COMMANDING OFFICER
USS Leahy (DLG-16)
20 February 1971 - 11 September 1972
CAPTAIN ROY FRANCIS HOFFMAN, U. S. NAVY
CAPTAIN ROY F. HOFFMANN, A NATIVE OF MISSOURI, ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN APRIL 1941, AND WAS COMMISSIONED FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME NROTC UNIT 1 JUNE 1946. HE WAS INITIALLY ASSIGNED TO USS QUICK (DMS-32) AND AFTER ONE
YEAR OF FAR EASTERN FLEET OPERATIONS RETURNED TO INACTIVE DUTY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, GRADUATING WITH
A BS DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY IN 1948. CAPTAIN HOFFMANN WAS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY SHORTLY AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THE
KOREAN CONFLICT IN 1950, AND WAS SERVING ABOARD USS PIRATE (AM-275) WHEN MINED AND SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION IN THE
HARBOR OF WONSAN, KOREA, 12 OCTOBER 1950. HE RETURNED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC AS GUNNERY OFFICER OF USS HARRY E.
HUBBARD (DD-748) FROM DECEMBER 1950 UNTIL JUNE 1953.
AFTER TWO YEARS ASHORE AS NROTC INSTRUCTOR AT THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAPTAIN HOFFMAN WAS ORDERED
BACK TO DESTROYER DUTY IN SEPTEMBER 1955 AS AIDE AND FLAG SECRETARY TO COMMANDER DESTROYER FLOTILLA TWO AND SUBSEQUENTLY
WAS ORDERED TO USS LLOYD THOMAS (DDE-764) AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN FEBRUARY 1958. IN AUGUST 1959, CAPTAIN HOFFMAN
WAS ORDERED TO DUTY AT THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. HE RETURNED TO THE ATLANTIC FLEET IN COMMAND OF USS CROMWELL
(DE-1014) FROM JULY 1961 TO JULY 1963, AND PARTICIPATED IN INTER- AMERICAN ANTISUBMARINE TRAINING EXERCISE "UNITAS
II". HE GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE IN JUNE 1964, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE STAFF
FOR THE FOLLOWING 18 MONTHS. DURING THIS TIME HE ALSO ATTENDED THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL
EARNING A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. CAPTAIN HOFFMANN COMMANDED THE ATLANTIC FLEET MISSILE
DESTROYER USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG 2) FOR 27 MONTHS COMMENCING IN JANUARY 1966, AND REPORTED AS COMMANDER COASTAL
SURVEILLANCE FORCE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND COMMANDER TASK FORCE 115 ON 3 MAY 1968. CAPTAIN HOFFMANN COMMANDED
THE DESTROYER TENDER USS SIERRA (AD-18) FROM 27 JUNE 1969 TO 17 DECEMBER 1970. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MARY
LINN THOMPSON OF BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI. CAPTAIN AND MRS. HOFFMANN ARE PARENTS OF FIVE DAUGHTERS AND CURRENTLY RESIDE
AT THE NAVAL STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. HIS PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. R. W. HOFFMANN LIVE IN CRYSTAL CITY, MISSOURI.
Info above from the 1970 Med-Cruise Book.............
Further biographical info is hereand here
Currently resides in Ivy, VA (12-2005)