Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER GARY J.E. SMITH UNITED STATES NAVY 42 COMMANDER GRAY J. E. SMITH IS A NATIVE OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFOR- NIA. HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE FROM WHITTIER COL- LEGE IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA IN 1969. HE PARTICIPATED IN AN EX- CHANGE PROGRAM WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN IN DENMARK AND WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1971 FOLLOWING OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. COMMANDER SMITH REPORTED TO USS DUNCAN FROM DUTY AS CHIEF STATE OFFICER OF DESTROYER SQUADRON 25. HIS PAST SEA DUTY ASSIGN- MENTS INCLUDE: USS HAROLD E. HOLT (FF-1070), USS REEVES (CG-24), USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14), USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7). ASHORE COMMANDER SMITH SERVED AS TRAINING AND SUMMER PRO- GRAMS DEPARTMENT HEAD AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AND ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET, HE PLANNED AND CONDUCTED THE USNS MERCY (TAH-17) HOSPITAL SHIP MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE NATIONS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE SUBSEQUENTLY WAS AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL COMMENDATION AND THE MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION. COMMANDER SMITH ' S PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF SECOND AWARD AND THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL. COM- MANDER SMITH CURRENTLY RESIDES IN SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA.

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USS DUNCAN (FFG-10) USS DUNCAN IS NAMED IN HONOR OF ADMIRAL DONALD B. DUNCAN, A DISTINGUISHED AVIATOR WHO IS BEST KNOWN AS THE ARCHITECT OF THE DOOLITTLE TOKYO RAID OF 1942. DUNCAN IS THE FOURTH NAVY SHIP TO , BEAR THE SAME NAME. THE FIRST THREE WERE NAMED IN HONOR OF SILAS DUNCAN, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO. SHE IS ALSO THE FOURTH OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS GUIDED MISSILE FRJGATE. DUNCAN WAS BUILT AT ODD SHIPYARD, SEAJ LE .AND WAS THE FIRST OF HER CLASS TO BE • AUNCHEP BYTODD 9WIPYARD. HER KEEL WAS LAID 1 APRIL 1977. SHE WAS iA. ii ' -€HFiISTENB©-ON 1 MARrH 1978 AND. COMMISSIONED ON 24 MAY 1980. ||(fc Dli CAN DI LA HWONS AND f5 445 FEET LONG. SHE HAS 2 GAS ayfrn BINE engines which produce 40,000 HORSEPOWER. THE GAS TUR - If Cl BINES ARE THE MARINE VERSION OF THE DC-10 JET ENGINE AND CAN BE BROUGHT ON THE LINE IN ONE-EIGHTH THE TIME REQUIRED FOR A STEAM OR NUCLEAR POWERED SLHR - — ni IMP M T ViM q-TH F FIRST O F Si: TfcfeMiaLIV£R .HAZARD PERRY CLASS FRIG- ATESjaiWilllgPlUBHpkESERVE FORCE, THUS GIVING THEM A MOD- ftNTRAINING PLATFORM AND UNPRECEDENTED CAPABILITY IN MODERN ARFARE. TRAINING AND READINESS ARE THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE NAVAL RESERVE. IN TIME OF CONFLICT DUNCAN CAN MOBILIZE THE SE- LECTED RESERVES AND BE READY FOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. DUNCAN HAS A CREW OF 203 ENLISTED MEN AND OFFICERS. HOWEVER, ONLY 60 PERCENT ARE- ON ACTIVE DUTY. THE OTHER 40 PERCENT CONSIST OF LO- CAL SELECTED RESERVISTS WHO DRILL ONE WEEKEND A MONTH AND TWO WEEKS DURING THE YEAR. .. --- DUNCAN IS ONE OF 9 SHIPS IN SURFACE UADRON ONE HOMEPORTED ' IN LONG BEACH, CA. AS A MEMBER OF THE SQUADRON SHE SUPPORTS THE REGUtA R NAVY BY PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS THIRD FLEET OPERATIONS INCLUDING CARRIER DEPLOYMENT WORKUPS AND BATTLE GROUP OPER- ATIONS. --- — = 41

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LCDR BRUCE A. RASMUSSEN EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR RASMUSSEN GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND RECEIVED A COMMISSION THROUGH OFFI- CER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN MAY OF 1978. HE SERVED ON THE USS FIDELITY (MSO-443) IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA AS OPER- ATIONS OFFICER, USS VIRGINIA (CGN-38) IN NORFOLK, VIR- GINIA, AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, USS MANITOWOC (LST-1180) IN LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA, AS OPERATIONS OFFI- CER AND USS CLARK (FFG-11) IN PHILADELPHIA, AS COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER. HE HAS COMPLETED SHORE DUTIES AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TRAIN- ING INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL AND SERVED AS THE COMMAND- ING OFFICER AT THE NAVAL RESERVE CENTER IN LEXING- TON, KENTUCKY. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WITH HIS WIFE, HELENE, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, JANNA AND ADAM. 43