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Commanding Officer
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Executive Officer
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CDR Robert Leroy Kline
July 1977 – July 1979
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LCDR Lennox
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Change of Command – July 1979
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Change of command – July 1979
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CDR James David Fontana
Jul 29 1979 – Jul 1981
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LCDR B. T. Stickler
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6 March 1979, Departs on eleventh WestPac tour
16 thru 18 March 1979, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
27 March 1979, Guam, U.S.
3 thru 11 April 1979, Subic Bay, Philippines
15 thru 21 April 1979, Keelung, Taiwan
Picks up refugees at sea
23 thru 28 April 1979, Sasebo, Japan
1 May 1979, Yokosuka, Japan
10 thru 22 May 1979, Subic Bay, Philippines
29 May thru 2 June 1979, Pattaya, Thailand
20 thru 24 June 1979, Hong Kong, China
27 June thru 10 July 1979, Subic Bay, Philippines
25 thru 29 July 1979, Pusan, Korea
9 thru 15 August 1979, Subic Bay, Philippines
19 thru 24 August 1979, Yokosuka, Japan
30 August 1979, Midway Island, U.S.
2 September 1979, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
9 September 1979, Returns to San Diego
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