USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Bateman, Daryl D.

Service Dates: Nov 1960 I came on board at Peral Harbor for the Far East Cruise and left the LEX in San Diago in Sep 1961

Rank/Duty Assigned: YN3 --Assigned to the Engineeing Office and supervised 3 YN Seaman.

I was on 3 year enlistment. I left the Navy to attend College at Kent State University. I retired as a Middle School Principal. I influenced one of my fraternity brothers at Kent State about the Navy and he went on graduate from Kent State and went to Navy OCS and had a 30 year career in active and reserves and retired as a Captain in the Sea Bee’s.