Farragut (DDG 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMDESRON 22 CAPT. A. B. Higginbotham Captain Higginbotham was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on 9 December 1929. He is the son of Mrs. Chloe Addair Higginbotham and the late Mr. John Crockett Higginbotham of Iaeger, West Virginia. After graduating from Welch High School he attended Duke University until he entered the Naval Academy in 1949. , Upon graduation from Annapolis in 1953, Captain Higginbotham commenced a predominately sea-going career in Navy combatant ships. He served in the cruiser DES MOINES QCA-1345, destroyer WILLARD KEITH QDD-5725, submarines SEA LEOPARD QSS-4835, SAILFISH QSS-5725, REDFIN QSS-2725, REQUIN QSS-4815, cruiser JOSEPHUS DANIELS QCG-275 and frigate TRIPPE QFF-10755. He commanded the submarine REQUIN from 1966 until 1968. In 1970 he commissioned the frigate TRIPP which he commanded until 1972. Captain Higginbotham's other assignments include tours as Director of the Engineering Department at the Submarine School in New London, Connecticut, Assistant Operations Officer for Polaris Submarine Matters on the staff of Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Assistant for Surface ASW Sensors in the office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fAnti-submarine Warefarelg and Assistant for Chief of Staff for ASW on the Staff of Commander, Sixth Fleet, embarked on the USS LITTLE ROCK QCG-41. His most recent assignment was in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations fSurface Warfarel where he served as Head of Plans and Program Branch. He assumed command of Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Two on 26 July 1978. vs---.1Af.1i,,.s...q-zi. --'h.-1sY--'-.- Sundt 21

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Commanding Officer CDR William L. Wunderly Jr Commander William L. Wunderly Jr., was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 27, 1939. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1962. . He has served on the following ships: USS JOHN KING QDDG-35, USS HOOPER KDE-10265, USS WILKINSON QDLG-55, USS ENTERPRISE QCVAN-655 and as Executive Officer for the commissioning crew of the USS VIRGINIA QCGN-385. Cdr Wunderly graduated from the Surface Warfare Department Head School in Newport, Rhode Island in June 1966. Prior to reporting aboard FARRAGUT, he was a staff instructor at the CNO's fChief Of Naval Operationsl Senior Officer's Ship Material Readiness Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho. From 1968-1970, Commander Wunderly attended the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, receiving a Masters Degree in Oceanography, graduating with distinction. In 1971, he completed Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training and is currently qualified to operate a naval nuclear propulsion plant. J l

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Executive Officer LCDR Edward J. Kaufman e June '78 - a Jan '80