Downes (FF 1070) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE COMMANDING OFFICER Commander George M. Coshow II is a native of Carpinteria, California and received his Bachelor of Arts from Sacramento State University in 1962. He entered Officer Candidate School in October 1962 and was commissioned in March of the next year. His first tour of duty was in USS EPPERSON (DD-719) as Main Propulsion and Damage Control Assistant and as the deck controller for the drone ASW helicopter. Following tours included Assistant Navigator in USS ARNOLD J. ISABELL (DD-869) and Engineering Officer in USS MCGINTY (OE-365). He graduated from the Destroyer School, Newport, Rhode Island, in 1968; subsequently served in USS EDSON (DD-946) as Engineering Officer and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal. Commander Coshow ' s first tour ashore began in 1970 as an engineering instructor at Destroyer School. He returned to sea as Main Propulsion Assistant in USS AMERICA (CV-66). While on AMERICA he received the Navy Commendation Medal. In 1976 he reported aboard USS OUELLET, the Naval Sea Systems Command as project manager of the Destroyer Engineered Operating Cycle Program. Commander Coshow is married to the former Alannah Danaher of Meriden and East Hampton, Connecticut. They have three children, Maura, Oliver, and Sarah.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CDR B. W. DOMURAT, USN, embarked on the DOWNES February 1981 to serve as Executive Officer until August 1982. He was transferred and is now attached to Naval Station, San Diego. 10