U.S.S. Walker

Time Travels On

White Cross
Chief John Hurd
United States Navy

     

Rice, Roy (Joe) DCA/ASW Officer 1959-61

Name: Joe Rice Spouse: Eleanor
Son: Joe H. (Married Barbara Nelms of Indianapolis, IN)
Mailing Address: 3159 Pigeon Ridge Road
Crossville, TN 38555
Home Phone: (931)484-3479
E mail: naturestep@u-c.net

Back Then:Joined USS Walker (DDE 517) after Graduation from USNA June , 1959. 1959-1961-Worked for John Hurd as Damage Control Officer, and Bob Schultz as Anti Submarine Warfare Officer. First Deployment: Japan; Taiwan; Philippines;Perth, Western Australia;Hobart; Tasmania.

Since Then:
1961-1962- USS Duncan (DDR 874) ;Weapons Department Head, Yokosuka, Japan
1962-1964-Instructor Fleet Anti Air Warfare Center, San Diego, California
1964-Resigned from USN to work as engineer for GTE, Durham, N.C.
1965-1968-Returned to USN as Combat Information Systems Officer in USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), Long Beach, CA.
1968-1970-Communications Studies at Navy Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca.
1971-Defense Communications Agency, Southeast Asia Mainland, Nha Trang Detachment Commander, RVN
1972-1974-Operations, Executive Officer, Navcommsta Harold E. Holt. Exmouth, Western Australia
1974-1976-Executive Officer, USS Kawishiwi (AO 146)
1976-1978-Assistant Chief of Staff for Communications, Commander Seventh Fleet,Yokosuka,Japan
1978-1980-Commanding Officer USS Shasta (AE 33),San Francisco, Ca.
1980-1982-OP 941H, Staff of Chief Of Naval Operations, Washington,DC.
1982-1983-Commanding Officer, Navcommsta, San Diego, Ca. October 31,1983,Retired Captain, USN
1984-1986-Worked for Computer Data Systems, Inc., Rockville, Md
1986-1988-Worked for Naval Telecommunications Software Support Command, London,England

Now: For the last eight years, Eleanor and I have raised English Suffolk Draft Horses in Crossville, Tn. For the past three years we have been operating our business,In Step With Nature, from our home.

Personal: Last book read, Black Elk Speaks,a life story of an elder of the Oglala Sioux. Last Organization joined: The Timber Framers Guild