Virginia (CGN 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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,W.iQQ ,-mp- m,JV-VM-A-- - CUMMAN DIN G GFFICER i CAPTAIN GARY M. VUGRHEIS, USN 4l

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, rf 71 I x'1'3:vf 1 1 2' f 2, x . , ,V . X U59 vsmrtxm The USS VIRGINIA ICGN-381 is the first ship of a class of Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Cruisers known as the VIRGINIA class. She is the eighth ship to bear the name for the commonwealth of Virginia. Of the previous seven ships named VIRGINIA, five were US. Navy ships and two served the Confederate States Navy. Each of these ships has left her mark in history and a few helped change the course of Naval Warfare and the history of sea power. The most recent ship named VIRGINIA was the battleship USS VIRGINIA CBB-132. She made the famous around the world goodwill tour of President Roosevelt's Great White Fleet in 1907 and saw action as a convoy escourt during World War I. She was sunk as an experimental bombing target in 1923. The mission of the USS VIRGINIA is to conduct prompt and sustained worldwide combat operations in the presence of multidimensional threats independently or with nuclear powered or conventional strike forces in support of the U.S. National Policy. Keeping the VIRGINIA in the highest state of operational readiness is the job of a highly trained crew of ofHcers, chiefs, and enlisted men. It is these men who write the history of the latest ship to bear the proud name VIRGINIA. 'fs

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Captain Voorheis was graduated from Watkins Glen Central High School in 1963 and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1967 with a Bachelor's Degree and an Ensign's commission in the U.S. Navy. In july 1967 he reported to USS LITTLE ROCK ICLG-41, homeported in Gaeta, Italy as SIXTH FLEET Flagship, serving as a Deck Division OfHcer and Assistant Navigator. In December 1968, he was assigned to USS BARNEY IDDG-62, where he served as First Lieutenant and An ti-Submarine Warfare OfHcer. From 1970 to 1972, Captain Voorheis attended post graduate school at the University of Washington, receiving a Master of Science Degree in Physical Oceanography. During Captain Voorheis'next sea tours he served as Damage Control Assistant on USS BAINBRIDGE ICGN-252 and then as Main Propulsion Assistant on the commissioning crew of USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ICVN-692. From 1978-1980, Captain Voorheis was assigned to the staff of the Commander-in-Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet as a member of the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board. Captain Voorheis served as Chief Engineer on USS ENTERPRISE ICVN-652 from September 1980 to August 1983. He commanded USS CONOLLY IDD-9791 from April 1984 to May 1986. He then completed a tour ashore as Senior Mem ber of the Nuclear Propulsion Mobile Training Team on the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Captain Voorheis assumed command of USS VIRGINIA ICGN-382 in january 1988. VIRGINIA deployed to the Mediterranean from May 1989 to November 1989. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal. I Captain Voorheis is married to the former Margaret Ann Love, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Tj. Love of Watkins Glen, New York. They have two children: a da ugh ter Danielle, and a son, jonathan. They make their home in Virginia Beach, Wrginia. ' M50