Charles Berry (DE 1035) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN LCDR ROBERT E. WEEKS LCDR Robert E. Weeks became the third Commanding Officer of the CHARLES BERRY on 7 July 1962 and held that post throughout our WestPac cruise. He came to the CHARLES BERRY from duty as Executive Officer of the USS COWELL (DD-547). His career includes assignments in operations billets aboard des- troyer type vessels and staff duty with Comman- der Surface ASW Detachment at Key West, Flori- da. Prior to his service aboard the COWELL, he was an instructor in operational communica- tions at the Naval Post Graduate School. His travels include two deployments to the Mediter- ranean, and extensive service in WestPac as Commanding Officer, USS POLK COUNTY (LST- 1084).

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DEDICATION Preceding an employment in the Western Pacific, a ship must perform the de- manding tasks of achieving a high degree of proficiency as man-of-warsmen and attaining a peak condition of material readiness. That these tasks were ably performed by you, the officers and men of the Charles Berry, is amply attested to in the report of conditions found aboard Charles Berry during our pre-WestPac employment readiness inspection conducted by our Flotilla Commander. These conditions did not just happen. They occurred because of the devotion to duty and hard work performed by all hands. For you, the cruise was a period of hard work and personal sacrifice. Time and again, you were faced with unfamiliar situations to which you had to apply extra time and effort. With the ' initiative , common sense, and persistence typical of the best men of our great nation and its Navy, you did an outstanding job and developed skills and qualities which you have a right to be proud of. No less outstanding was your performance as ambassadors of good will. Certainly your conduct has served to enhance a positive image of Americans and Navymen abroad, and in years to come your visits will be remembered with great satisfaction both by the people you visited and those with whom and for whom you sailed. At the conclusion of our assignrnent with the Seventh Fleet it is hoped that you have been left with a sense of personal satisfaction that our employment in the Western Pacific has contributed to maintaining peace in the world and that we have significantly promoted good will and understanding with our allies. I wish to dedicate this cruise book to the hard working men of the Charles Berry and bid you all a traditional Navy Well done. Robert E. Weeks Commanding Officer

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xo LT GEORGE E. NELSON LT George E. Nelson, Jr. brings to a conclu- sion his tour as Executive Officer of the CHARLES BERRY with this cruise to the Western Pacific. It is a tour which began on 29 April 1961, when he reported aboard from his previous duty with the U.S. Naval Administrative Unit at Lake Mead, Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. His Naval career began at Annapolis, where he graduated in 1953. His first assignment was to the USS IOWA (BB-61), and subsequent tours found him in Gunnery billets on destroyer type ships. Although he is a veteran of several Mediterranean cruises, this was Mr. Nelson ' s first trip to WestPac. As we return to the United States , he leaves us for duty with the staff of ComASWForPac in Pearl Harbor.