Dewey (DLG 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Mark G. Tremaine assumes command 17 July 1961 Ani First DEWEY departing

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Hate to see you go, Captain! Change Of Command Portsmouth, A DEWEY plaque for COMMINELANT Where the fleet would like to go, we've been.

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we N W X ' X 'U 4 f . fbs N., x S 09 Q 4- WN CDR Mark G. Tremaine Commanding USS DEWEY CDLG-14-J Commander Mark G. Tremaine was born November 23, 1921, in Wellsville, New York. In 1941 he was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy and was com- missioned as an Ensign upon graduation in June 1944. His first duty assignment was in the USS PASADENA CCL-655 where he participated in six major campaigns in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After the war he served on the staffs of Commander EIGHT Fleet, Commander Naval Forces MEDITERRANEAN and aboard the USS FARGO CCL-1061, USS GRAND CANYON CAD-285 and USS LEYTE CCV-32j. From March of 1950 to June, 1952,he served in the Bureau of Naval Per- sonnel, Washington, D.C. His next tour of duty was as Operations Officer of the USS BENNER QDDR-807j and in November of 1953 he became Executive Officer of the USS HEYLINGER QDE-5105. Following this was another tour of duty with the Bureau of Naval Personnel. In September of 1957, Commander Tremaine reported to USS PETERSON CDE-1525 for a two year tour of duty as Commanding Officer. PETERSON was awarded the Battle Efficiency E during both years in which he had command of the ship, and in addition to the 1959 competitive year PETERSON was awarded the Engineering E , the ASW E , and an E for each of its gun mounts. Also, while under his command in May,1958, PETERSON located and recovered the first full scale Jupiter missile nose cone. This event signified that the United States had solved the problem of missile nose cone re-entry into the earth's atmosphere without burning up. Commander Tremaine reported to the Naval War College as a student in the Naval Warfare Course in August,1959, and upon graduation reported to USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, Jr. CDD-850, in July, 1960,as Commanding Officer. In January, 1961, JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, Jr. represented the U.S. Navy at the Presidential Inaugu- ration in Washington, D.C. For the five-day period in which the ship was in Washington, Commander Tremaine served as Naval aide to the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States. He was detached from KENNEDY in June, 1961, and on 17 July 1961 assumed command of USS DEWEY QDLG-145.