Richmond K Turner (DLG 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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1iAf COMMANDER FRANK L KOVARICR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER lc L Kovarick was born in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on 19 january 1928. Commander Fran . , He was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in june 1952 and was commissioned an Ensign ' ' 3 N X 6'. in the line, U.S . Navy. He attained the rank of Commander to date from 2 October 19 5 Commander Kovarick served as Assistant Navigator in the USS MISSOURI CBB-635 during the ship's second Korean campaign tour. He entered flight training at Pensacola, Florida in February 1954 and after his designation as a naval aviator he served in Fighter Squadron One Hundred Fourteen in the USS ESSEX CCVA-95. He served in USS CARTER HALL CLSD-35 prior to attending the U.S . Naval Post Graduate School in june 1959. Upon graduation from the Post Graduate School in 1961, Commander Kovarick served as Gunnery Officer in USS FOREST SHERMAN QDD-9315. In April 1962, he joined the nucleus crew of USS LEAHY QDLG-165, building at Bath, Maine, for duty as Weapons Officer when she was placed in commission on ' ' ' nder Cruiser Force, U.S. 4 August 1962. In December 1963 he joined the Staff of the Comma Rh d Island and served as the Force Guided Missile Officer un- Atlantic Fleet in Newport, o e , til September 1965 when he was ordered to report to USS RICHMOND K. TURNER QDLG-205. Commander Kovarick was married in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in September 1957 to the armon, also of Stroudsburg. They have two daughters, jan Louise and Amy I Y af w . W. - 1 1 Z f ,,v, I 4. Q. f s in , u il ' I L f former Susan H Elizabeth. I5

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COMMANDER WILLIAM L BRYAN, USN THE FIRST EXECUTIVE OFFICER Commander William L Bryan the first Executive Officer of the USS RICHMOND K. TUR- NER QDLG-ZOI his previously serx ed at sea in the destroyer, amphibious, and mine counter measures forees Upon being commissioned in 1949, Commander Bryan served in the Gunnery and Operations Department of the USS POWER CDD-8395 and subsequently in the Operations and Engineering Department of the USS HAILEY CDD-5561 From july 1955 through September 1956 he served on the staff of the Commander, Amphibious Group Three, aboard various of the task foiee involved in the transportation of materials for constructing the Distant Early Warning QDEWI line During 1957 Commander Bryan served as Executive Officer, USS PLUCK CMSO-46-ll and during 1955 as Commanding Officer, USS NOTABLE QMSO-4601. While on shoie duty Commander Bryan undertook three years of post graduate studies in engineering electronics at the U S Naval Post Graduate School at Monterey, California and acquired a master s degree in that subject He also completed in 1960 the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island Commander Bryan served as a system designer! analyst and computer programmer at the Fleet Programming Center, Pacific when that activity xx as producing the initial few generations of computer programs for the Naval Tactical Data System Commander Bryan was born in Newport, Rhode Island on 5 March 1928 , He entered the U S Naval Academy in August 19-15 after attending schools in various parts of the country During his last yeai at the Naval Academy, he captained the varsity fencing team, and won the NCAA fencing championship for epee in 1948 He graduated from the Naval Academy in june 1949 and was commissioned an Ensign in the line, U S Navy He attained the rank of Commander as of 1 January 196-1 Commander Bryan has the World War ll Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Med- al QEuropej and the National Defense Service Medal Commander Bryan was married in Scranton, Pennsylvania September 1951, to the former A Ann Warren of Waverly Pennsylvania They have five children, William L. Bryan jr., Edward W Bryan Letitia H Bryan john A Bryan, and Ellen S Bryan f 3 I r i I . X I 6 1 5 hum A N ' . ' , 'I , L 4 X C x 1 3 , 1 I 3 I ' H amphibious command ships . During this period, he made two trips to the Arctic as a member ' 3 . L , 1' 1 x 3 X C ! J X ns O I - .V T - 'I' O I , -Q 7 n Q . 7 - n 7 I e , 0 , Q a g

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