Bolger, Norman, LT

Limited Duty Officer
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant
Current/Last Primary NEC
611X-Limited Duty Officer - Deck - Surface
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Limited Duty Officer
Primary Unit
2003-2003, 711X, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Pascagoula, MS
Previously Held NEC
BM-0000-Boatswain's Mate
NC-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
BM-0161-Craftmaster - YTB
BM-0167-LCAC Opertor
711X-Warrant Officer - Boatswain - Surface
Service Years
1973 - 2003
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Order of the Rock
Order of the Magellan
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
Lieutenant Lieutenant

 Official Badges 

Navy Recruiting Gold Wreath Award (3 Silver Stars) Recruiter Career Counselor U.S. Navy Security

US Navy Retired 30 Battle E US Navy Honorable Discharge Navy Officer Honorable Discharge




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Naval Rescue Swimmer Persian Gulf Yacht Club Cold War Medal

Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club Persian Excursion

LDO/CWO Cold War Veteran Cold War Veteran Did the Ditch (Suez Canal)




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Chapter 7Plankowners
  2009, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 7 (Life Member) (Saint George, Utah) - Chap. Page
  2022, Plankowners of the National Museum of the Surface Navy, Plankowners (United States) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Retired!
   
  1975-1977, BM-0000, USS Vega (AF-59)

BM-Boatswain's Mate

From Month/Year
November / 1975
To Month/Year
March / 1977

Unit
USS Vega (AF-59) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
BM-0000-Boatswain's Mate

Base, Station or City
Alameda
State/Country
California
  
 
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 USS Vega (AF-59) Details

USS Vega (AF-59)
Hull number AF-59

USS VEGA AF59

Rigel Class Stores Ship: Laid down, 7 June 1954, as a Maritime Administration type (R3-S-4A) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 37) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.; Launched, 28 April 1955; Commissioned USS Vega (AF-59), 10 November 1955; Decommissioned, 29 April 1977, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 29 April 1977; Returned to MARAD, disposed of by MARAD sale, 1 December 1977.

Vega earned 10 battle stars for her service to units of the 7th Fleet during the Vietnam War.

Specifications: Displacement 15,150 t(fl).; Length 502'; Beam 72'; Draft 29'; Speed 21kts; Armament four dual mount 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion: two boilers, oil fired with G.E reduction gear, 600psi cross compound steam turbine, single propeller; Complement 350.



Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
Vietnamese Defense 
25 July to 1 August 1965 
12 to 20 August 1965 
5 to 17 September 1965		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 
4 to 15 July 1968 
21 July to 2 August 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 
20 to 27 February 1966 
9 to 16 March 1966 
1 to 6 April 1966		 Tet/69 Counteroffensive 
8 to 17 May 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 
3 to 15 September 1966 
23 September to 14 October 1966 
20 to 24 October 1966 
31 October to 10 November 1966		 Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 
11 to 26 June 1969 
7 to 18 July 1969 
28 to 29 July 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 
8 to 18 August 1967 
26 August to 8 September 1967 
26 September to 11 October 1967		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 
9 to 22 October 1970 
5 to 25 November 1970 
30 November to 15 December 1970 
31 December 1970 to 13 January 1971 
26 January to 6 February 1971 
13 to 14 February 1971 
23 February to 7 March 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 
11 to 22 April 1968 
8 to 27 May 1968		 Vietnam Ceasefire 
4 to 16 April 1972 
22 April to 2 May 1972 
6 to 16 May 1972 
27 May to 3 July 1972 
12 to 20 July 1972 
10 August to 6 September 1972





Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Auxiliary

Created/Owned By
MM Summers, Nicole (minnie mouse), MMFN 105
   

Last Updated: Jun 22, 2010
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Lester Smalley

Best Moment
I got to go home during deployment to see Michele be born.
   

Worst Moment
Missing ship's movement in Pearl Harbor, HI on our way back from deployment.
   
Yearbook
 
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32 Members Also There at Same Time
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This Unit Only
USS Vega (AF-59)
Harmon, Dan, PO3, (1974-1978) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Harmon, Dan, SN, (1974-1978) BM BM-0000 Seaman
Bowman, Clayton, SA, (1972-1975) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Maroon, Vallee, SA, (1975-1976) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Remien, Ronald, SA, (1975-1977) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Meade, Geoffrey, LT, (1967-1978) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Lemcool, Paul, SCPO, (1959-1989) RM RM-2319 Chief Petty Officer
Branch, Robert, MCPO, (1959-1986) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Edmison, Stephen G., PO1, (1967-1988) IC IC-4720 Petty Officer First Class
Hallman, William, SCPO, (1973-1994) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Harrison, William, PO2, (1969-1979) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kochalski, Larry, PO2, (1971-1975) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Marsteller, David, PO2, (1970-1976) ET ET-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McClure, Richard, PO2, (1973-1977) EN EN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Moore, Tracy, PO1, (1972-1980) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Peterson, Hans (Bill), PO2, (1970-1975) MM MM-4291 Petty Officer Second Class
Peterson, Hans (Bill), PO2, (1970-1975) MM MM-4294 Petty Officer Second Class
Swaim, David IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Arnold, Christopher, SCPO, (1973-2003) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Knapp, David, PO3, (1971-1975) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Knapp, David, PO3, (1971-1975) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Knutzen, Geary, PO3, (1974-1978) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Moler, Jerry, PO3, (1972-1975) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Rathaus, William, PO3, (1972-1975) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Weiler, Greg, PO1, (1973-1981) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
LEWIS, DENNIS, SN, (1972-1976) SO SO-0000 Seaman
Logsdon, Russell, PO1, (1974-1994) PC PC-0000 Seaman
Szejniuk, Nathan, CPO, (1975-1996) 00 00E Seaman
Remien, Ronald, SA, (1975-1977) SA SA-0000 Seaman Apprentice
McPartlin, Ray, CAPT, (1960-1986) Lieutenant
Martin, William, LTJG, (1976-1979) OFF Ensign
Stroud, Edward, CPO, (1962-1982) Petty Officer First Class
Moore, Terry, CPO, (1972-2005) Petty Officer Third Class

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