Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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CUMMANDING CFFICER Captain Frank R. Fahland, USN Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he began his career by enlisting as a Seaman in 1943. While in boot camp, he won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy from his home district in Nebraska. He graduated with distinction and was commissioned in 1950. The next five years meant sea duty with ser- vice in the destroyer USS N. K. PERRY QDD 8833 operating in Mediterranean waters and in USS ESSEX QCVA 91 in the Korean theatre during that conflict. Later he served as an aide to the admiral commanding Cruiser Divisions ONE and FIVE. Lieutenant Fahland entered the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1955 and was awarded the degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He commanded the gasoline tanker USS PECATONICA QAOG 571 from 1958 to 1960, while she convoyed Mutual Assistance Pact ships across the Atlantic and supported U.S. Na- val facilities in the Caribbean during the Cuban crisis. ln 1961 he graduated from the U.S. Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. Following graduation, he was given an op- portunity to demonstrate his technical ability with duty at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He worked in the Polaris Missile and ABM programs. Lieutenant Commander Fahland again returned to sea as Executive Officer of the Destroyer USS HAMNER QDD 7181. Another promotion and another command were soon in store for this naval officer The now Commander Fahland commanded the destroyer USS BAUSELL QDD 8451 off the coast of South Vietnam and in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1965 and 1966. He was awarded the Navy Commenda- tion Medal with Combat V. From 1966 to 1969 Commander Fahland served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense lSystem Analysisj, where his work con- cerned both the effort in Southeast Asia and resource analysis of strategic force programs. For this service he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. ln 1969 Captain Fahland was ordered to sea as pre-commissioning Commanding Officer of the amphibious assult ship USS NASHVILLE QLPD 131. In 1971 he commenced training in nuclear power. He assumed -command of USS LONG BEACH QCGN 91 on 25 September 1972 in the Gulf of Tonkin. Captain Fahland is married to the former Miss Dorothy Bomer of Sands Point, Long Island, New York. With their son, Chris, they now live in San Pedro, California. ..

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