SERVICE RECORD
Enlisted Service
---Enlisted in US Naval Reserve as Seaman Recruit: 1947
at Submarine Division 1-41, Providence, RI
Did we actually WEAR those flathats?!
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---Qualified for General Submarine Duty (SSG): 1951
---Active Duty for Training Tours: SubSchool, New London, CT, USS Angler(SS240) and USS Sea Robin(SS407)
---Highest Rate attained:
Petty Officer Third Class
Commissioned Service
Commissioned Officer
Cap Device
---Completed OCS and commissioned Ensign: 1953 
---Commenced continuous Active Duty, 1953
---Transferred to Regular Navy: 1956
---Retired as Captain ---1979
Sea duty as Commissioned Officer:
---USS Salamonie (AO-26):1957-59,
Weapons & First Lieutenant--------------------- Newport 
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Seventeen Knots to Nowhere,
but Sure and Steady!
---USS Decatur (DD-936): 1959-62,
Operations & Executive Officer-----------------Newport 
USS Decatur and the MA-4 Project Mercury space capsule after completing the first US orbit of the earth. We recovered on it on September 5, 1961. I maneuvered the ship alongside it for the pickup and we subsequent delivered it to NASA near Hamilton, Bermuda.
Decatur today as a missile test ship at Port Hueneme, California. Sad, no?
---USS Bigelow (DD-942): 1962-63,
Executive Officer-------------------------------------Mayport 
USS Bigelow entering Sulamein Slough, Malta--1962
---USS Mills (DER-383): 1966-68,
Commanding Officer------------------------------Key West 
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about the Mills!**
---USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786): 1971-73,Commanding Officer------------------- Yokosuka, Japan
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about the Anderson!**
---USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5): 1974-75,Staff, Commander 7th Fleet---------Yokosuska, Japan 
Command at Sea Badge
Qualified Surface Warfare Officer
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