Thompson, Dwight, FCCS

Fire Controlman
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
FC-1121-CIWS MK 15 MODS 11-14 Technician
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Fire Controlman
Primary Unit
1988-1991, FC-1121, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)
Previously Held NEC
FTG-0000-Fire Control Technician Guns
FC-0334-Harpoon (AN/SWG-1A) Engagement Planning Operator
Service Years
1969 - 1991
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Order of the Golden Dragon
Neptune Subpoena
FC-Fire Controlman
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge US Air Force Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Order of the Golden Dragon




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Branch 94Post -Post 8790, Spring Branch PostLonestar Council
  1992, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 94 (Member) (Corpus Christi, Texas) - Chap. Page
  1992, American Legion, Post - (Member) (Houston, Texas) - Chap. Page
  1992, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 8790, Spring Branch Post (Member) (Houston, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2005, Navy League of the United States, Lonestar Council (Life member) (Austin, Texas) - Chap. Page


  1976-1980, FTG-0000, USS Sterett (DLG-31)
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FTG-Fire Control Technician Gun Fire Control

From Month/Year
April / 1976
To Month/Year
December / 1980

Unit
USS Sterett (DLG-31) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class
NEC
FTG-0000-Fire Control Technician Guns

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Sterett (DLG-31) Details

USS Sterett (DLG-31) 		Commissioned as DLG-31.

Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Keel laid: 25 Sep 1962
Launched: 30 June 1964
Commissioned: 08 April 1967
Reclassified CG-31: 30 June 1975

Length: 547ft Beam: 54ft 9"
Displacement: 7,890 tons (full load)
Speed: 34 knots
Range: 7,100 n.miles / 20knots

Propulsion:
Two DeLaval steam turbines - 85,000 shp; 2 shafts
Four 1200 psi Combustion Engineering boilers
Two Six-bladed constant pitch props, Single rudder

Crew: 418 (31 officers, 387 enlisted)

Missiles:
One Dual railed Mk10 Mod7 launcher Terrier/Standard-ER SAM
Magazine Cap: 60 combined Terrier and ASROC):
Guns: One 5-inch 54-caliber Dual purpose Mk42
Two 3-inch 50-caliber single barreled

ASW Weapons:
ASROC launched from Mk 10 missile launcher
Two triple tube Mk 32 torpedo mounts

Radars:
SPS-10 Surface search (replaced by SPS-67 in 1991)
SPS-40 Air search radar
SPS-48 3-D search

Sonar:
SQS-26BX bow mounted sonar

Fire Control:
One MK 14 Weapons Direction System
One MK 114 ASW fire control system
One Mk 76 Mod 9 missile fire control system using 2 SPG-55B radars
One Mk 68 Gun Fire Control System with SPG-53F radar (5" gun)
Two Manual visual directors for 3" 50 caliber guns

EW Systems:
One SLQ-32 electronic Warfare Suite
SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
Chaffroc - rocket deployed chaff dsipensers

Decommissioned 24 March 1994 at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.

Commanding Officers:

CAPT Christofferson Jr., Edward A. - 08 Apr 67 to 29 Nov 70
CAPT Tyler, Claude L. - 29 Nov 68 to 13 Aug 70
CAPT Hilton, Jack - 13 Aug 70 to 06 Mar 72
CAPT Reichert, Herbert E. - 06 Mar 72 to  26 Apr 74
CAPT Collins, Phillip K. - 26 Apr 74 to 9 Oct 75
CAPT Farnham, Charles G. - 9 Oct 75 to 1 Feb 78
CAPT Donnell III, John S. (retired VADM) - 1 Feb 78 to 6 Feb 80
CAPT Richardson, Daniel C. (retired RADM) - 6 Feb 80 to 13 Feb 82
CAPT Sullivan III, Geroge E. - 13 Feb 82 to 15 Feb 84
CAPT McCoy, Jimmy H. - 15 Feb 84 to 10 Oct 85
CAPT Lockett III, Joseph L. - 10 Oct 85 to 6 Aug 86
CAPT Bailey, Fred W. - 6 Aug 86 to 27 Sep 86
CAPT Genet, Richard P. - 27 Sep 86 to 19 Aug 88
CAPT Plott, Barry M. - 19 Aug 88 to 10 Sep 90
CAPT Blount Jr., Thomas E. - 10 Sep 90 to 17 Dec 92
CAPT Dorsey, Gordon O. - 17 Dec 92 to 24 Mar 94

