Welcome to John Shaw's Navy pages! I served in the U.S. Navy from March 1968 to January 1972 and during that time served aboard the USS Rowan (DD-782) from January 1969 to January 1972 as a Radioman Second Class.

	TRAINING: Basic Training: RTC/NTC SDIEGO; Company 68-219; completed May 68. BEE"P" School: SSC/NTC SDIEGO; Basic Electricity/Electronics Class P; Jul 68. RM"A" School: SSC/NTC SDIEGO; Radioman Class A; Class 68-30B; Nov 68. RM"C" School" SSC/NTC SDIEGO; Intermediate Speed Morse Code (2304); Dec 68. RM"C" School: SSC/NTC SDIEGO; Teletype Repair (2342); Class A-2-70; Apr 70.
	DEPLOYMENTS: Mar 69 - Sep 69: Pearl Harbor, Yokoksuka, Okinawa, Sasebo, Nha Trang, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Subic Bay, Tonkin Gulf, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, South China Sea. Sep 70 - Mar 71: Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guam, Subic Bay, Manilla, Da Nang, Singapore, Keelung, Hong Kong, Taiwan Straits, Tonkin Gulf, South China Sea, Gulf of Siam. Oct 71 - Jan 72: DESRON 15 forward deployment to Yokosuka
	OTHER EVENTS: Apr 69 - N. Korea shoots down Navy EC-121 over the Sea of Japan, Rowan joins TF-71 in the Sea of Japan. Jun 69 - Operation "Bold Pursuit" at Barrier Island with ARG/SLF Alfa; advancement to RM3. Fall 69 - Shadowed Russian "trawler" Gavril Sarychev off the West Coast Jan 70 - ROH, Hunter's Point NSY, San Francisco Sep 70 to Mar 71 - Rowan is flagship for COMDESDIV 152 Nov 70 - Advancement to RM2; became a "Shellback" Jul 71 - Midi Cruise: SFran/Treasure Island; Victoria, B.C.; Pearl Harbor Oct 71 - DESRON 15 forward deploys to Yokosuka, Japan Dec 71 - Meritorious Unit Commendation Jan 72 - released from active duty!

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