Decatur (DD 936) - Naval Cruise Book

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And A Commencemeni THE UNITED STATES SHIP DECATUR WILL PUT TO SEA IN A GOOD AND VVORTHY CAUSE. Joseph C Horsch 29 April T967 These worols, spoken by The well known NBC WoshingTon Corresponolenf oinol senior foreign policy reporTer seT The Tone of cornmissionin cincl I Q c1cTeoI os oi Choirge To The officers ond men of DECATUR. E . 'W ADMIRAL BENSON I ACCEPT COMMAND OF UNITED STATES SHIP DECATUR . . . COM MANDER MCDANIEL SET THE WATCH Lee BciggeTT Jr 29 April T967 WiTh The CopToin's oiccepfoince of his new cornmonol fronn The Commoinoloinf of FirsT Ncivcil DisTricT, onol firsT officioil oroler, ci new ship come To life. WiTh iT come The firsT reoilizoTion of Two yeor's work.

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Commanding Officer. Lee Baggei-I Jr. Commander USN Lee BdggeTT Jr. wds loorn in Ox- Tord, Mississippi on Jcinudry 11, 1927. He received his commission from The U.S. Ncivcil Acddemy in June, 1950. Commdnder BdggeTT's previous sed duTy includes Tours dbodrd The USS FRANK KNOX lDDR-7421, USS CHARLES J. BADGER IDD-6571, ond USS BRIDGET lDE-10241. He hols commdnded The USS COURLAN lMSClOl-441 dnd USS FIRM TMSO- 4441. His Shore duTy hds included The U.S. Novy PosTgrc1duoTe School GT MonTerey, Cdlifornid, dnd The Uni- versiTy oT Cdlifornid dT Berkeley. This duTy led To Cl MdsTers Degree in Nu- cledr Physics. ln 1962 he grc1dudTed Trom The Commond dnd STQTT Course of The Novol Wdr College QT New- porT, Rhode Isldnd ond reporTed To The HeddqudrTers, Defense ATomic Suppori Agency, VVdshingTon, D.C. Prior To reporTing gbodrd DECATUR he wcls oiTToched To The STQTT of Commdnder OperdTion TesT cmd Evdl- udiion Force ds Heod of Mine Wdr- Tdre dnd Underseds Resedrch. Com- mdnder BdggeTT reporTed ds Pro- specTive Commdnding OTTicer OT DE- CATUR in OcTober 1966.