CAPT Christina L. Dalmau

Past Commanding Officer, USS Chosin (CG 65)

01 April 2021 Captain Christina (Tina) Dalmau, a native of Brewster, MA graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
 
For her assignments at sea, CAPT Dalmau first served as the Electrical officer in USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) forward deployed in Sasebo, Japan.  Following nuclear power training, she served as a Reactor Mechanical Division Officer in USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75). She later served as the Operations Officer in CARTER HALL (LSD 50) and as the Reactor Training Assistant in USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN 69). In May 2014, she reported back to USS CARTER HALL as Executive Officer and fleeted up to serve as Commanding Officer from August 2015 until November of 2016.  Following Command, she was the Reactor Officer in USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) from April 2017 until February 2019.
 
Ashore, she served as a physics Instructor at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island.  Post-department head, she served as the Director of the Officer Department at Naval Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina and the Women in Submarines Program Coordinator for Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic.  Captain Dalmau most recently served as Staff Officer assigned to Supreme Allied Command - Transformation. CAPT Dalmau earned a Master of Education from the University of Rhode Island.
 
Captain Dalmau’s personal decorations include the 2011 Joy Bright Hancock Leadership Award, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), the Navy Commendation Medal (five awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal (four awards) in addition to various unit citations and campaign awards.