NameBilly E Walker
Retirement/Discharge DateMay 1982
Tour 1 DatesJune 1980 - May 1982
Tour 1 Rank/RateHMC
Tour 1 DivisionOP
NATO Mixed Manned CrewNo
Comment Served with three other Walkers (2 Chiefs, and 1 2nd Class), whose ratings were BTC,Senior Chief (MR),do not remember 2nd Class' rating, Cmdr Sheridan was the CO at that time. We did back-to-back NATO cruises due to the relieving ship, Richard L. Page, breakdown. Retired in 1982 while ship was at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard undergoing normal scheduled repairs.

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USS Biddle (5/5/62 - 7/28/64)
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