USS WEDDERBURN (DD-684)

USS JOYCE (DER-317)

USS LLOYD THOMAS (DDE-764)

USS TILLS (DE-748)

USS BRISTOL (DD-857)

USS BLANDY (DD-943)

USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12)

Good Conduct Award (4th Award); Navy Achievement Award with Combat “V”; Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device.

Water Transportation Navigator. Served on the USS WEDDERBURN (DD-684); USS JOYCE (DER-317); USS LLOYD THOMAS (DDE-764); OPCEN FAU CINCLANFLT HQ NORVA; USS TILLS (DE-748); USS BRISTOL (DD-857); USS BLANDY (DD-943); USS DAHLGREN (DLG-12); Naval Officer Training Center, Newport, RI. USS Wedderburn (DD-684), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for lieutenant (j.g.) Charles F. Wedderburn, a destroyerman who was killed during World War I. USS Joyce (DE-317) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Ensign Philip Michael Joyce who was killed in action on 19 February 1942 during the bombing of Darwin, Australia. The third USS Lloyd Thomas (DD/DDE-764) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Lieutenant (j.g.) Lloyd Thomas (1912–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in the Battle of Midway. USS Tills (DE-748) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. After the war, she was converted into a training vessel.
She was named in honor of Robert George Tills who was the first American naval officer killed in the defense of the Philippines. USS Bristol (DD-857), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol, who served as Commander-in-Chief North Atlantic Fleet from 1901 to 1903. The second Bristol was launched 29 October 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, California, sponsored by Mrs. August Frederick Eberly; and commissioned 17 March 1945, Commander K. P. Letts in command. USS Blandy (DD-943) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, named for Admiral William H. P. Blandy USN (1890–1954). Blandy was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts and was launched 19 December 1956, sponsored by Mrs. John M. Lee, daughter of Admiral Blandy; and commissioned 26 November 1957, Commander William F. Cafferata in command. USS Dahlgren (DLG-12/DDG-43) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was launched on 16 March 1960 by Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and sponsored by Mrs. Katharine D. Cromwell, granddaughter of Rear Admiral John Adolphus Dahlgren. She was commissioned on 8 April 1961, Commander C. E. Landis in command. The ship saw service until 1992, when she was placed in reserve.