Lockwood (FF 1064) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON 15 CAPT PETER J DOERR EN E ..,, ,r VV 2 1 A. grdlglj' :A If , 1 A l Q gg I me , -. XR Q , 7 f CX, .2 , ff ,I fry! 4' CAPTAIN PETER DOERR ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY THROUGH OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN NOVEMBER 1955, REPORTING TO THE USS NEWMAN K. PERRY QDDR-8835 IN APRIL 1956. AFTER SERVING AS EMO, COMM. OFFICER, CIC OFFICER, OPERATIONS OFFICER AND NAVIGATOR, HE TOOK COMMAND OF THE USS PARROT QMSC-1973 IN MARCH 1959. HE GRADUATED TOP IN HIS CLASS FROM THE NAVY'S POSTGRADUATE INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL AND SERVED AT THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE IN JUNE 1961, THEN AT THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN 1962, WHERE HE WAS AWARDED THE JOINT SERVICES COMMENDATION MEDAL DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. THEN - LT DOERR REPORTED TO COMMANDER, ESCORT THREE AS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. HE REPORTED IN MAY 1965 TO USS FRANK E. EVANS QDD-7545 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE REPORTED FOR DUTY AS SECOND COASTAL ZONE INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER II CORPS AT NHA TRANG IN APRIL 1967, WHERE HE RECEIVED FOUR AIR MEDALS, THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION AND VIETNAMESE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL DURING THE TET OFFENSIVE. HE THEN ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS AWARDED A MASTER OF ARTS IN LAW AND DIPLOMACY, WITH SPECIALIZATION IN EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS. IN JUNE 1970, THEN - CDR DOERR REPORTED TO ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE GROUP THREE AS SURFACE OPERATIONS OFFICER, WHERE HE RECEIVED THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL AND A SECOND MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION. TAKING COMMAND OF THE USS FRANCIS HAMMOND KDE-10675 IN MARCH 1972, HE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS IN THE TONKIN GULF AND WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR WITH COMBAT V , AND THE COMBAT OPERATIONS RIBBON. AFTER ASSIGNMENT, AGAIN TO DIA AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTION OPERATIONS, HE WAS DETAILED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ESTABLISH A NEW STAFF ELEMENT UNDER THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. HE RECEIVED AN OAK LEAF CLUSTER TO THE JOINT SERVICES COMMENDATION MEDAL AND THE DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL DURING THESE TOURS. IN JULY 1977, CAPT. DOERR REPORTED TO COMSEVENTH FLEET AS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PLANS, AND WAS AWARDED THE LEGION OF MERIT. HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF DESTROYER SQUADRON FIFTEEN OPERATING OUT OF YOKOSUKA, JAPAN ON 9 MARCH 1981. CAPTAIN DOERR IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MARY ADDISON CLARK OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.