USS LEAHY – Department Heads 1962-1993

Weapons Officers/Combat Systems Officers

LCDR Frank Lutter Kovarick 1962-1963 LCDR Robert Lake Turnage 1963-1964 LCDR Vernon Hubert Fix 1964-1965 LCDR James Lawrence “Larry” May 1965-1966 LCDR Jack Chapman Thompson, Jr. 1966-1967 --- Decommissioned 1967-1968 LCDR James Ray Williamson 1968-1969 LCDR Dana Page French 1970-1971 LCDR Thomas Edward Powers 1972-1973 LCDR Marshall Redfield “Willie” Willenbucher 1974-1975 LCDR William David Vail 1976-1977 LCDR Michael Jesse Worley 1978-1979 LCDR William Lester Sheppard 1980-1981 LCDR John Michael Kelly 1982-1983 LCDR Daniel Thomas Vilotti 1983-1985 LCDR Keith Charles Howard 1985-1986 LCDR Neal Edwin Andruze 1987-1988 LCDR Jeffrey R. Ginnow 1988-1989 LCDR Thomas Edward Myers 1990-1991 LCDR Garland Stephens 1992-1993 LT Bradford Thompson Luke 1993

Note: Following the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) overhaul in 1987-88, the Weapons Department was redesignated the Combat Systems Department and restructured with CSA Division (ASW), CSF Division (Fire Control), CSD Division (Data Systems – formerly OD Division in the Operations Department), CSE Division (Electronics – formerly OE Division in the Operations Department), and CSM Division (Missiles). Deck (1st) Division was moved to the Operations Department. Responsibilities for the new Phalanx and Harpoon systems were assigned to CSF Division. In 1991, the IC Division (Interior Communications – IC ratings formerly in E Division in the Engineering Department) became part of the Combat Systems Department.

Chief Engineers

LCDR John Joseph Holden 1962-1964 LCDR Charles Joseph Bauman, Jr. 1964-1966 LCDR William Harold Rigdon 1966-1967 --- Decommissioned 1967-1968 LCDR John Dachos 1968-1969 LCDR Richard Arthur Lamporte 1970-1971 LCDR John August Bianco 1971-1972 LCDR Thomas Joseph Kile 1973-1974 LCDR Dennis Michael Doyle 1975-1976 LCDR Arthur James “Jim” Gilbert 1977-1978 LCDR Dale Everett Onyon 1979-1980 LCDR Patrick Martin Garrett 1981-1982 LCDR Michael David Wiseman 1982-1983 LCDR Chris Warren Kopang 1984-1985 LCDR Robert Burton Upchurch 1986-1987 LCDR Thomas Michael Rossi 1988-1989 LCDR Richard D. Smith 1990-1991 LCDR Michael Alan Hegarty 1992-1993 LT Glenn Edward Groesch 1993

Operations Officers

LCDR Harry William Bergbauer 1962-1963 LCDR John Waller Gallagher 1963-1964 LCDR Norman David Ellingson 1965-1967 --- Decommissioned 1967-1968 LCDR Manuel Albert Hallier 1968-1969 LCDR John Howard Kerr, Jr. 1969-1970 LCDR Robert Mitchell Werner 1970-1972 LCDR George Curtis “Curt” Womble, Jr. 1973-1974 LCDR Kenneth Ralph McGruther 1974-1976 LCDR Dennis Allen Crosby 1976-1978 LCDR William Dallas “Black Jack” Bethea 1979-1980 LCDR James Richard Landua 1980-1981 LCDR Carl Theodore Orbann, III 1981-1982 LCDR John Edward Odegaard 1982-1983 LCDR George Kevin Kilgore 1983-1985 LCDR Michael P. Wendt 1985-1987 LCDR Robert Patrick Klauer 1987-1988 LT Scott Burnett Armacost 1988-1989 LCDR Brian Jay Overby 1990-1991 LCDR David Terry Bailey 1992-1993 LT Paul Scott Goodkin 1993

Supply Officers

LCDR Frank Joseph Jerich 1962-1963 LCDR Kenneth Anders Peterson 1964-1965 LCDR Lloyd Clarence Gray 1965-1966 --- Decommissioned 1967-1968 LCDR Paul Edward Jacroux 1968-1969 LCDR James Thomas Clemons 1970-1971 LCDR John Steele “Rusty” Lamade 1972-1974 LCDR Charles Arthur “Chuck” Kosch 1974-1976 LCDR Robert Raynor Kurz 1976-1977 LCDR Kenneth Alan Schechter 1977-1979 LCDR John David Ward 1980-1982 LCDR Anthony John Luzynski 1983-1984 LT Daniel Reid Smoak 1984-1986 LCDR Gary Kingsley Telecsan 1986-1988 LCDR Michael David Halloran 1988-1990 LCDR Christopher Doran Paddock 1990-1991 LCDR Gerard Richard Harms 1992-1993 Navigators

LT Clement Edward Fleury 1962-1963 LT Norman David Ellingson 1963-1964 LT Howard Hayden Loving, Jr. 1964-1965 LT Robert Kevin Bolger 1965-1966 LT Howard George Seeley 1966-1967 --- Decommissioned 1967-1968 LT Richard William Schult 1968-1969 LT J. Ryan 1969-1971 LT David Bruce Wallace 1971-1973 LT Richard Kevin Rufner 1973-1975 LT Jeffrey Evans Lewis 1975-1976 LT James Roswell Poplar, III 1976-1977 LT John Frederick Dalby 1977-1978 LT Gregory Peter Melnyk 1978-1979 LTJG Don W. Driskill 1980-1981 LTJG Thomas Cahill, USCG 1981-1982 LT Mark Barnard Smith 1982-1983 LT Danny Ray Stevenson 1984-1985 LT ? Anderson 1985-1986 LT Roger A. Kitson 1986-1987 LT Todd Alan Wynkoop 1988-1989 LT Darrel D. Everhart 1990-1991 LT Paul Gerard Kuske 1992-1993

Chaplains

LCDR Richard Randolph Helveston 1971-1973 LCDR Richard Harry Flick 1973-1975 LCDR Carl Janell Pearson 1975-1976 LCDR Thomas John Benedum 1977-1978 LCDR Franklin Robert Taylor 1979-1980 LCDR Patrick Paul Doney 1980-1983 LCDR Robert Edward Stone 1983-1985 LCDR David Stanley Vanderbilt 1985-1986 LCDR Kenneth Anthony Puccio 1987-1989 LT David Donnell Mitchell 1990-1991 LT Alan Keith Garner 1992-1993

Note: No full-time onboard Chaplain prior to 1971 Medical Officers

LT Rex Lamar Burrow, Jr. 1966 (UNITAS VII) LT Jerome Samuel Breslaw 1969 (UNITAS X)

Note: Full-time Medical Officer aboard only for UNITAS cruises. For other deployments, the Medical Officer was assigned to the squadron staff.

Command Master Chiefs

SPCM W.H. Simpson 1965-1966 ETCM P.S. Faulkner 1967-1968 FTCM G.C. Pippin 1969-1970 RDCM Banks 1971-1973 EMCM Louis E. Kopp 1973-1975 EMCM Afton Cash 1980-1982 FCCM Ronald J. Young 1983-1984 PHCM J. L. Jenkins 1984-1986 YNCM Griffin 1986-1988 YNCM Manuel C. Rodriguez 1988-1991 ENCM Terry M. Esau 1991-1993

Note: Unit-level CMC designation began in 1983. Before 1983, the position was termed “Senior Enlisted Advisor” and was not a full-time billet.