Decatur (DD 936) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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Execuhve Dflicer Lueuienani Commander Rodney B McDaniel USN QualiTies desired sTudy supervise and insTrucT -1. I o O 0 I f W ofvgww . . h 1. X? ...TSCIIIYO . Q Mi wf?fgff1Zf!w , -..., v LieuTenanT Commander McDaniel was born in San Diego, California on April 4, 1934. He graduaTed from STanford UniversiTy in 1,956 and was commissioned ThaT year aT OCS in NewporT, Rhode Island. His sea duTy includes Tours aboard The USS BENNINGTON lCVA-201, USS TURNER JOY lDD-9511 and USS SEMMES lDDG-181. OTher duTy sTaTions include The RecruiT Training Command, San Diego, George WashingTon Univer- siTy Navy PosTgraduaTe Program, where he earned a MasTers Degree in Business AdminisTraTion, and a Tour as AssisTanT To The DepuTy CompTroller of The Navy. He reporTed To The FleeT Training CenTer, NewporT, Rhode Island as ProspecTive Execufive Officer of DE- CATUR in OcToloer of 1966, charged vviTh The preliminary Training of The balance crew, reporTing To BosTon in Decemloer of 1966. .X Ne