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Robert Lee Leuschner Jr. (March 13, 1935 – July 19, 2016) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He was Commander of the nuclear-powered carrier USS Enterprise from 1983 to 1986.
Presumptive finding of death [3] February 24: Frakes, Dwight G: Chief radioman: US Navy: VAH-2: South Vietnam, South China Sea: Radio Operator on an A3B aircraft that crashed into the sea soon after takeoff from the USS Coral Sea. [48] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 15: Clydesdale, Charles F: Lieutenant (LTJG) US Navy: VA-95 ...
He was a graduate of the Navy Nuclear Training Program, and went on to command USS Enterprise (CVN-65). On 28 April 1983, he was guiding USS ENTERPRISE home from an 8 month WESTPAC deployment when the ship ran aground near its home port of Alameda. In a news conference, then Captain Kelly said bluntly: 'I am the captain and I was in control.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it as the fifth Federation vessel with the same name, is a starship in the Star Trek media franchise. Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, it is the main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and the film Star Trek Generations (1994). It has also been ...
McDaniel was present at the inactivation ceremony for USS Enterprise (CVN-65) on December 1, 2012 at the Norfolk Naval Base. It was the first time he had returned to the ship after launching from her deck in his A-6A Intruder and being shot down and captured on 19 May 1967.
A graduate of the United States Naval Academy class of 1939, he served on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise before being sent to the Naval Air Station Pensacola for flight training. He rejoined Enterprise in 1943, and became executive officer, and later commanding officer of Bombing Squadron Ten (VB-10), flying the SBD Dauntless dive bomber.
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On 27 August 1993, Rear Admiral Naughton assumed command of USS Enterprise. During his command, he supervised a $2.1 billion refueling of the USS Enterprise nuclear plant. He led a 5,000-man crew through an intense shipyard refit, nuclear qualifications, and a multimillion-dollar ship's force habitability project.