Robison (DDG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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COM DI G OFFICER Commander David L. Peck was born in Springfield, Illi- nois on 29 May 1946. He was commissioned through the NROTC program in 1969 upon graduation from the Univer- sity of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. His initial sea assignment was to the USS STERRET CCG 311 where he served as Electronic Warfare Officer and later as CIC Officer from 1969 to 1972. During that tour, Commander Peck was awarded the Bronze Star for action as the Tactical Action Officer during STERRET'S success- ful air and sea engagements at the Battle of Dong Hoi off the coast of North Vietnam. Subsequent sea tours included Weapons Officer on the guided missile destroyer USS LYNDE MCCORMICK CDDG 85 from 1976 to 1978 and Executive Officer of the USS JOHN YOUNG CDD 9735 from 1981 to 1983. Commander Peck served ashore as the Officer Promotion Planner for the grades 0-6 and below for the DCNO CMan- power, Personnel, and Trainingj from 1978 to 1981. In 1983 he returned to Washington to serve in the Studies, Concepts and Analysis Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Commander Peck has a Masters Degree in Operations Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is a proven subspecialist in Operations Analysis. His other personal awards include the Defense Meritor- ious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Rib- bon and the Navy Unit Citation. Commander Peck is married to the former Carolyn Zachary of Lansing, Illinois. They have two children: James, age 10, and Michelle, age 3. I Love Going Alongside. 3, JV' ,jf . as . :IW 0-Q1 'lf .Al 4 Ice cream on the ALOHA Deck.

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SHIP'S HISTORY USS ROBISON QDDG-121, built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, was commissioned in Boston on December 9, 1961 and joined the Pacific Fleet in March, 1962. ROBISON is named after Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison, whose varied career included combat action in Manila Bay, experimental work in telegraphy and tele- phone, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and a tour as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. ROBISON was the eleventh of the DDG-2 class guided missile destroyers to be built. She carries the supersonic TARTAR homing missile capable of destroying high speed aircraft before they become a threat to the ship. For close-in and anti-aircraft engage- ments, the ship is equipped with two 5-inch 54 dual purpose guns with far greater range and accuracy than World War ll guns. To deal with the Submarine threat, ROBISON carries ASROC rocket delivered torpedoes, giving her the ability to engage submarines outside of their lethal torpedo range. For close-in submarine work, she has two three-tube torpedo launchers. ROBlSON has made 16 extended deployments to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans including providing gunfire support for U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in combat situations against the enemy all along the Vietnamese coastline during the Vietnam War ROBISON has also fired in excess of 16,000 rounds in more than 100 strike attacks against North Vietnamese targets during the con- flict. ln more recent deployments, ROBISON in the spring of 1983 participated in the largest fleet operation in the Northern Pacific since WWll and escorted USS NEW JERSEY CBB-621 from the Western Pacific to Central America for contingency operations in the summer of 1983. ROBISON recently completed a highly suc- cessful deployment with the USS CARL VINSON CCVN-701 battle group in the lndian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. ROBISON is currently authorized to display five departmental awards for excellence. These are the Damage Control DC , the Communication the Missile the Gunnery and the Electronic Warfare NEW . The officers and men of ROBISON daily live up to her motto: HUNDAUNTED, UNSURPASSEDY'

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