Baldwin, David, LCDR

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
633X-Limited Duty Officer - Aviation Maintenance
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Limited Duty Officer
Primary Unit
2010-Present, Fleet Readiness Center West (FRC WEST) Detachment Fallon, Fleet Readiness Center West (FRC WEST)
Previously Held NEC
AM-8345-F-14 System Aircraft Organizational Maintenance Technician
9502-Instructor
AM-7225-Aircraft Maintenance Non-Destruct Inspector
AM-7232-Structural Repair IMA Technician
8800-Maintenance Control
Service Years
1982 - 2013
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
Decommissioning
Operation Enduring Freedom
OPSAIL 200
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Shellback
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
Tailhook
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 30 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Persian Gulf Yacht Club

Cold War Medal LDO/CWO Global War on Terrorism Civilian Support Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Post 54Post 1002, Lawton-Silva PostChapter 1
  2008, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2011, American Legion, Post 54 (Member) (Fernandina Beach, Florida) - Chap. Page
  2011, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 1002, Lawton-Silva Post (Member) (Fallon, Nevada) - Chap. Page
  2014, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 1 (Member) (Raleigh, North Carolina) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Currently working for Georgia Pacific as an Operations Excellence Specialist.  I travel to 20 GP paper mills working on asset strategies.

   
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 Remembrance Profiles -  3 Sailors Remembered

  1983-1984, USS Ranger (CV-61)


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 USS Ranger (CV-61) Details

USS Ranger (CV-61)

USS RANGER   (CVA-61)
(later CV-61)




CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1039' (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.

                      Namesake History

CVA-61 was named after "famous ships of the past" that had borne the name Ranger.

The first American Ranger was an 18-gun Continental Navy sloop, launched on 10 May 1777 by James K. Hackett, master shipbuilder, at Portsmouth, NH. Captain John Paul Jones in command.

Ranger vs. HMS Drake, 24 April 1778. Ranger captures the British sloop-of-war Drake, 20, Commander George Burdon, in an hour's action off Carrickfergus, Ireland.

Previous Rangers:

  1. Continental Navy sloop.
  2. An armed schooner.
  3. brigantine.
  4. steam-powered gunboat.
  5. A steel-hulled patrol craft.
  6. A wooden patrol craft.
  7. A canceled battle cruiser, originally named Lexington.
  8. A canceled battle cruiser, renamed Constitution.
  9. The first American aircraft carrier designed and built as such from the keel up.
   Source: https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/61.htm
 

Builder:

 

Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, USA

STATUS:

 

Awarded: February 1, 1954
Laid down: August 2, 1954
Launched: September 29, 1956
Commissioned: August 10, 1957
Decommissioned: July 10, 1993
Fate: planned for use as a museum-ship

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

-

Crest Motto:

 

-

Displacement:

 

approx. 59500 tons (light) / 79000 tons (full)

Length:

 

325 meters

Beam:

 

76,80 meters

Draft:

 

11,30 meters

Propulsion:

 

4 geared steam turbines; 8 boilers; 4 shafts; 4 screws;

280000 shaft horsepowers (shp);

Speed:

 

30+ knots (55+ km/h)

Crew:

 

approx. 5200 (incl. airwing)

Armament:

 

see: INFO > Forrestal – class Aircraft Carrier

Aviation :

 

full flight deck with island, up to 85 aircraft


For the USS Ranger long naval history, please click the link below:

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/ranger-x.html
 

Type
Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Forrestal-class

Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7756 
   

Last Updated: Jun 6, 2009
   
   
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508 Members Also There at Same Time
USS Ranger (CV-61)

