Shenandoah (AD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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C IVIMANDI G OFFICER THOMAS M. IVICNICHOLAS, JR. I ., ' l CAPTAIN Captain Thomas M. McNicholas, Jr., was born in Nashville, Tennessee and received his commission in 1961 upon graduation from the Naval Academy. Previous assignments at sea include tours as Damage Control Assistant aboard the destroyer USS ALLEN M. SUMNER CDD 6923, Engineering Officer aboard the destroyer USS JONAS INGRAM fDD 9383, Commanding Officer of the ocean minesweeper USS DIRECT lMSO 4303, Executive Officer of the guided missile cruiser USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY QCG 323, Commanding Officer of the guided missile destroyer USS BARNEY QDDG 63, and Commanding Officer of the destroyer tender USS PIEDMONT lAD 173. Ashore, Captain McNicholas attended the U.S. Naval Destroyer School and the Command and Staff Course of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He has also served on the Leadership and Management Committee at the U.S. Naval Academy as an instructor, in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as the Head of the Officer Recall and Release Branch, and in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Assistant Head of the Tactical Command and Control Systems Branch. Captain McNicholas attended graduate school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he earned a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Management. Upon the decommissioning ofthe USS PIEDMONT, Captain McNicholas' next assignment was OIC MTI' for its turnover to the Turkish Navy. He assumed command of the Precommissioning Unit SHENANDOAH QAD 443 located in Norfolk, VA, during December 1982. Captain McNicholas is authorized to wear the following medals and awards: Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Battle Efhciency E Ribbon, Navy Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. L ti

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I, l 1 sw 'Q Commander David F. Lines was born in Washington, D.C. and received his commission in June 1969 upon graduation from the University of Virginia where he was a NROTC Scholarship student majoring in Chemical Engineering. He assumed his duties as Executive Officer of the Destroyer Tender USS SHENANDOAH QAD 441 on 15 August1983. Previous assignments at sea have included tours as Engineering Officer aboard USS VITAL QMSO 4741, and a split department head tour-first as Chief Engineer on the USS MYLES C. FOX lDD 8291 from September 1976 to October 1978 and then as First Lieutenant on the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER QCVN 691 from December 1978 to December 1980. He then served as Executive Officer on the USS HARLAN COUNTY QLST 11961 from October 1981 until May 1983. Ashore, he served in Danang, Vietnam from July 1971 until April 1972 as Production Advisor at Naval Support Facility, Danang. From May 1972 to September 1975, CDR Lines taught college as a Naval Science instructor at the University of South Carolina while earning a Master's Degree CMBAI. Alter four months of being assigned to DESTROYER SQUADRON 28, NRF Newport, he attended Department Head School from January to June 1976. He graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia in June 1981. Commander Lines is authorized to wear the following medals and awards: Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commen- dation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal, Republic of Vietnam Navy Staff Service Medal First Class, Navy E Ribbon Q2 devicesl, Navy! Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Ribbon, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with 1 star, Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze stars, Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation lCivil Actions Medal with Palmlg Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He is married to the former Mary Deans Way of Richmond, Virginia, and they have one son, Jefferson Brooke. EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER L DAVID F. LINES