CAPTAIN CHARLES H. ULRICH

COMMANDING OFFICER USS LEAHY CG-16

Captain Ulrich is a native of Hutchinson, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota and was graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1954.

Captain Ulrich has commanded the USS SOMERS (DDG-34) and the USS MALVERN (PC-580) and served as Executive Officer of the USS ROWAN (DD-782). Other sea assignments include Engineer of both the USS ORISKANY (CVA-34) and the USS HARRY E. HUBBARD (DD-748). He was a member of the pre-commissioning crew of the USS BAINBRIDGE (DLGN-25) and remained in that ship during subsequent outfitting and deployment. Captain Ulrich has also served as Surface Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force Seventh Fleet (CTF-77).

He has served ashore as the Senior Member of the Pacific Fleet Propulsion Examining Board, the Director of the Instrumentation Department of the Naval Oceanographic Office and as a staff member to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy). He completed Surface Nuclear Power Training and was assigned as a staff member to the prototype reactor plant at Idaho Falls, Idaho. He has received post graduate training at The Ohio State University and was awarded a Master of Geodetic Science Degree. He reported aboard as Commanding Officer of the USS LEAHY (CG-16) on November 11, 1978, and has recently completed his second Western Pacific Cruise as Commanding Officer of the Sweet Sixteen.

Captain Ulrich is married to the former Carolyn Joan Bastey of Bangor, Maine. The family, including Susan and Robert, resides in San Diego, California.