Gray (DE 1054) - Naval Cruise Book

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7 Executive Office Lieutenant Robert W. Stevenson I fuly 1971 25 August 1971 .4-rf vw-ff--1 -' --Q '1-' Y cglfwetffw Off I' Commander Thomas A. Davis 2 Almh 1971 1 July 1971 vpn

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I -' 0 17:4 pzf 'f ' . f -lv K .x Q ,.:f,3g:::y'.: .. ' v l yx I' 1 1 1 I I-... in -.vm Ml: w . Hvfnmanding gn :Y ' Commander Frederick C. .lohnson Commander fohnson,s naval career began as an Ai- rentice Seaman in April 1943 with recruit training at t e Naval Trainin Center, Farragut, ldaho. The following years includej service in various' ships of the Pacific Fleet with partici ation in World War I1 actions, such as the invasions 'of lgvajalien, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, and the Palaus, the battle of the Philippine Sea and subsequent post-war employment throughout the Western Pacific. Following re-enlistment in 1946, then Signalman Second Class fohnson had brief tours of duty in several Atlantic Fleet shi s, ultimatel bein assigned to the coastal mine sweeper USS PLOVERC Whilge serving in PLOVER, he was nominated to attend the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Bainbridge, Maryland. Successful articipation in the nationwide competitive examinations inllowing completion of the academic course of instruction at the Prgparatory School resulted in gaining a Secretary 06 the avy ap- pointment to the U. S. Naval Academg. pon graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1952, nsign .lohnson was assigned to duty in the heavy cruiser USS ,OS ANGELES. The tour of duty in LOS ANGELES included two de loy- ment to the Western Pacific during the Korean conflict and one thereafter. Subsequent tours of duty included service in the Pacific Fleet radar picket destroyer USS HENRY W. TUCKER as Cannery Officer and in USS RUPERTUS as Operations Officer for Commander Destr er Division Thirty-Two. As a lieutenant, he served as the Commanding Officer of USS STARK COUlN?1Y KLST-1134j engaged in logistics sup ort operations under the cognizance of Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleet and the Commandant FOUISDTEENTH Naval District. His most recent sea tours included assignment to the Atlantic Fleet destroyer USS JOHN R. PIERCE KDD-7531 as Executive Officer and later as the Commanding Officer of USS COURTNEY KDE-10212. CRA Y is the third ship Commander fohnson has been ordered to duty in as the commanding officer, and is the eighth destroyer or escort type ship in which he has served. Shore duty assignments since graduation from the Naval Academy include: Duty on the staff of the U. S. Naval Post Craduate School at Montere , Cagornia, from 1957 until 1959, dut on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet as the 1'Yleet dnance Material Readiness Officer from 1961 until 1963, com- pletion ofthe Command and Staff course, U. S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode 1s-land in 1964, and most recently, in the Pentagon as the Navy Overseas Roses Objectives Officer in the Plans and Policy Division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.

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LT L. A. Felton Former Engineering Officer LT I. K. Hartman Present Engineering Officer H Z? pertinent fiend LT E. A. Elliot Supply Officer LTI L Crostick Former Weapons O icer - M.. ,nee . . ,. -...., , M, ..-.4-,L-Q . ... , LTR R Lium Present Weapons O icer LT D. E. Swanson Operations Officer