Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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E ECUTIVE OFFICER USS UIILZIHUIVIZI CIT Captain Danis is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of the class of 1949 of the U. S, Naval Academy. On graduation he served on the USS PASADENA CL-65 and subsequently on USS ROCHESTER CA-124. During the Korean War, he served on Staff Commander Seventh Fleet, then as CIC Officer on the USS MANSFIELD DD-7285 and on Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron Nine. After receiving his BSME from the Naval Post-graduate School in Monterey California, he served as Main Propulsion Assistant on USS HORNET CVA-12 and in the Atomic Energy Division of the office of Chief of Naval Operations. He then attended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College. He then became the Executive Officer of the USS FRANK E. EVANS IDD-7545 in August 1962. His next tour of duty vvas at Headquarters U. S. European Command at Camp des Loges, France in the Military Assistance Division. He served as Com- manding Officer of USS PHILIP fDD-498i from April 1967 until she was docommissioned in September 1968. He relieved as Executive Officer of the USS OKLAHOMA CITY on 17 October 1968, three weeks prior to her sailing for the Western Pacific to serve as flagship for Com- mander Seventh Fleet. His decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and Gold Star in lieu of the second award, the joint Services Commendation Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, and other campaign ribbons. He is married to the former leanne Drexel Wilson of Los Angeles, California. They have one SON, lOhn lay Danis. .,-.AQ -As --..--,......----...-......--,...-., '- - 4 -- .v-v'-404.4-.........gqf!