Childs, William, RM3

Radioman
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
RM-0000-Radioman
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Radioman
Primary Unit
1970-1973, RM-0000, USS Sterett (DLG-31)
Service Years
1969 - 1973
RM-Radioman

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  1970-1973, RM-0000, USS Sterett (DLG-31)

RM-Radioman

From Month/Year
- / 1970
To Month/Year
- / 1973

Unit
USS Sterett (DLG-31) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
RM-0000-Radioman

Base, Station or City
San Diego
State/Country
California
  
 
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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 23, 2015
   
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Worst Moment
1st Radioman to go mess cooking :-(
   
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USS Sterett (DLG-31)
Bauch, Michael, PO2, (1968-1971) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
BAUCH, MICHAEL, PO2, (1967-1971) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hoover, Lyle, PO2, (1967-1970) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rains, David, PO2, (1966-1970) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bauch, Michael, PO2, (1967-1971) RM RM-1541 Petty Officer Second Class
Schussler, Thomas, CPO, (1969-1995) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Second Class
Fernandinho, Richard, PO3, (1968-1971) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Third Class
Adams, John, LT, (1967-1971) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Henry, Dave, CAPT, (1970-2003) OFF 111X Lieutenant
O'Connor, Thomas, LT, (1968-1972) OFF 110X Lieutenant
Siler, Virgil, LCDR, (1957-1984) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Allsopp, Ralph, CDR, (1970-1994) OFF 161X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kelly, Richard, LTJG, (1961-1972) OFF 110X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Reider, James, SCPO, (1955-1974) OS OS-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Addison., Ronald Anthony, SCPO, (1963-1984) CT CT-9124 Petty Officer First Class
Bilak, David, PO1, (1968-1974) FC FC-1138 Petty Officer First Class
Carroll, Francis, MCPO, (1959-1982) BT BT-4505 Petty Officer First Class
Hendrickson, James, PO1, (1964-1971) FTM FTM-1189 Petty Officer First Class
Marusa, Mike, PO1, (1969-1979) ST ST-0492 Petty Officer First Class
Pivin, Dave, PO1, (1966-1971) FT FT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Alves, Richard, PO2, (1969-1974) STG STS-0481 Petty Officer Second Class
Anton, Stephen, PO2, (1967-1971) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cort, Douglas, PO2, (1970-1974) GMG GMG-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cross, Fred, PO2, (1968-1974) ST ST-0492 Petty Officer Second Class
Elfman, Mark, CPO, (1965-1983) FT FT-1119 Petty Officer Second Class
Fergusson, Harry, PO2, (1967-1973) GM GM-0985 Petty Officer Second Class
Green, Paul, CWO4, (1967-1998) GM GM-0986 Petty Officer Second Class
Hulce, Terry, PO2, (1967-1971) 00 EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kedroff, Nicholas, PO2, (1968-1973) DS DS-1683 Petty Officer Second Class
Kesterson, David, PO2, (1966-1970) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Maddox, Darryl, PO2, (1969-1973) 00 00E Petty Officer Second Class
Mahaffey, John, MCPO, (1965-1991) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McCann, Michael, PO2, (1966-1972) 00 00E Petty Officer Second Class
Miller, Elden, PO1, (1967-1976) DS DS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Moe, Jerry, PO2, (1970-1974) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Nowlin, Billy, PO2, (1966-1970) ST ST-0406 Petty Officer Second Class
Pritchard, Gary, PO2, (1972-1976) STG STG-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Reynolds, Philip, PO2, (1971-1975) SH SH-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Taliaferro, Samuel, PO2, (1968-1973) DS DS-1623 Petty Officer Second Class
Votruba, Jim, PO2, (1971-1975) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bell, Steve, PO2, (1970-1975) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Butterfield, Mike, PO3, (1970-1974) 00 0801 Petty Officer Third Class
Chavez, William, PO3, (1969-1973) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Crocker, Ron, CPO, (1967-2003) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Day, Rick, CPO, (1969-1992) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Griffey, Dale, PO3, (1967-1970) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Griffey, Dale, PO3, (1967-1970) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Griffin, Thomas, CPO, (1968-1994) PN PN-9502 Petty Officer Third Class
Hasenberg, William, PO3, (1968-1972) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Jacobsmeyer, Tom, PO3, (1968-1972) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Leonard, Vincent, PO3, (1970-1976) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
O'Neill, Daniel, PO2, (1969-1974) ST ST-0454 Petty Officer Third Class
Quinones, Tommy, PO3, (1971-1975) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Reich, James, PO2, (1968-1977) AMS AMS-8351 Petty Officer Third Class
Reich, James, PO2, (1968-1977) AMS AMS-8351 Petty Officer Third Class
Schwartz, Robert, PO3, (1970-1974) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Schwartz, Robert, PO3, (1970-1974) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Shinault, John, CPO, (1970-1989) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Smith, W. Mike, CPO, (1968-1990) DK DK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class

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