Gearing (DD 710) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lieutenant Commander Christopher S. Lardis EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Christopher S. LARDlS,U. S. Navy, comes from the Middle West. His home, Warren, Ohio,is in the heart of the Western Reserve wherein he attended elementary and secondary schools and prepared for Annapolis at Kent State Universityg He received a Congressional appointment to the Naval Academy and graduated with the Class of 1953. UpOI1 graduation LCDR LARDIS received orders to the SIXTH Fleet flagship, USS NEWPORT NEWS QCA-1485 wherein he served as assistant navigator. His next assignment was in destroyer types in which he served as Chief Engineer aboard the USS DELONG QDE-6847. Early in 1958 LCDR LARDIS reportedto Chicago and the Office of Naval Research Where he served as Assistant to the Commanding Officer for Research Reserve and as a liaison officer with various industrial and university research centers. In January of 1960 LCDR LARDIS returned to sea as a staff officer with Commander Destroyer Squadron THREE, with homeport Yokosuka, Japan, Destroyer Squadron THREE was the first group assigned 'to the Orient on a non-rotationalloasis and sawudutyinthf-3 Philippines, Formosa, Okinawa, and Burma. LC DR LARDIS departed Japan for Hawaii Where he reported to the staff of Commander- in-Chief Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor as Anti-Air Warfare Officer. Then in late summer of 1964 he reported to the Naval War Collegeas a student of the Command and Staff course and the George Washington University graduate program. Upon graduation from the Naval War College in June 1965, LCDR LARDIS reported for duty aboard the USS GEARING QDD-71056, 1

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Commander Russell Alfred Marcellus, USN Commander Russell A Marcellus USN aveteran of sixteen years of active Naval service assumed command of USS GEARING QDD 7107 on 25 April 1966 After two and a half years as a Naval aviator Commander Marcellus began his surface Navy career aboard the battleship NEW JERSEY Other assignments included USS PILLSBURY receiving a Bachelor of Science degree at Naval Postgraduate School in 1961 Commander Marcellus was Executive Officer of USS WATTS QDD 5615 and later USS THE SULLIVANS fDD 537i Prior to reporting to GEARING he served as Executive Officer of USS YOSEMITE fAD 199 flagship for commander Cruiser Destroyer Force U S Atlantic Fleet Commander Marcellus holds the China Service Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal Korean Presidential Unit Citation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the Navy Expeditionary Medal. COMMANDING OFFICER lDFll-1331, General Line School, and Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay Cuba. After l.

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DEDICATIUN Throughout the cruise -one person- ality has provided us with constant inspiration and encouragement in the absence of our loved ones. His ever present companionship has stirred the souls of officers and enlisted alike. He has influenced our everyday life to an extent no one will ever iknow. He is the rea- son for our being here. With great pleasure we affection- ately and respectfully dedicate this iournal of our cruise' to. . . A-li-