Mississippi (CGN 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPERATIONS Lt Driscoll 1st Lieutenant Lt Haggard Outboard Officer Lt Graves Communications Officer LCDR Dentler Operations Officer LCDR Miller Operations Officer Lt Sweeney Electronic Warfare Officer Lt Kuehl 01 Div Officer Ltjg Franklin CIC Officer Ens. Nelson 1st Div Officer

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER FEBRUARY 1985-PRESENT CDR J. BROWN Commander Jim Brown was born in Akron, Ohio on November 15. 1946. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1968. After training at Nuclear Propulsion School in Bainbridge, Maryland and West Milton, New York, he was assigned to USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9) in Long Beach, California. After deployment to Southeast Asia and completion of overhaul and nuclear refueling, he was transferred to the precommissioning unit of USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37) as Main Propulsion Assistant and later to duty in the Weapons Department. Following over four years on board the USS CAROLINA he was assigned as a Company Officer at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Duty as Engineer Officer on board USS CALIFORNIA (CGN-36) followed including two extended deployments to the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. He then joined the staff of the Senior ' s Officers Ships Material Readiness Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho for three years as an Instructor of Thermodynamics, Operation and Maintenance of Automatic Control Systems. He then reported to USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN-40) as Executive Officer. He is authorized to wear the Battle Efficiency E ribbon for service on CALIFORNIA, Meritorious Unit Commendation and Navy Expeditionary Medal, for service on board CALIFORNIA during the Iranian hostage crisis. Navy Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal. Commander Brown is very happily married to the former Diana Kay Dillon of Cleveland. Ohio. They reside in Virginia Beach with their three sons, Scott, Craig, and Kurt.

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FIRST DIVISION 1st Division (Desk Force) Not enough can be said of the men tasked to main- tain the overall 4.0 appearance of the MISSISSIPPI. Among other things besides the appearance of the ship. First Division is responsible for running liberty boats, anchoring the ship, underway replenishment, helicop- ter operations, mooring pierside. tool issue, manufac- turing canvas covers and various shipboard wind- screens and awnings, reupholstery work, lookouts and steering the ship. Throughout the fleet we ' re the best that ' s why they call us 1st Division. BMI Totten BM2 Archut BM2 Musco BM3 Marshall BM3 Baisey BM3 Reale BMSN Gibbs BMSN Hyde BMSN McConnville BMSN Nunemaker BMSN Gorsuch BMSN Beaulieu Jiii SN Black SR Kramer SN Kineman PCS Lyies SN Holder SN Owen SR Smith SN Howard SN Allen SR Cvijic SR Geer SR Smith