Gibson, Dennis, CWO3

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 3
Current/Last Service Branch
Engineering Technician
Current/Last Primary NEC
713X-Warrant Officer - Engineering Technician - Surface
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1985-1987, 713X, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk, VA
Previously Held NEC
IC-0000-Interior Communications Electrician
IC-4776-MK 9 MOD 4/MK 10 MOD 0 DRAI and MK 6 MOD 4B DRT Technician
IC-9502-Instructor
IC-4712-Integrated Voice Communications Technician
Service Years
1967 - 1987
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Neptune Subpoena
Plank Owner
Engineering Technician Chief Warrant Officer 3

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club Order of the Golden Dragon






 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Operations and Maintenance of Automated Baggage Handling Systems, Passenger Boarding Bridges, and Ground Support Equipment.I also worked six years in production plant maintenance at General Cable Company's Apparatus Division. Made telephone lift trucks, air dryers, generators. Left there to go try maintenance on conveyor systems and been doing it ever since.
   
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 Remembrance Profiles -  2 Sailors Remembered

  1977-1981, IC-4712, USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3)

IC-Interior Communications Electrician

From Month/Year
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To Month/Year
- / 1981

Unit
USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Unit Page

Rank
Chief Petty Officer
NEC
IC-4712-Integrated Voice Communications Technician

Base, Station or City
San Diego
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Details

USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) 		Hull number LHA-3

Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose):
  • Laid down, 5 March 1973, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.
Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 10 July 2006, during SINKEX 2006
  • Launched, 11 April 1977
  • Commissioned USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), 23 September 1978, CAPT. Ted C. Steele USN, in command
  • Deactivated at Naval Station San Diego, 13 October 2005
  • Towed to Naval Station Pearl for lay up in the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor
  • Decommissioned, 28 October 2005
Specifications:
Displacement 38,900 tons (fl)
Length 820'
Beam 106'
Draft 26'
Speed 24 kts.
Complement 82 Officer, 882 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations 1900 plus
Armament
two RAM launchers
two single 5"/54 gun mounts
two 20 mm Phalanx (CIWS)
six 25mm chain guns
Aircraft 28 amphibious transport helicopters
Power Plant two 600 psi boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower


Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Amphibious

Created/Owned By
EM White, Charles (Randy), EM2 254
   

Last Updated: Jun 4, 2008
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Ken Koffel
John Maurer
Al Angel
Ralph Holechek
Charlie Wray
Paul Bach

Best Moment
Chief's initiation in Pascagoula.
   

Worst Moment
DIW during my watch.

Chain of Command
CWO Ledford
Cdr Morrissey
XO
Capt Steele
   

Other Memories
Panama Canal was a very tight fit.
   
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Myers, Mafford, PO1, (1980-1984) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Calahan, Don, PO2, (1977-1981) IC IC-4707 Petty Officer Second Class
Gibson, Henry, PO2, (1979-1981) IC IC-4746 Petty Officer Second Class
Hughes, James, PO2, (1977-1981) IC IC-4718 Petty Officer Second Class
Kirkpatrick, Norman, PO2, (1977-1981) IC IC-4718 Petty Officer Second Class
Mallasch, Bob, CPO, (1975-1995) IC IC-4711 Petty Officer Second Class
Miller, William, PO2, (1970-1979) IC IC-4711 Petty Officer Second Class
Doty, Wells, CDR, (1958-1984) OFF 00X Commander
Arnold, Charles, LCDR, (1957-1985) OFF 618X Lieutenant Commander
Mitchke, Bob, CAPT, (1964-1993) 00 111X Lieutenant Commander
Royal, Robert, LCDR, (1957-1985) OFF 633X Lieutenant Commander
Baldy, Tim, LCDR, (1974-1999) 00 00X Lieutenant
White, Stephen, LCDR, (1976-1994) 00 111X Lieutenant
Wilson, Rick, LT, (1970-1979) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Wortham, Howard, LCDR, (1965-1990) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Gernand, John, CDR, (1979-1999) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kirtley, Charles, CDR, (1965-2000) OFF 641X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schwabe, Mark, (1977-1981) DM DM-0000 Other Service Rank
Cox, Bill, MCPO BM BM-0000 Master Chief Petty Officer
McAnelly, Robert L., MCPO, (1955-1980) MA MA-0000 Master Chief Petty Officer
Paseur, Ray, CNOCM, (1958-1990) CMC 9580 CNO Directed Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Bonk, Martin, CMDCM, (1957-1988) AG AG-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Billingsley, Rocky, CPO, (1973-1993) SM SM-9508 Chief Petty Officer
Koffel, Ken, LCDR, (1971-1999) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Kohmuench, Jeff, SCPO, (1972-1992) SK SK-2824 Chief Petty Officer
Latham, Terry, SCPO, (1964-1992) AG AG-7412 Chief Petty Officer
Morrell, Terrance, SCPO, (1963-1989) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Nation, Jerry, CPO, (1967-1987) MM MM-4291 Chief Petty Officer
Rose, William, CPO, (1964-1984) PN PN-2612 Chief Petty Officer
Runyon, Terry, SCPO, (1970-2000) AC AC-6903 Chief Petty Officer
Amundsen, Mark, PO1, (1978-1985) DS DS-1673 Petty Officer First Class
Arnold, Greg, SCPO, (1968-1993) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Beck, Robert, CPO, (1975-1996) PN PN-2526 Petty Officer First Class
Brown, Henry, PO1, (1971-1985) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Clifton, Wayne, CPO, (1976-1998) FC FC-1146 Petty Officer First Class
Cunningham, Glenn, PO1, (1973-1992) AB ABH-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Fisher, Kenneth, PO1, (1975-1979) BT BT-4532 Petty Officer First Class
Fitzgerald, William, CPO, (1971-1994) RP RP-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hoth, Michael, CPO, (1975-1993) OS OS-0317 Petty Officer First Class
Irvin, Richard, SCPO, (1966-1993) DS DS-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jacobs, Tom, CPO, (1969-1989) ET ET-1431 Petty Officer First Class
Martin, David, PO1, (1972-1991) AK AK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Mullendore, Paul, CWO3, (1964-1995) EW EW-1763 Petty Officer First Class
O'Neill, William, PO1, (1968-1994) GMG GMG-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Parenteau, Mark, PO1, (1979-1985) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Parsons, John, PO1, (1976-1982) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Roe, Michael P., CPO, (1966-1990) AE AE-8215 Petty Officer First Class
Thompson, William, PO1, (1967-1993) EW EW-1734 Petty Officer First Class
[Name Withheld], (1976-1993) EW EW-1734 Petty Officer First Class
Tuley, John, PO1, (1963-1987) AG AG-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Armstrong III, Joseph, PO2, (1974-1980) ETR ETR-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bowen, Mark, CPO, (1976-1987) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Brooks, Andy, PO2, (1978-1982) GMG GMG-0872 Petty Officer Second Class
Coontz, Jearld, PO2 YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Dahlin, Richard, CPO, (1973-1997) GM GM-0877 Petty Officer Second Class
Davis, Carl, CPO, (1976-2003) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Ferrari, Michael, PO1, (1976-1987) IS IS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Harvey, Michael, PO2, (1978-1983) TD TD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Harville, Ronald, PO2, (1972-1980) MS MS-3527 Petty Officer Second Class

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