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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Service Branch
Supply Corps
Current/Last Primary NEC
310X-Supply Corps Officer
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Staff Corps Officer
Primary Unit
1994-1997, 310X, Commander Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command (CNCTC)
Previously Held NEC
AE-0000-Aviation Electrician's Mate
AW-0000-Aviation Warfare Systems Operator
AE-7182-P-3A/B Integrated Electrical System OMA Specialist
8345-F-14 Organizational Systems Technician
AE-8345-F-14 Electrical Systems Maintenance
AE-9502-Instructor
Service Years
1967 - 1997
What are you doing now:
Goat farming in the mountains of Alabama - Seriously, I have a dairy goat farm raising registered Nubian dairy goats. I also raise cows but the goats are more valuable. My goal is to produce an internallionally recognized Chevre (goat cheese) and ship it internationally. Drop by for a sample.
Other Comments:
After two major cancer surgries I had to let my goats go but I am still raising Black Angus/Hereford mix cattle for the market.
From Month/Year October / 1990
To Month/Year November / 1992
Unit USS El Paso (LKA-117) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander
NEC 310X-Supply Corps Officer
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
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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 7732
Last Updated: Jun 12, 2018