Lockwood (FF 1064) - Naval Cruise Book

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I I, COMMANDER MCKEARN GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME IN JUNE 1963, RECEIVING HIS COMMISSION THAT SAME MONTH THROUGH THE NROTC PROGRAM. HE REPORTED TO THE USS BRUSH QDD745J AS ELECTRICAL OFFICER, AND SERVED AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT AND R DIVISION OFFICER DURING HIS THREE YEAR TOUR. AFTER COMPLETING CURRICULUM AT THE NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HEAD COURSE IN, NEWPORT, R.I., HE WAS ASSIGNED AS ENGINEER OFFICER ON THE USS BAUSELL QDD 8455. DURING THIS TOUR HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH COMBAT V , THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON USS ENERGY QMSO 4365 FROM APRIL 1969 TO NOVEMBER 1970. DURING 1971, HE ATTENDED THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, RECEIVING A MASTERS DEGREE IN MATERIAL MANAGEMENT. HE NEXT PROCEEDED FOR DUTY TO SAN DIEGO,,CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE SERVED AS RETENTION OFFICER IN THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER DESTROYER FORCE, UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET FOR THREE YEARS. IN APRIL 1975, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ABOARD USS FRANCIS HAMMOND QFF 10671, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CREW WHICH BROUGHT THE SHIP TO YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, IN OCTOBER 1975 TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE OVERSEAS FAMILY RESIDENCY PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS TOUR IN NOVEMBER 1976, HE WAS A STUDENT AT' THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE FOR SIX MONTHS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY TRANSFER TO THE NROTC UNIT, UNIVERSITY OF COLOR- ADO FOR DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR IN NAVAL OPERA .ONS. HE REPORTS FOR DUTY IN LOCKWOOD FROM COLORADO. I COMMANDER MCKEARN IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER BILLIE MARION BLANKENSHIP OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AND THEY HAVE ONE CHILD, ALICIA, WHO IS EIGHT YEARS OF AGE. I Q COMMANDING OFFICER CDR MICHAEL C. MCKEARN

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VICE ADMIRAL C1890 - 19675 THE SHIP'S NAMESAKE ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, GRADUATING IN JUNE, 1912. THEN STARTED THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE WHICH ENDED WITH RETIREMENT IN 1947 WITH THE RANK OF VICE ADMIRAL. VICE ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD SERVED A LARGE PORTION OF HIS CAREER IN THE SUBMARINE FORCES, BUT HIS CAREER ALSO COVERED MANY OTHER BILLETS BOTH ASHORE AND AFLOAT. EXPECTING TO BE A SURFACE OFFICER, HIS FIRST BILLETS WERE ABOARD BATTLESHIPS. HE ALSO SERVED ON CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, AND EVEN GUNBOATS ON THE YANGTZE RIVER PATROL. HOWEVER, ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD SOON DISCOVERED THAT HIS REAL LOVE WAS SUBMARINES. AS AN ENSIGN, HE COMMANDED THE SUBMARINES A2, AND B1 WHICH WERE AMONG THE SUBMARINES IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW HE COMMANDED FIVE OTHER SUBMARINES, AND DURING WORLD WAR I, HAD COMMAND OF THE CAPTURED GERMAN SUBMARINE, UC-97. 0 BY THE START OF WORLD WAR II ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD HAD MADE CAPTAIN AND WAS SERVING AS NAVAL ATTACHE AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN LONDON. ASSUMING COMMAND OF SUBMARINES SOUTHWEST PACIFIC IN 1942, HE BECAME COMMANDER OF SUBMAR- INES, PACIFIC FLEET IN 1943. BY THE WAR'S END ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD COMMANDED OVER 300 SUBMARINES, SINKING THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ENEMY SHIPPING AND WARSHIPS. THE LIFEGUARD LEAGUE, RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING DOWNED FLYERS BY SUBMARINE, WAS ONE OF MANY DUTIES WHICH ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD ORGANIZED. ON 1 SEPTEMBER 1945 ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD WAS PRESENT WITH FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ ON BOARD USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY FOR THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. FOLLOWING THE WAR VICE ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD SERVED AS NAVAL INSPECTOR GENERAL UNTIL MID-1947. UPON HIS RETIREMENT, VICE ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD BEGAN ANOTHER CAREER, AS AN AUTHOR. HE WROTE EIGHT BOOKS, INCLUDING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DOWN TO THE SEA IN SUBS . CHARLES A. LOCKWOOD JR

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER I CDR LINTON WELLS II ,COMMANDER WELLS GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN JUNE 1967. HE REPORTED TO THE PRE-COMMISSIONING CREW OF USS MARATHON QPG 895 THEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON. HE SERVED AS WEAPONS AND SUPPLY OFFICER AFTER THE SHIP WAS COMMISSIONED AND HOMEPORTED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. LEAVING MARATHON IN JUNE 1969, HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS AS NAVIGATOR OF USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS QDLG 275, OUT OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. DURING THIS TOUR, THE SHIP DEPLOYED FROM THE ATLANTIC FLEET TO THE GULF OF TONKIN. FROM JOSEPHUS DANIELS HE REPORTED FOR GRADUATE STUDIES AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, COMPLETING A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING DEGREE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN 1974 AND A PHD. IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN 1975. WHILE AT JOHNS HOPKINS HE SERVED BRIEFLY ON USS WILLIAM M. WOOD QDD 7145 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, AT OP-96 KSYSTEMS ANALYSIS DIVISION OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATION'S OFFICE5, IN USS ALAMO QLSD 335, AND ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER, CARRIER GROUP SIX. AFTER DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL HE SERVED AS OPERATIONS OFFICER OF USS RICHARD E. BYRD QDDG 235 FROM JANUARY 1976 TO AUGUST 1977. FROM BYRD, HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICER OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE QPROGRAM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION5 IN SEPTEMBER 1977. HIS DUTIES INCLUDED INDIAN OCEAN FORCE LEVEL STUDIES AND ALLIED DEFENSE PLANNING IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. HE DEPARTED FOR THE PROSPECTIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICER COURSE IN MAY 1980, AND JOINED LOCKWOOD AT YOKOSUKA IN AUGUST 1980. COMMANDER WELLS' AWARDS INCLUDE THE DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL, THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, AND THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL. COMMANDER WELLS IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER LINDA MARIE MOTTA OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. THEY HAVE ONE SON, LINTON III, WHO IS THREE.