Bush, Scott, LCDR, (1983-2003) Lieutenant
Nye, Robert J., LTJG, (1962-1987) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Huskey, Ralph, CWO4, (1960-1987) Chief Warrant Officer 4
Nye, Robert J., LTJG, (1962-1987) Chief Warrant Officer 3
Pickens, Richard, MCPO, (1979-2009) CNO Directed Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Wilson, Alexander, MCPO, (1967-1991) Senior Chief Petty Officer
Powelson, Jay, CPO, (1964-1988) Chief Petty Officer
Stinebuck, Charles, CPO, (1963-1983) Chief Petty Officer
Francisco, Ricardo, MCPO, (1973-2003) Petty Officer First Class
Galsote, Robert, SCPO, (1975-2003) Petty Officer First Class
Leopold, Fred, SCPO, (1973-1993) Petty Officer First Class
Loeffen, Roy, SCPO Petty Officer First Class
Sutherland, James, SCPO, (1976-1998) Petty Officer First Class
WOOD, James, PO1, (1964-1996) Petty Officer First Class
Andersen, Steve, SCPO, (1983-2005) Petty Officer Second Class
Asal, Robert, PO2, (1977-1988) Petty Officer Second Class
BERNIER, GARRY, LCDR, (1982-2011) Petty Officer Second Class
Brantner, Steve, CPO, (1977-2003) Petty Officer Second Class
Burney, Randy, PO1, (1978-1998) Petty Officer Second Class
Buster, Robert, CPO, (1982-2003) Petty Officer Second Class
Erickson, Kelly, PO2, (1979-1983) Petty Officer Second Class
Felix, Ron, CWO3, (1983-2004) Petty Officer Second Class
Furbert, Aldonis, CPO, (1983-2007) Petty Officer Second Class
Gardner, Donald, CPO, (1981-1991) Petty Officer Second Class
Granger, Brian, PO1, (1981-2004) Petty Officer Second Class
High III, Eddie, PO1, (1980-2000) Petty Officer Second Class
Holt, Patrick, PO2, (1979-1989) Petty Officer Second Class
Hughes, Ronald, CPO, (1980-2007) Petty Officer Second Class
Johnson, Rick, PO1, (1981-1997) Petty Officer Second Class
KELLEY, ROBERT, SCPO, (1982-2008) Petty Officer Second Class
Kessler, Richard James, MCPO, (1984-Present) Petty Officer Second Class
Ledbetter, Thomas, PO1, (1982-2003) Petty Officer Second Class
Lonecke Jr, Edward, CPO, (1977-1997) Petty Officer Second Class
McCormick, James, PO2, (1983-1987) Petty Officer Second Class
Perlewitz, David, CPO, (1983-2005) Petty Officer Second Class
Potter, Scott, SCPO, (1984-2005) Petty Officer Second Class
Quesenberry, Michael, SCPO, (1975-1997) Petty Officer Second Class
Smith, Thomas D., PO1, (1981-2001) Petty Officer Second Class
Stein, Kenneth, SCPO, (1982-2006) Petty Officer Second Class
Stephens, Steve, SCPO, (1982-2006) Petty Officer Second Class
Tarver, William, PO1, (1972-1997) Petty Officer Second Class
Taylor, Richard, PO1, (1980-1990) Petty Officer Second Class
Watson, Randy, CMDCM, (1983-Present) Petty Officer Second Class
Weyant, Curt, ENS, (1979-2009) Petty Officer Second Class
Albert, Jeff, PO1, (1984-2001) Petty Officer Third Class
Alexander, Steve, PO2, (1980-1994) Petty Officer Third Class
Bowlin, Duane, CPO, (1982-2005) Petty Officer Third Class
Canup, Rick, CWO4, (1981-2012) Petty Officer Third Class
Carrigan, Ben, CPO, (1982-2005) Petty Officer Third Class
Clinton, Jimmy, LT, (1981-2007) Petty Officer Third Class
Converse, David, PO3, (1981-1986) Petty Officer Third Class
Corbett, Eric, CPO, (1982-2004) Petty Officer Third Class
Debarge, Bill, CPO, (1982-2004) Petty Officer Third Class
Durkin, David, PO3, (1980-1984) Petty Officer Third Class
Legault, Mark, CPO, (1979-2007) Petty Officer Third Class
Medelez, Rey, SCPO, (1982-2008) Petty Officer Third Class
O'Leary, Scott, PO1, (1981-1999) Petty Officer Third Class
Paul, Cliffton, PO1, (1981-2005) Petty Officer Third Class
Philbrook, Richard, CPO, (1985-2008) Petty Officer Third Class
Sauve, Neil, CPO, (1983-2004) Petty Officer Third Class

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