Milwaukee (AOR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN RICHARD T. WRIGHT COMMANDING OFFICER

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SHIP ' S CHARACTERISTICS Displacement, full load 40,000 tons Length : 659 feet Beam 96 feet Draft, full load 38 feet Speed 20 knots Propellers 2 Rudders 2 Boilers 3 Shaft Horsepower 32,000 Armament 4-Single 20 mm Mounts Replenishment Stations 11 Compliment 19 officers 408 enlisted Liquid Cargo Capacity 8,000,000 gallons Ordnance C argo Capacity 600 tons Provision Cargo Capacity 450 tons Helicopters 2

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CAPTAIN RICHARD T. WRIGHT, USN Captain Richard T. Wright, USN, was born in Hankow, China on 6 February 1932 and was commissioned following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1953. After spending two years in the cruiser USS BALTIMORE (CA 68), he reported to the U.S. Naval Submarine School at New London, Connecticut for submarine training. He served in the diesel submarines USS ATULE (SS 403) and USS PICKEREL (SS 524) from 1956 to 1959, then reported to the pre-comissioning crew of USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN 599), our second POLARIS submarine, for duty as Missile Officer and later Weapons Officer. While in PATRICK HENRY he participated in the nation ' s second FBM patrol which set a submerged endurance record. Following three years in the PATRICK HENRY, he spent a year on the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska. He then underwent a year of nuclear power training and reported in 1964 to the pre-commissioning crew of USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN 640), the lead ship of our last class of SSBN ' s, for duty as Executive Officer. In May 1967 Captain Wright took command of USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622) Blue Crew. He took MONROE through her first shipyard overhaul and made patrols in both the Atlantic and Pacific before being relieved in July 1970. He then spent a tour in OPNAV on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare (OP 02) as head of the POLARIS POSEIDON Branch. Prior to commanding MILWAUKEE he served on the Joint Staff, Commander in Chief Atlantic, as Director of Strategic Operations (J34) from January 1973 until June 1975. His next assignment will be on the Staff of the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Wright is married to the former Anne Ruth Talcott of Litchfield, Connecticut. They have three children, a son, Benjamin, and two daughters, Christian and Elizabeth, and reside in East Haddam, Connecticut.