Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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CIJMIVIZIIIIDIIIIG OFFICER USS UHLZIHDMFI CITY A native of Ohio, Captain Howell was graduated as valedictorian of Woodsfield High School in 1940 and from the U. S. Naval Academy with distinc- tion in 1943. Captain Howell began his career on the USS COLORADO, serving on it through the Marshall, Gilbert, Marianas and Ryukyu campaigns and the liberation of the Philippines. The war over, he saw short tours of duty on the cruisers ALBANY and HOUSTON, and in 1947 began postgraduate studies at Annapolis which would lead to a master's degree in physics from M. I. T. These studies resulted in two tours in special weapons research and develop- ment at Los Alamos, with interim tours in the cruisers BALTIMORE and TOLEDO. Captain HoweII's next sea duty commenced in 1957 aboard the destroyer PRICHETT as Executive Officer and later as Commanding Officer. There followed three years ashore at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, a short tour as Operations Officer, Staff, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla ELEVEN, and nearly three years as the first Navy Deputy, Advanced Ballistics Re-entry Systems, Norton Air Force Base, California. Captain Howell assumed command of the destroyer tender FRONTIER in September 1966 and from there moved to Chief of Staff, Antisubmarine Warfare Group THREE, with additional duty as Commander of the Group from October 1968 to lanuary 1969. He reported to OKLAHOMA CITY in September 1969. Captain Howell and his wife, the former Eleanor Byra Rhodes of Everett, Washington, have three children: a married daughter Charan, a son lay at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, and a daughter Elizabeth Ann at Niles Kinnick High School in Yokohama, Japan. Lk,,.,,-NF, ,,,,..,L ,gf nf-,::w C-,-:-mfr.-1. ,..,. , ,-,-, --.,. . MW.-- . '! 9f'-J 1,11-:Q , f-A4 .w-,-1 'fx .4 .. ggi.: .L1Q4:.'a:-3.':,.':..'::: .1,::4:ef.'..3. A 2 L..-' :fax LTTE' .-:. '11-J ':. :4:,L '1'1 Y: It :.':?a:':'...'i::2'x :.:-:w'.. :'f. .C'.J7fC' J - ..:-.- . .. , ..,., -x5,,.s. . -..., , A 1 :.,,.,.....,.,...,...,.,,,.:.,, , 1 Y

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EI-IIEF UF STEFF. COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET t X . we X N CAPTAIN RALPH S. VVENTWORTH IR., USN Captain Wentworth entered the Navy in 1938, was commissioned as an Ensign in 1943, and graduated from the Navy Academy in 1944. He has had numerous tours of sea duty including the USS TENNESSEE LBB- 43,l and USS CRESCENT CITY CAPA-219 during World War ll, Executive Officer of the USS RUPERTUS lDD-8519 and as Commanding Officer of the USS PECATONICA CAOG-575, USS NAFIEH CDE-3525, USS TURNER JOY CDD-9519 and the USS REEVES KDLG-247. Interim shore duty has included participation in the Naval and National War Colleges, Flag Lieutenant for Commander Service Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Flag Secretary of the Naval Academy, Warrant Officer Detailer of BUPERS, Head of Strategic Plans and Policy Division on the CINPACFLT Stahf, and finally as Director of the Plans Division of BUPERS prior to assuming duties on the Seventh Fleet Staff. Captain Wentworth is married to the former Mildred Werner of Beverly, Kansas. They have three daughters, Mrs. Patricia Villa, Pamela, and Peggy Ann.

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SIIYUNZIRZI TU OUR FORMER SIIIPPEPU' COMMANDINC OFFICER USS OKLAHOMA CITY Captain Wayne D. Surface, a native of Des Moines, Iovva, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943. Post-graduate education included a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Post-graduate School, and a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. Numerous tours df sea duty included the uss Auucic CDD-5695, uss AGERHOLM CDD-8265, and uss VALLEY FORGE CCVA-45j. He also served as Executive Officer of the USS BRINKLEY BASS CDD-8875, subsequently Commanding Officer of the USS ULVERT M. MOORE CDE-4429, the USS SOMERS CDD-9475, and the USS MOUNTRAIL CAPA-2135, prior to his assignment to the helm of the USS OKLAHOMA CITY CCLG-5 . He served distinctively aboard the OKCITY from june 1968 to September 1969. Captain Surface and Mrs. Surface, the former Peggy Lockhart of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, recently departed japan with his next assignment as Commanding Officer of the U. S. Naval Ordnance Depot, Bangor, Washington.