Jenkins (DD 447) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER DESTROYER DIVISION 253 Captain John A. MCTIGHE 2 August 1962-3 September I963 lt has been a privilege to have served with you during the past thirteen months and it has been especially rewarding during the first half of your WESTPAC cruise. You have met all challenges with enthusiasm and competence. Your continued Will Do attitude not only has enhanced your readiness within the SEVENTH FLEET but also has increased your capabilities as a working unit of the Ready Forces of our Nation To all my sincere appreciation and a deserved WELL DONE -Q.. Captain John A. MCTIGHE, USN, came to command Destroyer Division 253 from duty at the U. S. Naval Academy where he served in the Physical Education Department. His home is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he is a graduate of the U. S- Naval Academy, Class of I943. He has had extensive destroyer duty and has commanded the destroyer USS MURPHY lDD 603l, the fleet minesweeper USS TANAGER lAM 3851 and the destroyer USS LAFFEY lDD 7241. He is a graduate of the U. S. Naval War College and the Armed Forces Staff College. He has served on the staFfs of Commander Destroyer Flotilla TWO, Commander Surface Antisubmarine Develop- ment Detachment, Key West, Florida, and Commander in Chief U. S. Pacific Fleet. He has also served in the Training Division of the Bureau of Naval Personnel-and the Logistics Plans Division, Office ofthe Chief of Naval Operations. Captain MCTIGHE is currently serving in the Enlisted Distribution Branch of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. . Parting words Get with the program ll l! 2

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JENKINS is a 2I00 ton FLETCHER class destroyer modified for antisubmarine warfare Her full wartime complement includes 20 officers and 260 enlisted men The ship is 3765 feet in length 397 feet abeam and has a mean draft of I35 feet Full load displacement is 3000 tons Maximum speed is 34 knots or better The ship has one oversized rubber and twin screws steam driven by four boilers through turbines and gears to develop 30 000 horsepower on each shaft Since being originally commissioned JENKINS has steamed over 550000 miles JENKINS armament includes DASH Drone anti submarine weapon carrying helicopter I2 75 inch anti submarme rockets Anti submarine homing torpedoes 2 five inch guns 72 inch anti submarine Hedgehogs lahead thrown weaponsl COMBAT OPERATIONS JENKINS first entered combat in November I942 in suport of the Allied Iandmgs at Casablanca Following this action she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet in which she served out the rest of World War ll During the Solomons Islands Campaign in mid I9-43 the ship is credited with having and conducted shore bombardment in O 7 . 0 . . 0 I - , , . o , ' . I I 0 I . ll ll ' ' 0 0 1 ' n 1 . - I un O I . I . 0 I . . . . . . . . , I support of U.N. troops during the Korean hostilities. She returned to Pearl Harbor in I952 where- she has been homeported ever since. Upon returning to Pearl Harbor from deployment in May, I960, JENKINS went into the shipyard for the FRAM lFIeet Rehabilitation and Modernizationl overhaul which has extended the useful life of the ship from five to ten years while at the same time outfitting the ship with the Navy's mostimodern electronic equipment, DASH anti-submarine helicopter, and latest sonar improvements. As a unit of the Hawaii based Destroyer Squadron 25, JENKINS is trained to seek out and destroy hostile submarines. In addition, she is prepared to carry out the shore bombardment, aircraft control, anti-shipping, and anti-aircraft functions required of the general purpose destroyer. JENKINS deploys regularly to the Western Pacific, ready to perform her missians in conjunction with other units of the U-S- Seventh Fleet. I H

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Captain Wendell C. MACKEY was graduated from the University of California at Berkely in May 1942. He entered the Navy through the Naval ROTC program. He has served in USS SAN FRANCISCO lCA 38l and USS BEGOR lAPD I27I, and has commanded USS PCE 904, USS COOK lAPD I3Ol, and USS RADFORD lDDE 4461. He has served on the staffs of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force and COMCRUDIV I5, attended the General Line School at Monterey, California, is a gradute of the Command and Staff Course of the U. S. Naval War College. Captain MACKEY came to De- stroyer Division 253 from duty with Staff, Com- mander in Chief Pacific. Captain MACKEY relieved Captain MCTIGHE as Commander Destroyer Division TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE on 3 September 1963 in Yokosuka, Japan. I relieve you, sir I DSEDIV 253 on parade COMMANDER DESTROYER DIVISION 253 CAPTAIN WENDELL C. MACKEY The completion ofa WESTPAC cruise means ia return to homeport and our loved ones. For some it is a sepa- ration from service or a transfer to a new duty station. I look upon such a return with mixed emotions for at no other time is there such a melding together of a crew, a ship and a division of ships into a common denominator more commonly known as a team than during such a deployment. As a part of this team we have all been required to give up a portion of ourselves. as individuals but in return we have had the satisfaction of knowing that others have counted on our performance and we have not been found wanting. I am proud to have commanded this fine Division duting half of the deployment and I look forward to successful endeavors in Hawaiian waters.