Fechteler (DD 870) - Naval Cruise Book

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We present the hirsute members of the Wardroom, as seen in and around Subic Bay after 34 days of Tonkin Patrol. Absent are LTJG ' s Giambattista and Pearson and ENS ' Panepinto and Hultin. CDR Wm. A Myers, 111 c.o. LCDR D.B. Robertson x.o. LT E.A. Hamilton Weapons LT G„W. Plummer Engineering LT D.R. Knight Operations LTJG F.D. Giambattista Engineering LTJG M.F. Graham Communications LTJG S.C. McCluskey ASW LTJG C.J. Bans Gunnery LTJG D.Q. Pearson MP A ENS J.S. Corbett Asst ASW ENS J. A. Panepinto CIC ENS G.A. Nugent Supply ENS F.E. Trani, Jr. 1st LT ENS G.E. Johnston EMO ENS J.E. Faris Asst Communications ENS J.T. Donnelly DC A ENS J.M. Hultin Personnel

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR Douglas B Robertson, USN, is the ship ' s Executive Officer and Nav- igator. His previous duty stations include Headquarters United Nations Command in Korea, destroyers, a heavy cruiser, an LSM, Fleet Operations Control Center, Pacific and the NROTC Unit at North- western University. The Commander was born in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the Naval Academy. He not only serves the ship in his professional capacities but had added his own personal touch as creator of Fechdog . COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Myers reported to FECHTELER from two years duty in the Pentagon. A graduate of the Naval Academy and the U.S. Naval War College, he has spent over nine of his fifteen years com- missioned service in sea billets. Since reporting aboard, Capt. Myers has taken the ship through the final stages of the Fram I conversion, a rigorous Refresher Training, and a distinguished deployment with the 7th Fleet. The Captain and his wife reside in Long Beach with their two children. In his leisure time, he is a member of the ship ' s top-notch bowling team.

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The CHIEFS The CPO ' s are a difficult group to capture for a photograph. Once posed, however, they look like the salts that they are. Destroyer chiefs are a cut above the average chief. They are the sole masters of their skill, the ship ' s voice on their particular trade, and the men ' s epitome of what a career in the service makes of a man.