Emory Land (AS 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding Officer CAPTAIN DENNIS Y. SLOAN, USN Captain Dennis Y. Sloan, the son of Colonel and Mrs. Donald C. Sloan, USAF, Retired, was born in Duluth, Minnesota on 29 January 1936. He graduated from W ashington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, in June of 1953 and entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in June 1957. His initial duty was in USS LOS ANGELES (CA-135) where he served until December 1958 as a Junior Division Officer and later as Fire Control Officer. Captain Sloan reported to the United States Noval Submarine School at Groton, Connecticut in January of 1959 for six months of submarine training. Upon graduating, he reported to USS GROW LER (SSG-577 ), serving as Commissary Officer and later as Assistant Missile Officer and Torpedo Officer. In October 1960, he departed GROWLER for Nuclear Power Training at Mare Island, California and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He reported to his first nuclear powered submarine, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN-598) (BLUE) in November of 1961 and served there as Main Propulsion Assistant and later as Operations Officer on three Polaris Deterrent Patrols. This tour was followed by a short tour as Damage Control Assistant during construction of USS WOODROW WILSON (SSBN-624J (BLUE) in Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. In October 1963, Captain Sloan was transferred to USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) for duty as Gold Crew Engineer Officer during new construction, shakedown, and one Polaris Deterrent Patrol. From October of 1965 until September of 1967, he served as Material Officer on the Staff of Commander, Submarine Squadron FOUR in Charleston, South Carolina. In December of 1967, Captain Sloan reported to USS SAM RAYBURN (SSBN-635) (GOLD) where he served as Executive Officer for three Polaris Deterrent Patrols. In July of 1969 he reported to the Staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet where he served as a member of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board. Following Prospective Commanding Officer Training at the Office of the Director of Naval Reactors in Washing- ton, D.C., and the Staff of Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Captain Sloan reported in June 1972 to the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, U.S. Navy, Pascagoula, Mississippi as Prospective Commanding Officer of TUNNY (SSN-682), and as Commanding Officer USS TUNNY (SSN-682) upon commissioning in January 1974. During his lour as Commanding Officer, TUNNY was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation, Battle Efficiency E , Anti-Submarine Warfare A , and two Engineering Excellence £ ' ' s. Captain Sloan was relieved as Commanding Officer USS TUNNY (SSN-682) in January 1976 and served as Head, Nuclear Power Submarine Officer Branch in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He reported in November 1978 as Prospective Com- manding Officer, EMORY S. LAND (AS-39) and assumed duties as Commanding Officer USS EMORY S. LAND (AS-39)when the ship was placed In-Commission Special on 23 March 1979. Captain Sloan has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals, Navy Expe- ditionary Medal, National Defense Medal with Star, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He is married to the former Miss Nancy E. Copies of Baltimore, Maryland. The Sloans have three daughters, Lisa, Sharon and Linda.

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Emory Scott Land Emory Scott Land, a pioneer in submarine development, was born in Canon City, Colorado. A graduate of the University of Wyoming, U.S. Naval Academy, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he became a naval constructor prior to World War I. As Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair (a fore-runner of the Bureau of Ships), from 1932 until 1937, he supervised the design and development of submarines that formed the back- bone of the U.S. Submarine Fleet in World War II. Emory S. Land retired from the Navy on April 1, 1937 at the rank of Rear Admiral. On April 16, 1937 he accepted an appointment by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a member of the U.S. Maritime Commission. On February 18, 1938 he became chairman of that commission. On February 9, 1942 following the outbreak of World War II, he was also assigned as administrator of the War Shipping Administration. He served in that dual capacity until the cessation of hostilities. During this period he was advanced to the rank of Vice Admiral by a Special Act of Congress on July 1, 1944. His list of awards includes the Distinguished Service Medal - Navy: awarded for exceptional meritorious service to the government of the United States as Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission and as Administrator of the War Shipping Administration from April 16, 1937 to August 31, 1945. The Distinguished Service Medal - Army: Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission and as Administrator of the War Shipping Administration, from December 1941 to September 1945, performed services of extraordinary value to the nation. On January 15, 1946, Vice Admiral Land resigned as Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, later to become the president of the Air Transport Association. In addition to the Distinguished Service Medal awarded by the Navy, and the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Vice Admiral Land received the Navy Cross, the Spanish Campaign Medal and the Victory Medal (World War I) with submarine clasp. He also received the following foreign awards: Honorary Commander of the Military Order of the British Empire, 1921; Honorary Knight of the Military Order of the British Empire, 1945 and Grand Officer, Second Class, Polonia Institute, presented by the Polish Government in exile.

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Executive Officer COMMANDER FERBRACHE Commander Ferbrache is a native of Turlock, California and a graduate of the California Maritime Academy (1960) with a degree in Nautical Engineering. He was commissioned into the United States Navy in September 1961 after serving one year with the United States Merchant Marine. His first assignment was the Destroyer Escort USS MC GINTY (DE-365). He has served in three submarines; USS CAIMAN (SS-323); USS CARBONERO (SS-337); Executive Officer USS TANG (SS-56 3) and as Commanding Officer USS TRINGA (ASR-16). He has had shore assignments in his sub-specialty as an Intelligence Officer at Commander U.S. Naval Forces Europe in London, England, and Commander Submarine Flotilla SEVEN in Yokosuka, japan. He had one tour as the Assistant Training Officer at Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, Pacific in San Diego, California. Commander Ferbrache came to EMORY S. LAND from duty with the Director of Naval Intelligence, Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C. He is married to the former Patricia Ann Silva of Hughs on, California. They have three children: Kevin (18), Mark (17) and Caroline (16).