T. Rogness JOHNSON, Jr., United States Navy, has served in a variety of sea going assignments as an Unrestricted Line Officer. These have included command of four combatant ships- the Landing Force Rocket Ship USS DES PLAINES RIVER CLFR-4125, the Ocean Going Minesweeper USS PERSISTENT CMSO-4913 and the Destroyers USS FLOYD B. PARKS CDD-8845 and USS ERNEST G. SMALL CDDR-8385 in addition to his current assignment as Commander Destroyer Division ONE THIRTY-TWO. Captain JOHNSON is also a special warfare qualified Underwater Demolition Team.CUDTJ Officer and SCUBA Diver, servingin Underwater Demolition Team TWELVE during the Korean conflict. Captain JOHNSON has served two tours in Washington, D. C., both in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. On his last tour as Head of the Active Enlisted Plans Branch, he was the Navy's principal Liaison and Briefing Officer for the Special Sub Committee of the House Armed Service Committee on Enlisted Promotion Policy Review. A native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Captain JOHNSON currently resides in Costa Mesa, California. The Captain and his wife, Frances, a former Navy Nurse have five children - two sons and three daughters. . -.. ww- ...r I. . . N' - gg, .4-1,:,,,,.,,-1. v. 1-.,,.s',,, . ... .i ., in . -. ..,,..1,w,.f+n 1 hfaih-,,e,,.,,L,,.1,,..5ff,.g..-1. Q ,,. ..,..-..

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- - --f -f - ' ' .1. . .,,. .W .-. ,,.- .- -M --. 1f..'j.' :Tx fYi?l'.':: SAYRE ARCHIE SWARZTRAUBER, COMMANDER, USN COMMANDING OFFICER - 14 JULY 1970 - PRESENT Commander Sayre A. SWARZTRAUBER commenced his Navy career in May 1952, graduating that year from Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. He served in Beach Jumper Unit Two from 1952 to 1954 as Navigator and Operations Officer. From 1954 through 1955 he was Operations Officer and then Supply Officer in USS LANINC CAPD-559. From 1955 to 1957 he served as Main Battery Officer in USS CORAL SEA CCVA-435. He was then assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations COP-435 from 1957 to 1959. From 1960 t0 1962 he Served in USS BRADFORD CDD-5455 consecutively as Operations Officer, Executive Officer, and as Officer in Charge, DD 545 Transfer Team, which delivered the ship to the Creek Navy. From 1963 to 1966 he completed another tour in the Office of the CNO with assignments in the Strategic Plans Division COP-605 and the Politico-Military Policy Division COP-615. From 1966 to 1967 he was assigned as Executive Officer Of USS HALSEY CDLG-233. During 1968 and 1969 he served in Vietnam, successively as Commander River Squadron Five, Chief Staff Officer River Patrol Force CTF-1161, and as Commander Task Force Clearwater. He assumed command of the DECATUR CDDC-315 in Hong Kong on 14 July 1970. A Commander SWARZTRAUBER was horn on 23 June 1929 in Zion, Illinois, a suburban town north of Chicago on Lake Michigan. He was married in 1953 to Beryl Stewart of Haworth, New Jersey. The SWARZTRAUBERS have four children: Sayre, Jr. 055, Beryl Ann C12D, Heidi 005, and Holly 123. He earned the MS and PHD degrees in International Studies at the American University in 1963 and 1970. . - ,,c,4f.vr: vv'f '.4 ' .nr .nm-.-,-I+ -'V ,. - lN'7ff'l.1.f'k Juli 41 A -Y 1 rv.: ' .xii-sc?-QA, 'iP'E1T ' 1ix'C:LHQ,r.w!,f.QE-::':.tfq4l..,.