Rowan (DD 782) - Naval Cruise Book

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l If Captain William A. TEASLEY, lr., was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in l946, and first served on U55. ATLANTA CCL-104i as Repair Officer. Then he held a variety of billets on the U.S.S. THOMPSON lDMS-381 for over 2 years. Next, he spent considerable time as a Gunnery Officer, both aboard U.S.S. MOALE QDD-693i and U.S.S. SALEM CCA-l39l. Following these tours, the then Lieutenant TEASLEY spent 2 years in the Ordnance Engineering Curriculum at the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, and another year at M,l,T, studying Ordnance Engineering for which he received his Master of Science degree. Going back to sea, he served as Executive Officer of the U.S, EDMONDS LDE--106i for 3 years and as Weapons Officer on USS. LITTLE ROCK lCLG-Si for 2 years. interspersed with these assignments were several years of work with various missile ss stems, including Tartar and Terrier. ln l965, Commander TEASLEY assumed command of USS. PERKINS CDD-S77i. Then, after some more time at Monterex, ss here he helped to revise the curriculum, Captain TEASLEY was assigned as Commander DESTROYER DIVISION ISQ. ROWAN was his flagship for the second of two deployments made .ts COMDESDIV l52. ti-niniandei lniiest R. IOHNS hegan his naval career in l'l'lli vtlien he enlisted in the regular Navx. During: .i tnui ul tlrits at the Nivil Rarliii Station, ll.iilvu!lleeia, he received .i l Ieet .ippfiiiitiiteiit ti- the ll.S. Natal Atadeinv from which he graduated in l'l5l. , . . - ,, llis dtits .it sea has intliided service in ll.S,S. liAll,l.N lllll-aafwl .is litst lsietiteriaitt, U.S.5. l5Al-il5l,l iAMS--ill .i'- lstmrititci Officer, U.S.S. NOl5l,l. lAl'A-Qlfsl as l itst I.ieuteri.irit, USS. RUl5l.l'lilS llbls-Tfllli .ts Lxectrlive Officer, U.5.5. l5Af,lll llllle-fini as l.xettitive Uliicei, and on the stalls ril Cnininartrlef Nline Soiiatlrriri lOUR and Cnmniandei Amphihifius Siiuadtrrrr lllRl,l,, In addition to ROWAN, he has commanded USS. li'OlitJl,lNK lAN'lS-Qi and Nline llivisirin 55. from lfitil tri lfltvi, CDR IOHNS was Naval Advisor tu the X't-nefiit-lan Natal Academy and Naval Training Center. lit: p.irt'tipated in the Cuhan Ouaientine operations in the Venezuelan desiriixe' ARV ZL5l,lA flJ-Qll. He was attached to the Offiu: tif tlfe li-ini Chiefs of Staff as Tsflilitary Secretary for the Uh. lDt'5ee.:iiiiii to tlie Inter-American Defense Board prior to repffflllifi ff' Sake tfimmand of ROWAN in june l969. He ser-.red 85 bfft'frn.:ri4iiraQ Officer until l lanuarv 1971, when relieved bil fi'v!TflTT,gl7LiQ'T lfX'sllpS E. BAKER, lr. Commander JOHNS theft ifaif f1'if iilfiffe we Uifef Staff Officer for Commander Amphibious 5t1ti.':drigir1 ONIQ,