Strickland, Randolph, Sr., MMCM

Machinists Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Master Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
MM-4204-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
Primary Unit
1987-1991, MM-9502, NTC (Cadre/Faculty Staff) Great Lakes, ILL
Previously Held NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
MM-4505-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
MM-9502-Instructor
Service Years
1970 - 1991
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Shellback
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
MM-Machinists Mate
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Command Master Training Specialist US Navy Retired 20 NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic

US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Cold War Medal Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993

Persian Gulf Yacht Club Cold War Veteran Maritime Warfare Excellence Award Engineering/Survivability Excellence Award




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 7308, Pleasant Prairie Memorial PostNational Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors)USS Nimitz (CVN-68) AssociationPost 552
Ship 40United States Navy Memorial
  1983, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 7308, Pleasant Prairie Memorial Post (Member) (Kenosha, Wisconsin) - Chap. Page
  1991, National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors) - Assoc. Page
  1999, USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Association - Assoc. Page
  2009, American Legion, Post 552 (Member) (Somers, Wisconsin) - Chap. Page
  2009, Navy Club of the United States of America, Ship 40 (Member) (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
  2010, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

As of 31 July 2008, RETIRED!  For the 2nd time, first from the Navy and now from Abbott Labs.  Who knows for how long, but I plan to rest and relax for at least the next four months.  Then, maybe a fun job, something in the world of outdoors..... no more engineering, after 38 years I am just tired of working so damn hard.....all the time!
  
Well, it has finally happened....after three years of being retired and bored, I am going back to work.  Back into Engineering, running projects as an Independent Contractor, sub-contracting with a premiere systems integrator specializing in the most demanding pharmaceutical applications.....sounds like fun, Huh?   It is wonderful to be back in the workforce and being with so many people I already had known.  Feels like home!
   
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Randolph Strickland

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Link to my younger brother Timothy P. Strickland, MSgt, USAF/Ret
http://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=Profile&type=Person&ID=97025
   

 Remembrance Profiles -  36 Sailors Remembered

  1972-1972, MM-0000, USS El Paso (LKA-117)

MM-Machinists Mate

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Unit
USS El Paso (LKA-117) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate

Base, Station or City
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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 7732 
   

Last Updated: Dec 4, 2008
   
   
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USS El Paso LKA 117
33 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS El Paso (LKA-117)
Morey, Fred, PO2, (1971-1975) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Collins, Edwin, SCPO, (1966-1986) ET ET-1436 Petty Officer First Class
Conner, Ross, LCDR, (1965-1989) IC IC-4723 Petty Officer First Class
Hadden, Rollin, PO1, (1965-1977) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Miller, Anthony, PO1, (1966-1972) ET ET-3353 Petty Officer First Class
Mitchell, Gary, PO1, (1968-1973) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Chaney, Steve, PO2, (1970-1973) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Greene, Wayne, PO2, (1969-1973) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kelso, Gregory, PO2, (1970-1974) FT FT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kratochvil, Joseph, PO2, (1971-1975) GM GM-0871 Petty Officer Second Class
Lambert, Chuck, PO2, (1972-1976) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Miller, Roger, PO2, (1969-1973) BM BM-0164 Petty Officer Second Class
POTTER, DON, PO2, (1969-1973) CT CT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Smith, Terry, PO2, (1971-1975) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gill, Russell, PO2, (1970-1974) EN EN-4315 Petty Officer Third Class
Hardwick, David, PO3, (1972-1978) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hummel, Bob, PO3, (1969-1973) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
King, Bob, PO3, (1969-1973) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Malick, Douglas, PO3, (1968-1972) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Nowak, Stanley, PO3, (1972-1974) HT HT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Steyer, Scott, PO3, (1968-1972) HT HT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tompsett, Thomas, PO3, (1970-1974) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Webb, Monty, PO3, (1969-1972) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Withers, Bob, PO3, (1972-1976) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Brewer, Sebastian, SN, (1968-1972) BM BM-0000 Seaman
Chandler, William, SN, (1971-1973) BM BM-0164 Seaman
Handley, Richard, SN, (1969-1973) BM BM-0164 Seaman
Nace, Robert, FN, (1969-1973) BT BT-0000 Fireman
Odenthal, Peter, SA, (1972-1973) BM BM-0164 Seaman Apprentice
Pace, Bruce, SA, (1972-1974) SA SA-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Fanucchi, Al, CPO, (1971-1993) Petty Officer Second Class
Mack, Albert, PO1, (1971-Present) OS Petty Officer Second Class
Goniea, Louis, PO3, (1971-1973) Petty Officer Third Class

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