Jenkins (DDE 447) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR PENNY was born in Ashtabula, Ohio in 1922. He later moved to the West Coast, where he ottended school, graduating from Grossmont Union High School in 1940. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 serv- ing as a private in the coast artillery. He left the Army for the Navy in 1942 when he entered the Naval Academy under the appointment of Senator Toft. Commissioned in 1945 with the class of 1946, he was assigned to USS ALASKA (CB-1) which he joined in the Western Pacific shortly before the end of World War II. When ALASKA was decommissioned he was reassigned to USS TUCSON (CL-98). His next tour of duty was in USS LSMR 403 as gunnery of- ficer during the Korean conflict. In 1950 he was ordered to the Naval Academy as an instructor in chemistry. A year later he entered the Naval Post- graduate School for a course in Ordnance Engineer- ing. He completed the course in 1954 at the Califor- nia Institute of Technology in Pasadena with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics and on Aeronautical Engineer degree in Jet Propulsion. He was then as- signed as gunnery officer of USS MASSEY (DD-778) and then as Staff Gunnery and Readiness Officer for COMCRUDIV FIVE in USS LOS ANGELES (CA-1 33). In 1956 he reported to the U.S. Naval Ordnance Mis- sile Test Facility at White Sands, New Mexico, first as Technical Officer in GMU ' 22 and then as TALOS Test Division Officer. In February 1959, he reported to the USS JENKINS as Executive Officer in which capacity he served until March 1960 when LCDR BROWN relieved him. LCDR H.C. PENNY Executive Officer LCDR BROWN was born in Pleasanton, Nebraska in the year 1920, received his commission from the Notre Dome Naval Reserve Midshipmen School in 1945. His first assignment wos with Motor Torpedo Boot Squadron 23 which was decommissioned in the Philip- pines, then in 1946 he assumed command of the USS PORTABAGO (YTB-413] at Yokosuka, Japan. Then followed the Executive Officer billet on the USS MATACO (ATF-86); three years of the USS HIGBEE (DDR-806) OS 1st Lieutenant and CIC Officer from 1947-1951; General Line School in 1951; Instructor at CIC Team Training Center, San Diego in 1952; Commanding Officer of the USS ORANGE COUNTY (LST-1068) 1953 and 1954. In 1955, he was assigned to Staff COMCRUDIV 3 as Gunnery and Readiness Officer ; another staff billet with CINCPACFLT as As- sistant Personnel, Readiness and Training Officer fol- lowed in 1958. LCDR BROWN is a recipient of the following owords : American Defense, American Theater, Pacific Theater, Korean Theater, Victory World War II, Oc- cupation and the China Service Medals. On March 10, 1960, he relieved LCDR H.E. PENNY as Executive Officer of the USS JENKINS (DDE-447). LCDR K.F. BROWN Executive Officer

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CAPTAIN D.J. GARRISON Commander Destroyer Division 253 CDR Williom R. KURTZ was born in Grond View, Idoho in 1921, ond graduated from Greeley High School, Greeley, Colorodo in 1938. That same year he entered the U.S. Naval Academy and groduoted in December 1941 in the Class of 1942. His first lour of doty was in USS PHELPS (DD.360). In 1944 he entered the Naval Postgraduate School as o stud- ent in Ordnonce Engineering (Electronics) ond received o Master of Science degree from the Mossochusetts Institute of Technology in 1947. After serving in USS lOV A (BB-61) OS Assistant Gunnery Officer, he was ordered to USS DULUTH (CL.87) as Gunnery Officer. Upon inoctivotion of DULUTH in 1949 CDR KURTZ was ordered to the Bureau of Ordnance for duty in the Guided Missile Branch of the Moteriol Division. This was followed by a tour of duty in Germany on the staff of Commonder Naval Forces Germany. After sea duty in USS MISSOURI IBB-63) as Gun- nery Officer, he was ordered as Commending Officer, USS HIGBEE (DDR-8061 in 1955. A oneyear tour at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Hunstville, Alabama was followed by two yeors in the Special Projects Office, Bureou of Ordnance, working on the develop- ment of the POLARIS missile. In August 1959 he took command of USS JENKINS (DDE-4471. Coploin Daniel J. Corrison was born in Camden, South Corolino on January 20, 1917. He attended Camden High School, Morion Militory Acodemy, U.S. Naval Academy ( Class of 1939) and Stanford Univer- sity ; receiving a BS and o MS degree from the let- ter two institutions respectively. His first tour of duty was with the USS TRENTON, followed by on Asslstonl Gunnery Officer billet on the USS BILOXI in 1943; Gunnery Officer on the USS PITTSBURGH in 1944 and USS YORKTOWN in 1945; Navigator on the USS MANCHESTER in 1947 Then followed o sequence of shore ossignments, interspersed with assignments as Commanding Officer of the USS OBANNON in 1951 and the USS WILKIN- SON in 1955. In August of 1959, he assumed his present duties as Commander Destroyer Division 253. Coptoin Corrison is a holder of the Vt orld War II Bronze Star with Combot V, the Presidential Unit Citation, USS YORKTOWN, and the Koreon Bronze Star USS OBANNON. His campaign and service medals include the American Defense Stor, Ihe Ameri- can Theater Ribbon, the Pacific Theater with six stars, the World War II Victory Medol, the UN Rib- bon and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. COMMANDER W.R. KURTZ Commanding Officer

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capt d j garrison comdesdiv 253 CDR W.R. KURTZ Commonding Officer LCDR H.C. PENNY Executive Officer (MCI P.J. matsumoto Division Doctor LT (CHC) W.G. V.ILLSON Division Chaplain LTJG C.A. BORDEN Operotions Officer LTJG R R. FOOTE DivOps LTJG C.H. BILLINGS Gunnery Officer LTJG W.C. BENDER Communications Officer ■Ih ' ! - ' LCDR K.F. BROWN Executive Officer LTJG R.N. GILLESPIE Gunnery Officer LTJG (SCI A.F. WHARRY Supply Officer