Beatty (DD 756) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER H. E. WINTER Commander, USN Commander WINTER enlisted in the Navy in 1942 under the EDDY Program for procurement of Radio Technicians. In 1943, as a Second Class Radio Technician he was accepted for training in the V-12 program and matriculated in the Electri- cal Engineering School of Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania. Having had two years of college prior to enhstment, he completed a total of four years in October of 1944 and moved on to Midshipmen ' s School at Northwestern University. He was commissioned Ensign in May 1945, and was ordered to Destroyer School in Norfolk, Virginia. He served as CIC Officer and Assistant Communications Officer in USS ARNOLD J. ISBELL (DD- 869) from 1945-1947, as Executive Officer of USS PCE 881 in the Pacific in 1947- 48, and attended Electronics Material School at Treasure Island in 1948. He was assign- ed to the pre-commissioning detail of USS NEWPORT NEWS ( C A-148 ) and during three years on board served as CIC Officer, FOX Division Officer and Air Defense Officer. In 1952 CDR WINTER attended General Line School in Monterey, California, and in 1953-54 he was assigned to recruiting duty in Seattle, Washington. He then at- tended a Surface to Air Missile course in Pomona, California, and served the next ri ' two years in USS TOLEDO (CA-133) as Air Defense Officer and Administrative As- sistant to the Executive Officer. There followed another tour of recruiting duty, this time in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Assistant Officer in Charge. From 1959 to 1961 CDR WINTER served as Executive Officer in two destroyers, USS SIGOURNEY (DD-643) and USS McNAIR (DD-679). For the two and one half years prior to assum- ing command of BEATTY. CDR WINTER served as Gunnery Officer to the Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was in GITMO during the 1962-63 Cuban crisis, and when Castro turned off the water in 1964. In 1945 Commander WINTER was mar- ried to the fonner Miss Agnes Mullin of Rosemont, Pennsylvania. They have four children.

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HER HISTORY USS BEATTY {DD-756) is the second ship of the fleet to bear the name of the late Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, the first ship having been sunk in the Medi- terranean as a result of enemy aircraft action on 6 November 1943. The ship was launched on 30 November 1944 at the Bethlehem Steel Company Yard at Staten Island, New York, and subsequently commissioned 31 March 1945. After a brief period of service in the Pacific, she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. The highlights of her career are as follows: in 1948 she patrolled under the com- mand of the United Nations Truce Team at Haifa, Trans-Jordan. In 1951 BEATTY transited the Pacific for patrol and blockade duty off the coast of Korea. For two months she participated in extensive shore bombardment activities and anti-submarine action off the Ilingnam area. In 1959, the M V NASSAU RELIEF, abandoned and sinking off the coast of the Dominican Republic, was boarded by a BEATTY salvage crew, de-watered, and successfully taken under tow before turning her over to the original crew. The next few years brought three different trouble shooting missions: to the Dominican Republic in 1961; to Cuba during the blockade of 1962; and to Costa Rica for President Kennedy ' s visit in 1963. Filling in the years between highlights mentioned above, BEATTY has been faith- fully carrying out the multifarious tasks of a general purpose destroyer. Countless days of anti-submarine warfare, midshipman training cruises, escort duty, two Mer- cui-y Recovery missions, 10 cruises to the Mediterranean or Middle East, more than 20 cruises to the Carribbean, seven times through the Panama Canal, nine times through the Suez Canal, 26 Atlantic crossings, and a host of routine voyages. BEATTY ' s deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East in September of 1964 could well have been her last. Many miles have passed beneath her keel, and her decommissioning scheduled for April 1965, will mark the end of a very full life. HER VITAL STATISTICS HULL Length, overall — 376.6 Breadth, molded max. — 40 ' 9 3 4 Depth, molded at M.P. — 23 0 Displacement to D.W.L. — 2891 tons BOILERS Number — 4 Manufacturer — Foster Wheeler Type — Oil fired express with superheater and economizer Design — Working pressure — 634 PSI ' TURBINES Number — 2 sets Manufacturer — General Electric MISCELLANEOUS Ship Class - SUMNER (DD-692 Short Hull) Propellers — 2 Rudders — 2 Max. Speed — About 34 Knots

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EXECUTIVE OEEICER MARTIN KATZ Lt. Commander, USN Lieutenant Commander Martin KATZ enlisted in the Naval Reserve in August 1945, and then, after a brief period of active duty, returned to civilian life in June, 1946, maintaining his membership in the Re- serve. He passed the next three years as a student of Industrial Management at City College of New York and graduated in June 1949, as a Bachelor of Business Administration. In August 1950 he was com- missioned in the USNR; he remained, however, on inactive duty and pursued a civilian career in textile sales in New York City. In 1953 he was called to active duty as communications Officer aboard the USS BENHAM (DD-796), where he served until his return to the textile busi- ness in 1955. In December 1956, Mr. KATZ augmented as Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, and reported aboard the USS R. K. HUNTINGTON (DD- 781) as Operations Officer. In January 1958, he hifted to the West Coast to enter the General Line School, Monterey, California, for one year ' s postgraduate work. In late 1958, he returned to sea duty aboard USS MAURY (AGS-16) as Operations Officer. His next change of station occurred in March 1960 when he became Engineering Officer on the USS EVERGLADES (AD-24) for two years, at the conclusion of which he moved to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Logistics War Plans Branch, as Assistant for Logistic Support Plans (OP 05 DI). He reported to the BEATTY in July 1964 - just in time to join pre- parations for deployment. LCDR KATZ thus brings to his post a wealth of experience in varied types of ships. He is married to the former Frances Kaplan of New York City. Together, Mr. and Mrs. KATZ command a family of three children.