Dewey (DLG 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR ROB ERTSON Executive Officers LCDR RICINIAK LCDR M. D. Riciniak graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NewYork, in 1944. He has served as Assistant Engineer, U.S.S. Norton Sound QAV-11,3 Engineer and Communications Officer, U.S.S. Nespelen QAOG-55,5 Main Engine Officer, U.S.S. Essex QCV-9,3 Operations Officer, U.S.S. Hyman QDD-732jg and as Assistant Op- erations and Plans Officer, Staff COMDESLANT. He left the U.S.S. Bristol QDD-8575 as Executive Officer to become the DEWEY's Exec. LCDR Robertson was born in Lexington North Carolina, and attended public schools in Columbia, S.C. He attended the University of South Carolina in 1943-44 in the Navy V-12 Officer Candidate Program and sub- sequently entered the Naval Academy in the summer of 1944, graduating in 1947. LCDR Robertson served in various capacities onboard the Destroyers Vesole and Mullaney until 1952, when he was assigned to postgraduate training in intelligence and Russian Language. In 1953-54, LCDR Robert- son, with his wife Frances, was stationed with the U.S. Embassy in Bel- grade, Yugoslavia as the Assistant Naval Attache. Duty on the staff of COMDESRON 30, at the NROTC unit at the University of South Carolina, and instruction at the Armed Forces Staff College preceeded his assign- mentin 1959 as Executive Officer of the USS John W. Weeks. While serving on the Weeks, LCDR Robertson participated in Navy's cruise through the St. Lawrence seawayg the first combatant ship visit into the Black Sea since World War II, and the surfacing of the USS Triton after her submerged voyage around the world. In October, 1960, LCDR Robertson reported to the DEWEY as Executive Officer. LCDR Robertson and his wife have a boy of six and girl of two and reside in Norfolk, Virginia.