Charles Berry (DE 1035) - Naval Cruise Book

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mfi The Captain LIEUTENANT COMMANDER REMBRANDT C. ROBINSON, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CHARLES BERRY (DE-1035) First CiiinnKiiuliiif: OflKNT of the USS CHARLES BEKKV was Lieutenant Commander K.C. Robinson, USX. He commanded the ship since its commissioning at Charleston, South Carohna on 25 Novemher 1959. and lieaded the nucleus crew In Avondale, Louisiana. The Captain came to USS CHARLES BERRY from duty with the Strategic Plans Division in the office of the Chief of aval Operations at the Pentagon. Commissioned during World War IL the Captain saw action in the Pacific with the FlITH Amphibious Force and later joined the amphibious forces in the Atlantic ' Fleet, serving in five ships. In 1948 he was ordered to the USS ENGLISH (DD- 696), serving as her Engineer Officer for nearly ' . 0 months, thirteen of uliich were in action in Korea. His lir-l lour of shore duty came in 1952 with the Bureau of Naval Personnel, where he headed the NROTC program. He directed the nation-wide competition for NROTC appointments, and was responsible for the direction of many phases of the college training program for regular and reserve officers. Next he served for two years as Executive Officer of the des- troyer USS W ALKFR (1)DE-517), and then attended the Armed Forces Stafi College. He was assigned to the Office of CNO up ui graduation. Captain Robinson puts on three stripes when he lca es the CHARLES HERR . He wears the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V . Just as our first vcar ended tiie Captain was relie ed by LCDK Harrison C. MurraN, USN. The Exec LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROGER L. BUCK, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS CHARLES BERRY (DE 1035) The CHARLES BERRVs Evculivc Olliicr is a 1950 graduate nl llic U.S. Naval Academy, l.icnlinanl ( loimnaiidi-r Rcpgrr I.. Bii.k. He is the first officer lo hold ihe XO post on the 111.- CHARLES BERRY. Mr. Buck served with the adminislrali e department o( the Naval .-Xcademy before reporting to the CHARLES BERRY. His first duty was as 3 50 battery officer on the USS NEW- PORT NEWS (CA-148). He later became Commanding Officer ..I 111,- coastal mine weeper USS CROW (MSC(0)7). He was promotetl to lieutenant tri 1 .lulv 1955, and allaitieil his present rank on 1 July 1960. Mr. Buck was captain of the baseball team during his senior year at tin- Naval Academy, and also served as a baseball coach during his later duly there. Prior to entering the Naval . cademy, lr. liiick alli-iicli-d high school in his honu. ' town, Mansfield, Massacliu-etl-. and also at- tended Boston Univcrsilv. As our 0, he has bec-n rc-spcm-iblc- Icit llic mtc-nial .ccltuinisl- ralion and cirgarii alioii ol tlo- -Inp. and liad lo kcc-|. ihc- Sklp|ier happy with all papc-rvMnk a joIj r inidcr-laiid liasri I alu.iys been easy.

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U.S.S. CHARLES BERRY (DE-1035) The USS CHARLES BERRY (DE-1035) is the third ship of the new CLAUD JONES (DE-1033) class destrover escort. She was named for Marine Corporal Charles Joesph Berry, who was killed in action during the seizure of Iwo Jinia in World War II. Corporal Berry was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for throwing his own body over a hand grenade, shielding the shattering explosion from his fellow marines. Corporal Berry ' s namesake was launched on March 17. 19.59 at Avondale Marine Ways, on the Mississippi River a few miles north of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. Carl Berry, mother of Cpl. Berry, christened the 1750-ton warship. On 25 November 1959 the USS CHARLES BERRY was put into commission at Charleston. South Carolina. Shortly thereafter she sailed on her maiden voyage through the Panama Canal, and on 3 February, 1960, arrived in San Diego to join Escort Squadron Three. Four and a half months later, on 14 June, the CHARLES BERRY pulled awav from the fueling docks at San Diego to start her first cruise to the Far East. During a six-month deployment, she visited Hawaii. Guam. Taiwan. Okinawa and Hong Kong, and stopped at manv parts in Japan, the Philippine Island, and throughout the Caroline, Marianas, and Bonin-Volcano Islands. Early in the cruise, on 20 July, the CHARLES BERRY passed Iwo Jima. With her flag at half mast, she lay to off the island as her crew bowed in prayer in remembrance of Cpl. Berry, who had died there 15 years earlier. On 25 November 1960, her first birthday, the CHARLES BERRY was docked at Yokosuka. Japan, one third of the way around the world from Charleston.

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