Gallant (MSO 489) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER LCDR RICHARD G. MURPHY, USN Page LL

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FCDREWCDRD Fr ay morning I3 Augus l965 Gallant left o each for operations with the U S Seventh Fleet Sixty three men and officers saad their goodbyes and we were underway for a cruise tlat took us to Hawall Kwayalenn Guam The Republuc of the Phlllpplnes Honq Kong Bangkok and three patrols off the coast of Vietnam Our patrols totalled lO5 days of searching Junks for arms and supplies s :ned for Vset Cong hands ID an operation known Market Tlme e purpose of thas book lS twofold rst s shared moments that bond men unto a crew Secondly we wlsh those of you we left behind those of you who shared our many thoughts to also share In our experuence Memories are many and varied and each of us has has personal reverses but we all remember the beauty of Wan the humid hea o Ksayaleln th b lllant sun of Gab the rough rude to Hong Kong the shopping ln Bangkok the endless watches the many unreps e er It IS ID plctu On id ' t L ng B ' ' . . . ' de t' ' ' ' ' as ll ' ll B Th ' ' . Fi it i to recall to us those special moments, moments that we all kiki, ' t f v ' ' , e ri ' Gab ' , . th.p...well,h Q ' ' ' ' ' res. Page 3

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Lieutenant Commander Murphy graduated from the United States Naval Academy in I954 and reported aboard USS PRINCETON KCVS-371 where he served until l956. As gunnery officer he completed a two year tour of duty aboard the USS COGSWELL IDD-65Ii. In i958 Captain Murphy returned to the Naval Acade- my as an instructor in the Weapons Dept. I96I found him as Executive Offi- Cer aboard the USS VAN VOORIS IDE-l028j homeported in Newport, R. I.. Fol- lowing destroyer duty he spent i963-64 in Monterey, California attending the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School where he received a M. S. in management, Captain Murphy assumed command of USS GALLANT QMSO-489, on 2 July l96U. LT Michael R. LANTOW, U. S. Navy, was born in Hays, Kansas October 6, l939. In l96I he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Long Beach State College and was commissioned an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve through the Reserve Offi- cer Candidate Program. His initial tour of duty was served in USS SERRANO KAGS- 241 as communications and subsequently operations officer. He then attended a six months course of instruction in mine-warfare at Charleston,South Carolina where he augmented into the regular Navy. Upon completing his course of instruction at Charleston he reported aboard GALLANT for duties as Executive Officer. LT Lantow now makes his home in Long Beach, California. EXECUTIVE OFFICER E LT MICHAEL R. LANTOW,USN Page 5