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.............

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Currently resides in Ivy, VA (12-2005)