Barney (DDG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Thirty Hour Day 7 july - 15 December 1970 Uss BARNEY CDDG-67

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CVUMSL Qbflbl M40

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Allen Smith, III Commander, U.S. Navy X tx 15 Decembea 1970 XX COMMANDING OFFICER. uss BARNEY IDDG-Sl To the Oggiceal and Men og USS BARNEY: Thil Chaile Book aecohdl anothea golden page in the log 06 ouh lhip - a deploynent 06 conplexity and challenge commencing with wcaponl Qualification in the Cahibbean in July, Reghelhea Taaining in Gitmo, RIMEX 1-77 and culminating in can HThiaty-Houh Dayu in Noagolk paioa to the highly AMCCZAASUL emeagency deploynent to the Mediteahanean. I hope that in the QQQAA ahead it will baing back nemoaiel og youu having lehved with a gheat lhip'l conpany in a lupehb man-o5- wah. It wal a well-paepaaed and highly lkilled team who lteamed BARNEY into the Med in eaaly Octobea 1970 - heady when called upon on lhoat notice to peagoaml And peagoam we did! One caitehion og youa lupehb peagoamance il the gact that BARNEY opeaated in a highly 6UCQQ666Ml nannea in excell og leven monthl at a denanding pace without an upkeep peaiod og any kind! To achieve thil aequiael the not-lo-evident and not-ealy-to-mealuae, COUHIZQAA hdulb 06 watch- ltanding, equipnent naintenance and lhip upkeep. To Ihib geat evehy nun contaibuted and the helult WGA the high degaee og neadinell and aeliability which wehe the hallmaakl og BARNEY. It wal well known that BARNEY wal a Hcan-don lhip. 05 that neputation, each one of you can well be phoudl All og MA who made thil chuile alwayl will have the latilgaction og knowing that in thil peaiod 06 chilil we leaved can counthy and can Navy well. To eveay BARNEYMAN, I extend a lincehe well Done! hu ahhh Allen SMITH Ill Commandea, U.S. Navy Commanding Oggicea Keep Changing! Commanding fficer Commander Allen Smith, Ill was born in Pensacola, Florida, and g r a d u a t e d from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1954. He reported to the Barney from duty as Executive Officer of the USS Biddle QDLG-345. He has previously served in the destroyers Damato and Robert K. Huntington and has c o m m a n d e d the Ocean Minesweeper Affray. Other assignments include duty at the Fleet Training Center at Norfolk, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the Strategic Plans and Policy Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Op- erations. Commander Smith is a gr aduate of the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. Married to the former Donna Rae James of Indianapolis, Indiana, Commander Smith has three daughters, Dee Ann, Dixie, and Ashley, and twin sons, Allen, IV and James. He a s s u m e d command of the Barney on 3 December 1969.