Roanoke (AOR 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Reed next served briefly as the Aircraft Maintenance Manage- ment officer on the Staff of Commander Fleet Air San Diego. In February 1972, he was reassigned to the Staff of Commander Carrier Division ONE as Aide and Flag Secretary, making a final Vietnam combat cruise in USS MIDWAY lCVA 413 and the first Pacific Fleet Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier CCVJ cruise in USS KITTY HAWK lCV 637. Departing Staff duty in April 1974, Captain Reed completed refresher training in the E2B aircraft and served consecutively as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN while the squadron completed two Western Pacific cruises in USS ENTERPRISE lCVN 653 as a unit of Carrier Airwing FOURTEEN. Upon completion of his squadron com- mand tour in October 1976, Captain Reed was assigned as the task Group OperationsfCommand and Control Officer in the Staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Captain Reed commanded Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED TEN from October 1977 until july 1979, when he was assigned as Executive Assistant to the Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Captain Reed assumed command of USS ROANOKE lAOR 71, February 20, 1982 while underway in the Arabian Sea. Captain Reed holds the Meritorious Service Medal, six Air Medals, two Navy Commendation Medals, Navy Achievement Medal, Presi- dential Unit Citation, Three Navy Unit Commendations, Meritorious Unit Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnamese Campaign Medal with Ten Stars, Vietnamese Air Cross of Gallantry, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Unit Citation and the Vietnam Service Medal. Ca tain Reed is married to the former Dolores Collier of Long Beach P 2 , California. They have a son, Michael, and daughter, julie. They reside in Coronado, California. ' fx- sb I X T' X9 5. N! x fl. Tiff Wy. , , Fil

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CAPT I WILLIAM H. REED COMMA DING OFFICER CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. REED IR, COMMANDINC- OFFICER, USS ROANOKE IAOR 7l Captain William H. Reed Ir. entered the Nlavy in De- cember 1958, was commissioned as an Ensign in May 1959 and was designated as a Naval Flight Officer in November 1960 while serving in Hawaii with Airborne Early Warning Barrier Squadron, Pacific. Upon comple- tion of his tour with the Barrier Squadron, he was as- signed to the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, Cali- fornia. Returning to sea duty in April 1965, Captain Reed's next assignment was in USS ORISKANY ICVA 345 where he made three Vietnam combat deployments as the ship's Assistant CIC Officer. Captain Reed then under- went tansition training in the EZA aircraft and in May 1968 reported to carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN. During this tour of duty, in which the squadron made two Vietnam combat deployments as a unit of Attack Carrier Airwing FIF- TEEN embarked in USS CORAL SEA ICVA 439, Captain Reed served consecutively as Administrative Officer, Maintenance Officer and Operations Officer.

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i 'if Qin' COMMA DER R. . ANTAUZZO EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER RICHARD A. FANTAUZZO EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS ROANOKE lAOR 7l Commander Richard A. Fantauzzo is a 1967 gra- duate ofthe United States Naval Academy, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Science. He began his Naval Career as a Midshipman at the Naval Academy in 1963 and was commissioned an Ensign in 1967. Commander Fantauzzo's first tour of duty took him to the USS LONG BEACH ICGN 95, where he served as Terrier Missile Officer from june 1967 to lune 1969. After serving in the USS LONG BEACH QCGN 93, Commander Fantauzzo attended the Surface Warfare Officers Department Head Course until lune 1970. In June 1970, he was assigned to the USS HAR- OLD l. ELLISON QDD 864l, where he served as Weapons Officer. Commander Fantauzzo served aboard the USS HAROLD I. ELLISON lDD 864l until lune 1972 when he split toured as a member of the Personnel Exchange Program. While participating in the PEP Program, Com- mander Fantauzzo was granted the opportunity to serve as Weapons Officer in a Canadian ship, Her Majesty's Finest Canadian Destroyer, Sague- nay QDDH 2063. Commander Fantauzzo participat- ed in the PEP Program from june 1972 to june 1974.