Valcour (AVP 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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6 LT. THOMAS BIRD Ops Officer LTijgJ CHARLES DILKS LTfjgy A. B. CARR Navigator C ommunic ator ww, ENS. ELISON MITCHELL ENS. WILLIAM COWAN ENS. WILSON BRUMLEVE Legal Officer CIC Officer EMO

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LCDR DARREL SMITH LCDR D. Smith assumed duties as Execu- tive Officer on 31 August 1964 in Naples,Italy. LCDR Smith enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and received his commission in 1955. Since his commissioning, he has served in destroy- ers, cruisers, auxiliaries, and staffs. Prior to reporting aboard VALCOUR, LCDR Smith was the Operations Officer on USS NANTAHALA QAO-605. CDR R. M. FORTSONS CDR R. M. Fortson reported for duty as Operations Officer in August, 1963 and assumed duties as Executive Officer in March, 1964. CDR Fortson graduated from the Naval Academy in 1945 and saw combat duty aboard destroyers in the South Pacific during WW II. Following the war, he entered flight training and since then has served with ASW Patrol Squadrons. Postgraduate training as an Opera- tions Systems Analyst has qualified him for two tours in Washington, D.C. under Bureau of Weapons. 5

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7 f X X iff!! yy!! ff ifsffff X f OPERA TI ON S The OPERATIONS D E P A R T MENT Carnes on all the work neces sary to carry out the operat1onal com rmtments of the sh1p To do thls the department must collect, evaluate, and dlssemmate Combat and opera t1onal 1nformat1on and 1ntell1gence, provlde commun1cat1ons Wlth the out Slde world, nav1gate the sh1p provlde photograph1c and meteorologmal 1n formatlon, and ma1nta1n and repalr electromc eqmpment not delegated to other departments