Batten, Phillip, LCDR

Line Officer
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1987-1989, 111X, Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4)
Previously Held NEC
FTB-3301-MK 80 Polaris Fire Control Systems
CYN-0000-Communications Yeoman
137X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer ( In Training)
Service Years
1966 - 1989
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Beirut Veterans of America (BVA)
  2001, Beirut Veterans of America (BVA) - Assoc. Page



  1982-1984, 111X, USS El Paso (LKA-117)

Lieutenant Commander

From Month/Year
- / 1982
To Month/Year
- / 1984

Unit
USS El Paso (LKA-117) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Commander
NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

Base, Station or City
Norfolk, VA
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS El Paso (LKA-117) Details

USS El Paso (LKA-117)

USS El Paso (LKA-117)





Charleston Class Amphibious Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 October 1968, as Attack Cargo Ship (AKA-117), at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Redesignated Amphibious Cargo Ship (LKA-117), 1 January 1969
  • Launched, 17 May 1969
  • Commissioned USS El Paso (LKA-117), 17 January 1970
  • Decommissioned, 21 April 1994
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) in 1995
  • Moved to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Pt., MD. for conversion to mixed civilian/Naval Reservist manning
  • Conversion canceled, moved to Philadelphia and placed out of service 23 October 1996
  • Laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Philadelphia PA., in maintenance category B
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 2015
  • Final Disposition, arrived at All-Star Metals, Brownsville, TX., for scrapping, 17 October 2023
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10,216.(lt) 18,589 t.(fl)
    Length 575' 6"
    Beam 82'
    Draft 26'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Armament
    As Built - four twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Updated - two 20mm Phalanx CIWS
    Complement
    Officers 34
    Enlisted 375
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 15
    Enlisted 211
    Boats
    four LCM-8s
    five LCM-6s
    two LCVPs
    two LCPLs
    Aircraft landing platform
    Propulsion
    one geared turbine
    two boilers
    one propeller, 22,000shp
Source:  https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/02/02117.htm

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Charleston-class
Strength
Amphibious

Created/Owned By
YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7739 
   

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USS El Paso (LKA-117)
Hinson, David, CAPT, (1970-2000) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Barker, David, LCDR, (1973-1996) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Barker, David, LCDR, (1973-1996) OFF 111X Ensign
Jackson, Robert, CAPT, (1974-2004) OFF 310X Lieutenant
Murphy, Vince, LT, (1982-1987) OFF 116X Lieutenant
Pruden, Richard, CPO, (1968-1988) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Raymus, William, CPO, (1964-1986) HT HT-9502 Chief Petty Officer
Gaston, Quinton., PO1, (1978-1993) LN LN-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Goff, Bruce, PO1, (1980-1988) 00 9527 Petty Officer First Class
Goff, Bruce, PO1, (1980-1988) 00 9512 Petty Officer First Class
Hedrick, Wayne, PO1, (1969-1991) MS MS-3529 Petty Officer First Class
Albert, Tom, MCPO, (1982-2007) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Alonzo, Chester, CPO, (1982-2003) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bailey, Ronald, CPO, (1978-1984) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bridges, Brian, PO2, (1984-1993) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
BURWELL, VENABLE, PO2, (1980-1986) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hall, Jeffrey, CPO, (1982-2002) BM BM-0164 Petty Officer Second Class
Hardman, Roger, CPO, (1980-2001) BM BM-0164 Petty Officer Second Class
Martin, William, SCPO, (1981-2008) BM BM-0164 Petty Officer Second Class
Roberts, James, PO2, (1983-1990) MS MS-3535 Petty Officer Second Class
Russell, Larry, PO2, (1978-1982) LN LN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Whorton, David, PO3, (1973-1991) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Anguiano, Marco, PO3, (1979-1985) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Beckett, Todd, PO3, (1984-1987) BM BM-0164 Petty Officer Third Class
Brooks, Kendrick, PO3, (1983-1990) GMG GMG-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dunbar, Mike, PO3, (1982-1986) SH SH-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Gansz, David, PO3, (1979-1983) BM BM-0164 Petty Officer Third Class
Gantt, Iben, PO1, (1980-2000) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Gulley, Michael, PO3, (1982-1985) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
McGowan, James, LCDR, (1980-2010) HM HM-8483 Petty Officer Third Class
Morris, Christopher, PO3, (1980-1983) BT BT-4503 Petty Officer Third Class
Sherman, Robb, PO1, (1982-1993) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Steele, Veldon, PO3, (1979-2021) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Thompson, Gilbert, PO3, (1982-1986) EN EN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Rosas, Richard, AN, (1982-1988) 00 4133 Seaman First Class
Armstrong, Louis, SN, (1982-1986) BM BM-0000 Seaman
Pope, Mitchell, SN, (1980-1982) QM QM-0000 Seaman
Pope, Mitchell, SN, (1980-1983) QM QM-0000 Seaman
Pope, Mitchell, SN, (1980-1982) QM QM-0000 Seaman
Pope, Mitchell, SN, (1980-1983) ABF ABF-0000 Seaman
Snider, Jon, SN, (1979-1983) 00 00E Seaman
Smiesko, Russell, FN, (1980-1983) BT BT-0000 Fireman
Wuesthoff, Frederick, PO3, (1979-1983) BT BT-4502 Fireman
Elson, James, PO2, (1979-1983) BT BT-0000 Fireman Apprentice
Elson, James, PO2, (1979-1983) BT BT-0000 Fireman Recruit
Ryther, Darrel, PO3, (1982-1987) FN FN-0000 Fireman Recruit
Baron, James, SCPO, (1976-1999) Petty Officer First Class
Davies, Steven, PO1, (1971-1993) Petty Officer First Class
Slocum, Lester, CPO, (1973-1993) EM Petty Officer First Class
Abshear, Alan, LCDR, (1983-Present) Petty Officer Second Class
Brennan, Terry, PO2, (1981-1987) Petty Officer Second Class
Gerardo, Juanito, CPO, (1978-1996) Petty Officer Second Class
Mara, Ken, PO1, (1982-2002) Petty Officer Second Class
Rado, Joseph, PO1, (1984-2004) Petty Officer Second Class
Roberts, John, PO2, (1965-1988) Petty Officer Second Class
Skogen, Mike, CPO, (1971-1992) Petty Officer Second Class
Handforth, Robert, SCPO, (1980-2005) Petty Officer Third Class
Verderber, Jim, PO1, (1982-1993) Petty Officer Third Class
Graham III, Frank, MCPO, (1983-2007) Seaman

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