Barbey (FF 1088) - Naval Cruise Book

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Officers SEATED 1. to r. LTJG Morell, LTJG Luck, LT Miller, LCDR McMahon, CDR Ward, LCDR Tobias, LT Stewart, LT Camp, Lt Jankura. STANDING: LT Hunter, LTJG Solger, ENS Hyer, LTJG Hansen, ENS Butler, LTJG Miller, ENS Wilterdink, LTJG Sanderson, LTJG Trent, LTJG Asmussen, LTJG Siebenschuh, ENS Zeiders. Chief Petty Officers « .♦ t w. t SEATED 1. to r. SKC Barnes, STGC Strodel, BTC Johnson, MMCS Green, YNC Montgomery, ETC Atwood, SKC Gapasin, BTC Sneed. STANDING: EWC Noguerolla, FTCS Musgrave, SMC Miller, OSC Rogers, BMC Hughes, MSC Chadwick.

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Lieutenant Commander Walter Adam Tobias Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Tobias of Bossier City, Louisiana, graduated from the University of New Mexico and was com- missioned an Ensign in tfie United States Navy Reserve on 23 January 1965. He first served as Operations Officer on the USS GUIDE (MSO-447) until 1967. He then was assigned to the staff of Mine Squadron Twenty-One in Long Beach, California until March 1968 during which time he was transferred to RVN as Officer-in-Charge of Mine Sweeping Detachment 12 in Danang, RVN. After SWO Department Head School, Lieutenant Commander Tobias served as Engineering Officer aboard USS RENSHAW {DDA99) and upon her decommisioning in February 1970 was assigned to the USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057) as Weapons Officer until October 1971. Lieutenant Commander Tobias then completed a tour in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as a Junior Officer Detailer subsequently reporting in, October of 1972 for duty as Ex- ecutive Assistant and Aide to the Naval Deputy of NOAA, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Until reporting aboard the USS BARBEY (FF-1088) in February 1976, Lieutenant Commander Tobias graduated from the Naval War College Command and Staff Course in July 1975 and from October 1975 to January 1976 was tem- porarily assigned to the Staff of Commander Cruiser- Destroyer Group Three. Lieutenant Commander Tobias is married to the former Bobbie Jo Botkins of Alburquerque, New Mexico. They have two children: Traci Renee, 8 and Terri Leigh, 2. The family is currently residing in San Diego, California. Executive Officer W. A. Tobias, Jr. LCDR USN

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VADM D. E. Barbey, USN Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey was born 23 December 1889 in Portland, Oregon. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1908 and commissioned Ensign in 1912. He then served in the battleship CALIFORNIA and the destroyer LAWRENCE. During World War I, he served in the gunboat ANNAPOLIS and destroyer STEVENS. His first international political experience was gained in the aftermath of World War I while on the staff of Admiral Mark Bristol, U. S. High Commissioner to Turkey. In 192 1 he was borrowed to serve the Allied Commission of Trade with Turkey, and was an observer with the White Russian armies during the Crimean Cam- paign. Following duty in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, Barbey became Aide to the Superintendent of the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1928. He next com- manded destroyer LEA, was inspector of Ordnance at Mare Island; First Lieutenant of the battleship NEW YORK: then commanded destroyer RAMAPO. He took command of Destroyer Division 17 in June 1936; headed the War Plans Section in the Bureau of Navigation (now the Bureau of Naval Personnel) from June 1937 to May 1940; and then commanded the battleship NEW YORK. During 1941-1942, Vice Admiral Barbey, then a cap- tain and Chief of Staff, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, earned the Legion of Merit for professional skill in devis- ing, developing, and executing the logistic plan for the first overal large-scale amphibious operations involving both the United States Army and Navy forces. He became a member of Admiral King ' s staff in May 1942, organizing and heading the first Amphibious Warfare Section in the U. S. Navy Department. He thus had a primary role in the design, testing and developing of new beach craft (LST. LCT, LCI) as well as the Dock Lan- ding Ship (LSD) and amphibious assault vehicles. In January 1943 he became Commander, Amphibious Force, Southwest Pacific (later Seventh Amphibious Force). Throughout the remainder of the Pacific War, Vice Admiral Barbey personally led his Amphibious Force, ex- pertly planning and directing the brilliantly executed amphibious assault landings upon which depended the success of the campaigns on New Britain, New Guinea, Morotai, Leyte, and Luzon. He likewise served with superb distinction in transporting and protecting troops of the Eighth Army landings in the Southern Philippines and North Borneo. He planned and led 56 major amphibious attacks against the enemy, involving the Ian-