Fanning (FF 1076) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Gorris, a native of Pasadena, Cali- fornia, graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland and received his commission in June of 1 972. His initial sea tour was as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Officer aboard USS THEODORE E. CHANDLER (DD 1097), fol- lowed by a tour as commissioning ASW Officer aboard USS MOINESTER (FF 1097). I Completing Naval Destroyer School in July 1 976, he served as commissioning Weapons Officer aboard USS OLENDORF (DD 972) and Chief Engi- neer aboard USS CAYUGA (LST 1 1 86). In June 198 , Commander Gorris graduated from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California with a Master ' s Degree in Financial Management. He then returned to sea as Executive Officer, USS MEYERKORD (FF 1058) followed by a tour as Chief Staff Officer to Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty-One. In July 1 988, Commander Gorris was assigned to the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare, Surface Programs and Budget Office, (OP-30) where he served as the Operations and Maintenance, Navy (O MN) and Other Procure- ment, Navy (OPN) Surface Warfare Account Man- ager and was assigned a subspeciality in Financial Management. Commander Gorris ' s awards include the Merito- rious Service Medal with Gold Star, the Navy Com- mendation Medal with Gold Star, the Navy Achieve- ment Medal, and various unit and service awards. Commander Gorris and his wife Martha, have two daughters, Kimberly Suzanne and Megan Christina. 1 Command At Sea Only a seaman realizes to what great extent an entire ship reflects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a lands- man this is not understandable and sometimes even difficult for us to comprehend, but it is so! A ship at sea is a different world in herself and in considera- tion of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units the Navy must place great power, responsibility, and trust in the hands of those lead- ers chosen for command, in each ship there is one man who, in the hour of emergency or peril at sea can turn to no other man. There is one who alone is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation, engi- neering performance, accurate gunfire and morale of his ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship! This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant dur- ing his tour as Commanding Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges in view of his obligations are almost ludi- crously small; nevertheless Command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. It is the duty which most richly deserves the highest, time- honored title of the seafaring world ... CAPTAIN. - JOSEPH CONRAD

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:• :. ' ' ,i. ' iiW; (l Commanding Officer Frederick D. Gorris, CDR, USN

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Executive Officer n Lieutenant Commander McManus, a native of New York City graduated from Marine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine and received liis commis- sion in April 1979. His initial sea tour was as Main Propulsion Assistant and Combat Information Cen- ter Officer in USS MEYERKORD (FF 1058). Com- pleting Surface Warfare Officer Department School in December 1983, he served as Ship Con- trol Officer in USS LEWIS B. PULLER {FFG 23) and Operations Officer to Commander, Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-ONE. In December 1989, Lieutenant Commander McManus graduated from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California with a Master ' s Degree in Management. He then returned to sea as Missiles and Stril e Warfare Officer in USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9). Lieutenant Commander McManus ' awards include the Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star and various unit and service awards. Thomas M. McManus, LCDR, USN