COMMANDING OFFICER

USS Leahy (DLG-16)

23 July 1969 - 19 February 1971

CAPTAIN ORLIN N. PUTMAN, U.S. NAVY

CAPTAIN ORLIN N. PUTMAN, A NATIVE OF YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA, WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1945. HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, AND GRADUATED FROM THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. CAPTAIN PUTMAN HAS SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING AFLOAT COMMANDS: VBF-74, VF-72, USS ROCHESTER (CA-124), USS JAMES E. KEYES (DD787), EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS LOFBERG (DD-759), COMMANDING OFFICER USS HAVERFIELD (DER-742) AND COMMANDER ESCORT SQUADRON THREE. HIS DUTIES ASHORE HAVE INCLUDED STANFORD UNIVERSITY; GENERAL LINE SCHOOL; AIDE TO THE COMMANDANT, ELEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT; ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE; STRATEGIC PLANS DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, AND THE REGIONAL POLICY BRANCH WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. CAPTAIN PUTMAN IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS ROBERTA ("Kirk") KIRKPATRICK, AND THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, PAMELA, PAIGE, AND PATRICK.

Captain Orlin N. Putman
CO - USS Leahy (DLG-16)
23 July 1969 - 19 February 1971

Formerly resided in New Smyrna Beach, FL (12-2005) - Passed 25 April 2014

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2008 USS Haverfield (DER-393) Reunion Photos -- Photo 1 -- Photo 2 -- Photo 3