Harry Yarnell (CG 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER LYNDEN D. LEE Commander Lynden I). Lee is a native of Dayton. Ohio and a 19B6 graduate ot Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Science Dejjree in Civil Engineering. After attending Ofl ' icer Candidate School in Decemher 1966 he reported aboard USS C.LKNNON (00-840) home- ported in Newport, R.I. and served as Ciunnery Assistant, Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter Officer, and then as Navigator. In March 1969 he was transferred to I ' SS CCNSTON (I.SD- 5) homeported in San Diego, where he served as Navigator until released from active duty in November 1969. He worked as a civil engineer in Los Angeles, spending nine months as a construction consultant, until May 1971, when he returned to active duty and attended Destroyer .School. From November 1971 until August 197!? he was Operations Officer aboard I ' SS CH.ARLKS R. W.ARK (DI)-H6. ' )I homeported in Mayport, VI., and made a cruise to the Indian Ocean, assigned to the Middle Kast Force. In September 197: he entered the Naval Postgraduate School in Montery, CA in the Anti-.Suhmarine Warfare curriculum, earning a degree, Master of Science in Operational Systems Technology, in March 1976. Commander Lee ' s next tour of duty was as Weapons Officer aboard I ' SS Ll ' CK (DDCi-.lHl homeported in Mayport, FL. In October 1978 he was transferred to Naval Facility Centerville Beach, near F ' -ureka, CA where he served as Operations Officer and then as F.xecutive Officer. In Novem ber 1980 he reported aboard CSS HARRY K VARNF:LL (CC,-17) as F:xecutive Officer Commander Lee is married to Helen Barnard Lee from .Incksonville, FL. ' I ' hey have two .step-children; .Sarah, 11 and Bryan. 7 The Lee ' s reside in ' irginia Beach. ' .- .

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COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN HOWARD F. BURDICK Captain Howard F. Burdick was born in West- erly, Rhode Island in 1934, and was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1956. Follow- ing duty as a sailing instructor at the Academy, he went to sea in USS HAILEY {DD-556) and in the commissioning crew of USS PROVI- DENCE (CLG-6). In 1961-2, he attended post- graduate school in Defense Intelligence, and then served as Assistant Naval Attache, Tel Aviv (resident in Haifa). He returned to sea in USS BOSTON (CAG-1) in 1965, and then as Executive Officer in USS FORREST ROYAL (DD-872). Following duty as a Joint Logistics Plans and Policy Officer on the staff of the Commander in Chief Pacific 1969-71, he served as Commanding Officer in USS DEHAVEN (DD-727), and then as Special Assistant to Commander Mine Flotilla Three. In 1973-74, he attended the Naval War College, and served subsequently on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-095) as the ASW Intelligence Officer and Surface ASW Weapons Programs Coordinator. During this period he received a Masters of Science Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. His last assignment was on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief Atlan- tic and Atlantic Fleet as the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, and subsequently as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Com- mander-in-Chief. Captain Burdick is married to the former Jane Knight Peavey of Stonington, Connecticut. They reside in Virginia Beach with their daughter Susan and son Joshua. m r

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