Kauffman (FFG 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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SYMBOLISM SHIELD: The coat of arms honors the aggregate naval service of Vice Amiral James Laurence Kauffman and his son. Rear Admiral Draper Laurence Kauffman. Both father and son were awarded the Navy Cross, symbolized by the two crosses on the white and blue portions of the shield. Dark blue and gold are the colors traditionally associated with the Navy and denote the sea and excellence. The heraldic dolphin, resting below a wavy line, is . vmbolic of vigilance and maritime power and also alludes to affiliation of both men with sub-surface naval missions: such as the elder Kauffman ' s formulation of World War II anti-submarine strate- gies and his son ' s establishment of the Navy ' s first Underwater Demolition Team. ( REST: The trident, symbolic of sea power, alludes to Vice Admiral Kauffman ' s World War I career when he spent more time in command and more time at sea than any other officer of his time: and his World War II Pacific Fleet command for which he received a second Legion of Merit. The bomb represents the achieve- ments of Rear Admiral Kauffman as a bomb-disposal expert and organizer of World War II Bomb Disposal .Schools for both the Navy and Army. The lightning bolts reflect the insignia worn by Naval personnel in the professional specialties associated with the areas Rear Admiral Kauffman was instrumental in establish- in f. The blue stars on the laurel wreath refer to each man ' s rank. MOTTO: On a .-scroll azure doubled are the words TOUJOURS EN VEDETTE (Always on Guard) in gold letters.

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...OUR NAMESAKES RADM. DRAPER L. KAUFFMAN (1911-1979) I t,,rn ,in August 4. 1911. Draper Laurence Kaut ' tman graduated from the iiS. Naval Academy in 1933. Poor eyesight denied him acommis- fJ sion in the regular Navy. Employed by the ihiited States Line Steamship Company, his travels in Europe alerted him to the danger of Nazi Germanv. In February. 1940. he joined the .American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in France. On June 16. he was captured by the Germans and held prisoner for two months. Released in August, be made his way to England and was commissioned a sub-Lieutenant in the British Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, later rising to Lieutenant. At the height of the blitz on London (1940-41). he served as a bomb and mine disposal officer, and achieved a high degree of proficiency in bomb disposal technique. . Securing a U.S. Naval Reserve commission a month before Pearl Harbor. Kauffman was rushed to Hawaii after the .lapanese attack and there disarmed an enemy bomb, the first to be recovered intact for study. .After establishing b m]b disposal schools for the Navy and the Army. Lt. Commander Kauffman in 1943 organized the Navy ' s first Underwat- er Demolition Teams. .After commanding all i ' DT ' s in the invasions ofSaipan. Tinian and Guam. Commander Kauffman planned and directed UDT operations at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His first postwar assignment came in February 1946 when he was a.ssigned to .loint Task Ftirce One. the organization which conducted Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini .Atoll. Later under the CNO. as head of the Defen. ' ie and Protection .Section, he established the U.S. Navy Radiological Safety .School, and aided in setting up a comparable .school for the .Army. In 19. ' )4, Captain Kauffman served in the Strategic Plans Division under the CNO and in I9 ' i. ' i was appointed aide to Secretary of the Navy. Thomas S. Gates. Jr. In Julv of 1960. Kauffman was selected as Rear .Admiral. In 196 ' J. he became Chief of the Strategic Plans and Policy Division. In 1965. he became the 44th Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Academy where he .served for three years. His next assignment was as the Commander of the U.S. Navy Forces in the Philippines and Representative of the Commander in Chief Pacific, a billet once filled 25 years earlier by his father. On June I. 1973, Admiral Kauffman retired from the Navy. Rear Admiral Kauffman married the former Margaret Cary Tuckerman on May I, 1943. ' They had three children: Margaret Cary, Draper Laurence. Jr. and Edith Kelsev.

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ofmiHr COMMANDER RONALD C. BOGLE Commander Ronald C. Bogle was born in Fall River. Mass. on 6 May 1949 and was raised in Pittstield. Mass. and little Comt- pon R.I. He graduated from Miami University, Oxford. Ohio and was commissioned an Ensign Via The NROTC program in June 1971. After completing communications officer school in August 1971. he served on hoard USS SUMTER (LST 1181) as the com- munications officer and subsequently as the operations officer. In June 1974. he was assigned to and commissioned USS MOINESTER (FF 1097) as the communications officer. He attended tin- department head course at Swoscolcom in August 1975. After graduating in March 1976. he reported to USS FORREST SHER- M.W (DD 931) as the chief engineer. In January 1978 he was a student at the Nuclear Power Training Unit in Idaho Fall. ID. .{tier graduating in April 1978. he was assigned as the material officer on Commander Destroyer SQUADRON TWENTY STAFF. In January 1980 he reported as the officer in charge. 1200 600 PSI mobile training team in Charleston. SC where he served until .April 1983 after completing the PXO course at Swoscolcom. In June 1983. Commander Bogle was assigned as PXO ofprecommunit l e wert (FFG 45). and as Executive Officer upon her c(mimissioning in November 1983. In September 1985. he reported toSwoscol- 1 1 im . ' ewport. R.I. and served as an instructor in the PCO PXO department as director, damage control department from January l:)S7 to February 1988 and as division head, combat systems training division for department head training till October 1988. Commander Bogle ' s awards include: Navy commendation medal, navy achievement medal. Vietnam service medal and Viet- nam campaign medal. Commander Bogle is married to the former Jane Kleintop of Allentown, PA and they have two children! Kathryn and Alexan- der. The familv resides in Porlsnxjulh. R.l.