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11 November 1974 - delivery of USS SOUTH CAROLINA. C0 M SSRINING Preparing, continually preparing, the Precom crew thought that the day would never arrive. But finally, on 25 January l975, the ship ioined the Atlantic Fleet when it was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia under a bright sun and the sound of cannon salutes. USS SUUTH CAROLINA The Prospective Commanding Officer A and Ship's Company request the honor of your presence at the commissioning of the United States Ship South Carolina KDLGN 37 2 at Pier Twelve Naval Station N orfolk, Virginia on Saturday, the twenty-fifth of January nineteen hundred and seventy-five at eleven o'cloclc R. S. V. P. fi Ut' JS f'0U,h L, ll, an 1
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LAUNLHI Mrs. J. Fred Buziwordt ciwrisfens The USS SOUTH CAROLINA KDLGN-373 i July 1972 cJfNewpor1' News Shipbuilding und Drydock Company.
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U MIYIAWD IN IDFFICER Captain Neel was born in Rochester, New York and graduated from the United States Naval Academy as a member of the Class of I954. He served his first tour of duty on board USS ENGLISH IDD-696i in billets of Damage Control Assistant and Engineer Officer. In June 1957 Captain Neel was ordered to duty as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Chief, Military Advisory Group, Japan. He attended Nuclear Power School in ldaho Falls, Idaho from September I958 until October I959 and, upon completion, remained in Idaho as Training Officer at the Westinghouse Surface Ship Prototype. In early 1961 Captain Neel reported to the precommissioning unit of the Nuclear Frigate USS BAINBRIDGE and participated in the first Nuclear Task Group operations in the Mediterranean Sea. He then assumed duties as CAPTAIN WILLIAM NEEL, USN Engineer Officer at the General Electric DLGN Prototype in West Milton, New York. In June 1966 he reported to USS BENJAMIN STODDERT IDDG-223 in Pearl Harbor, as her Executive Officer. Joining USS ENTERPRISE fCVAN-6ST in June 1968 he completed CJ three year tour as Engineer Officer. In September 1971 he took command of the Guided Missile De- stroyer USS COCHRANE IDDG-215 based in Pearl Harbor. Captain Neel assumed command of the precommissioning Unit, SOUTH CAROLINA IDLGN-37l in February I973. Captain Neel is married to the former Colleen Stibal of Roberts, Idaho. They have two children, Thomas, age I2 and Mark, age IO.
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