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Guided Missile Cruiser

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Apr 24, 2011
   
   
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USS Sterett (DLG-31)
Draper, Daniel W., PO3, (1977-1981) FTG FTG-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Gibson, Walter, LTJG, (1958-1978) OFF 618X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Klansnic, William, LT, (1959-1981) ET ET-1435 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Payne, Darrell, SCPO, (1951-1981) GMM GMM-0986 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Arenas, Luis, CPO, (1956-1978) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
COLBERT, J D, CPO, (1958-1978) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Crowell, Thomas, SCPO, (1968-1988) GM GM-0985 Chief Petty Officer
Herr, Clinton, CPO, (1963-1985) ET ET-1436 Chief Petty Officer
Jerominski, Phil, PO1, (1969-1982) IS IS-3901 Petty Officer First Class
LEE jr., Oscar WAYNE, SCPO, (1973-1993) FTM FTM-1189 Petty Officer First Class
Marusa, Mike, PO1, (1969-1979) ST ST-0492 Petty Officer First Class
Ritchie, Terry, PO1, (1972-1982) OS OS-0317 Petty Officer First Class
Avery, Joel, PO2, (1978-1983) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Boughner, Ray, SCPO, (1971-1996) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Brasch, John, PO2, (1973-1977) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Braun, Bryan, MCPO, (1975-2002) FT FT-1165 Petty Officer Second Class
Chambers, Alan, CPO, (1975-2003) GM GM-0986 Petty Officer Second Class
Chapman, David, PO2, (1978-1982) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Elhardt, Dale, PO2, (1975-1980) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Elliott, Thomas, PO2, (1975-1981) FT FT-1169 Petty Officer Second Class
Gauthier, Bob, PO2, (1977-1982) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gooden, Chuck, PO1, (1976-1982) ET ET-1438 Petty Officer Second Class
Hutton, Raymond, CPO, (1979-2003) HT HT-4954 Petty Officer Second Class
Johnston, Michael, CMDCM, (1977-2010) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kapitanich, Ed, PO2, (1972-1978) DS DS-1621 Petty Officer Second Class
Mason, John, PO2, (1979-1983) EN EN-4313 Petty Officer Second Class
McMordie, Doug, PO2, (1975-1979) MM MM-9348 Petty Officer Second Class
Orduna, Ramon, PO1, (1972-1983) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Pickett, Michael, PO1, (1971-1983) BT BT-4512 Petty Officer Second Class
Sullivan, Kevin, PO2, (1974-1979) HT HT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Sullivan, Kevin, PO2, (1974-1979) HT HT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Timon, Tim, PO2, (1976-1982) ST STG-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Westphal, Fred, PO2, (1978-1982) FT FT-1138 Petty Officer Second Class
Bixby, Rob, PO1, (1976-1997) AW AW-7871 Petty Officer Third Class
Chapman, Stephen, PO2, (1979-1982) OS OS-0317 Petty Officer Third Class
Draper, Daniel W., PO3, (1977-1981) FT Petty Officer Third Class
Froemming, Thorne, CPO, (1976-2000) GM GMM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
James, Paul, CMDCM, (1977-1998) BT BT-4513 Petty Officer Third Class
Norris, Billy, PO3, (1978-1982) RM RM-2313 Petty Officer Third Class
Pirolozzi, Douglas, PO3, (1976-1980) MS MS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Ross, Clayton, PO3, (1978-1982) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Rowley, Thomas, CDR, (1977-2009) ST ST-0405 Petty Officer Third Class
Rugnao, Sammy, PO2, (1974-1978) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Smith, Don, PO3, (1975-1978) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Smith, Don, PO3, (1975-1979) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Snider, Scott, PO3, (1976-1980) DK DK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sommer, Robert, CPO, (1973-1994) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Matheny, Gary, SN, (1974-1980) SM SM-0000 Seaman
Skelton, Johnny, CPO, (1972-1992) OS OS-0000 Seaman
Bearden, Kevin, PO1, (1974-1982) CT CT-9169 Seaman Apprentice
Boyer, Daniel, SA, (1978-1979) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Jones, Alfred, SA, (1975-1977) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Smusz, John, FA, (1979-1981) EN EN-3300 Fireman Apprentice
Wyatt, Julian, LCDR GM GMM-0000 Seaman Recruit
Carnes, Michael, CDR, (1974-1994) Lieutenant
Kent, Lowell, LCDR, (1960-1985) Lieutenant
Mullen, Michael G. "Mike", ADM, (1968-2011) Lieutenant
Cheatham, Robert, MCPO, (1970-1990) Petty Officer First Class
Sirmans, Bruce, SCPO, (1970-1991) MM Petty Officer First Class

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