Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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l COMMANDING OFFICER Q, -it- '-'--lg Captain John J. Tice lll served as Commanding Officer of the Oklahoma City from February 1971 to June 1972. Before coming to Oklahoma City, he served at various commands, including Assistant Naval Attache in the Republic of China, Staff Operations Officer for Commander Destroyer Squadron EIGHT and Chief of Staff!Aide to Com- mander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla TWELVE. l ill

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Captain Earl F. Godfrey became Chief of Staff for Commander, U.S. SEVENTH Fleet in February 1972. A graduate of the University of Nebras- ka in Omaha, Capt. Godfrey entered the Navy as an aviation cadet in 1942. He served aboard the carrier Yorktown in World War ll and participated in the Korean Conflict aboard the USS Philip- pine Sea. Captain Godfrey has previously been Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron FIFTY-FIVE, Commanding Officer of At- tack Squadron ONE TWO FIVE, Execu- tive Officer of USS Ticonderoga and Commanding Officer of USS Kitty Hawk. M.- 'H'llun CHIEF OF STAFF

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1 'K Commander Rodney L. Stewart served as Executive Officer of Oklahoma City from July 1970 to March 1972. He came to the SEVENTH Fleet from command of the USS Ozbourne. Commander Stewart attended the University of New Nlexico and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in English Literature. He was also a practicing ordained Baptist minister. Commander Stewart left Oklahoma City to assume a position in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Public Affairs Branch in Washington, D.C. J H2 5,