Robert E Peary (FF 1073) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER . 7 4 if ,IL L- K! l Li COMMANDER MICHAEL J. SCHNEIDER, USN CDR. Michael J. Schneider was born in New Jersey on September 10, 1939, son of John and Mary iJohnstonl Schneider. He grew up in Cooperstown, New York and attended Cooperstown Central School. Upon graduation he entered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. He graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree, a Third Mate's license and was com- missioned an Ensign on July 31, 1961. He went on active duty in September 1961 and has subsequently advanced on to the rank of Commander. CDR. Schneider's first duty assignment was as Navigator on the USS PLYMOUTH ROCK QLSD 291. After a year, he volunteered for submarine duty and was ordered to the Submarine School at New London, Connecticut in March 1963. Upon graduation the follow- ing September, he was assigned to the USS SABALO QSS 3021 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, serving as Assistant Engineer, Supply Officer, Operations Officer and Navigator. CDR. Schneider was designated as qualified in submarines in January 1965. He then reported to the USS BLUEBACK QSS 5813 and served as the Weapons Officer. He was designated as qualified for command of submarines at the time of his detachment in July 1969. CDR. Schneider then spent two years at the Oceanography Department of the Texas A8tM University where he earned his Masters Degree in Oceanography. Upon completion of his studies he was ordered to the USS BONEFISH QSS 582i at Pearl Harbor and served there as Operations Officer and Navigator. In March 1971 he fIeeted up to Executive Officer onboard, the BONEFISH. ln September 1972, CDR. Schneider reported to the USS OKLAHOMA CITY QCLG-Sl, the command and flagship for Commander Seventh Fleet, which was homeported out of Yokosuka, Japan. During his tour as Operations Officer, his designator was changed to Surface Warfare Officer. In March 1974 he was detached to the USS ROBERT E. PEARY QFF 10731 in Pearl Harbor for duty as Commanding Officer. CDR. Schneider is authorized to wear various theatre and unit awards including the Navy Achievement Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal. He is married to the former Maureen Donovan of Swansea, Massachusetts and they have two children, a son Kevin and a daughter Megan.

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I I ii 1 - .4-. . I 1. . ' 5 COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADFION THIRTY-THREE ,, g'wQ,3,1 H ,wus 24.1--, , , 'fy i ,my 'M f , ' A 9 Q X ff.. ' ix , H 'PAL ,5- f I f , .. .sf I E1 ,.,,., sav V f ffm Wi W ,, 7. , gf Muff ff ,f f 7 .f - fi ,,,,., f ,7 U ,W ,f f ' ,, ' 557-7 WU'-W 2,0 ,rj , ,fi 'ff I , fr 'ff ' 5 fr , f,,f'l,, f , ,, ,f g, , fn 'E if - 2 Q CAPTAIN JOHN A. BALDWIN, JR., USN Captain John A. Baldwin is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and attended schools in that city prior to com- pleting his secondaryueducation at Kent School, Kent, Connecticut. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in July 1951, graduating and receiving his commission as an Ensign in June 1955. Captain Baldwin served briefly in the USS DENNIS J. BUCKLEY QDDFI 808i and with the Small Craft Facility at the Naval Academy before reporting to the USS GAINARD QDD 706i as First Lieutenant and later as Chief Engineer. During this tour the GAINARD made deployments to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, South America and the Carribean. In 1959 he relieved as Executive Officer of the USS JEFFER- SON COUNTY QLST 8453, making a deployment to the Western Pacific as a unit of the SEVENTH FLEET. ln 1960, Captain Baldwin assumed command of the USS MARYSVILLE QEPCEFI 857i, after which the MARYSVILLE engaged in oceanographic, acoustic, and electronic research in EASTPAC and MIDPAC in support of the Navy's Research and Development community. ln August, 1962 Captain Baldwin commenced studies in Oceanography at the Univer- sity of Washington under the Navy's Postgraduate Education Program, following which he reported to the Naval Oceanographic Office for a brief indoctrination tour. In 1964 he reported as Executive Officer of the USS JOHNSON QDD 8211, making a deployment to the SIXTH FLEET in the Mediterranean. Captain Baldwin's second command tour followed in 1965 when he relieved as Commanding Officer of the USS JOHN R. PERRY QDE 1030. During this tour the homeport of the ship was changed from Key West, Florida to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Relinquishing command in 1967, Cap- tain Baldwin reported tothe staff of the Oceanographer of the Navy as the Assistant for Anti-Submarine Warfare Re- quirements. He returned to sea when he became the first Commanding Officer of the USS MEYEFIKORD QDE 1058, upon her commissioning on November 28, 1969. Upon com- pletion of Shakedown trials, inspections and training, MEYERKORD deployed to the Western Pacific, where duty with the SEVENTH FLEET included combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, an excursion into the Indian Ocean, and joint operations with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces. Commencing in 1972, Captain Baldwin served as an advisor to the Vietnamese Navy, acting as Senior Advisor to Com- mander, Second Costal Zone, in addition to serving as Com- mander Task Group 115.2. A subsequent reorganization resulted in his assuming command of the Naval advisory effort in Military Region TWO. In 1973, Captain Baldwin reported to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations for duty with the Systems Analysis Division. He served in and subsequently headed the Sea Control Forces Group, providing analytic sup- port for the CNO's decision making process. He assumed command of Destroyer Squadron THIRTY-THREE in August 1975. Captain BaIdwin's wife Leslie is also from Baltimore, Maryland. They have two children, Charles and Dorothy and are currently residing in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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COMMANDING OFFICER 6 .1 f-.ww 4, .M-,,-W, COMMANDER ROBERT M. HYDINGER, U.S.N. Commander Robert M. Hydinger was born in San Diego, California, and attended high school in Norfolk, Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree and commission from the U. S. Naval Academy, and later attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey where he received his Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of Sigma Xi and a graduate of the Naval War College Command and Staff course. He was commissioned in the Navy in 1959 and assigned to the USS NEW QDD 8181, where he served as Weapons Officer. His sub- sequent sea tours have included Operations Officer for COMDESDIV 102, Weapons Officer on the USS BELKNAP QCG 265, Executive Of- ficer on the USS FARRAGUT QDDG 371, and Commanding Officer of the USS JOHN WILLIS QFF 10271, Commander Hydinger served in the Republic of Vietnam as the Assistant Intelligence Officer, Third Costal Zone and as a naval observer with the U.S. Army 73rd Aerial Surveillance Company. His previous assign- ment, prior to assuming command of the USS ROBERT E. PEARY QFF 10731, was with the Systems Analysis Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Commander Hydinger holds the Air medal with strikefflight numerals in lieu of the second through eighteenth awards, the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal with combat the Meritorious Unit Citation, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation and various area and campaign medals. He is married to the former Dolores Juliette Morrissette and they have one son, David.