Downes (FF 1070) - Naval Cruise Book

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WESTPAC ' 82 SPECIAL FEATURE-, C O M D E S R N Captain Gerrish C. Flynn, U. S. Navy Captain Gerrish C. FLYNN was born in California and presently makes his permanent home in Maryland. Upon graduation from Harvard Universi- ty in 1960, he was commissioned an Ensign, U. S. Navy. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1979. He has served in several destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, including USS DUPONT (DD-941) and USS DENNIS J. BUCKLEY (DD-808). He has commanded the USS FORTIFY (MSO-446), a Pacific Fleet Ocean Minesweeper, the USS W. S. SIMS (FF-1059), an Atlantic Fleet Frigate, and the USS TURNER JOY (DD-951), a Pacific Fleet destroyer. In 1965, he was sent to Vietnam and served on the staff of Commander Naval Forces Vietnam and with the River Patrol Force in the Mekong Delta area. Tours ashore have included several assignments to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D. C, first in 1966-68 as a Staff Assistant and later, in 1973-74, as a Special Assistant and NATO Plans Officer. From 1974 to 1976 he served as Staff Member for Southern Europe and Law of the Sea Ocean Policy Matters in the White House ' s National Security Council Staff. He reported as Commander of Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-THREE in March 1981 from duty as the Navy Member, Chairman ' s Staff Group, immediate office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Captain FLYNN holds a master ' s degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University. He is also a graduate of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and the National War College, Washington, D. C. 12

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LCDR N. H. MORGAN, JR., was formerly with COMCRUDESGRU ONE until he was assigned as DOWNES Executive Officer effective September 1982. 11

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