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Information Systems Technician
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
IT-2318-Communications System Technical Control Operator
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Information Systems Technician
Primary Unit
2003-2006, IT-2319, Naval Space Command (NSC - NAVSPACECOM), United States Space Command (USSPACECOM)
Previously Held NEC
RM-2304-Morse Code Operator
RM-0000-Radioman
RM-2371-Automated Systems Operator
RM-2318-Communications System Technical Control Operator
IT-2319-Communication System Technical Control Supervisor
Service Years
1984 - 2006
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Sailor of the Quarter
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Order of the Golden Shellback
From Month/Year - / 1992
To Month/Year - / 1995
Unit USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class
NEC RM-2318-Communications System Technical Control Operator
Base, Station or City SASEBOState/Country Japan
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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: Sep 7, 2009