Joseph Kennedy (DD 850) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1953 volume:

THE MEDITEIiRllllEIIII CRUISE OF THE Jan 7, 1953 May 20 1953 I T I N E K A H Y Jan Feb. Mar I Leave U. S. A. 24 Arrive Trieste 30 Leave Trieste, arriro Venice 5 Leave Venice, arrive ' J ' riesle 9 Leave Triiste 11 Arrive Augusta Hay, Sicily 13 Leave Augusta Bay 15 Arrive Oran 16 Leave Oran, - Operation Landor 1 21 Arrive S. Kenio, Italy 27 Leave S. Kemo, arrive Monaco 3 Leave Monaco, Fleet Exercises Mar. 10 - Arrive La Spezia, Italy 15 - Leave La Spczia, - Operation Hcndezvous ' 26 - Arrive Piraeus, Geece ' I ' T. 2 - Leave I ' iraeus - Operaration ' -iniic Sea 4 - Arrive I tanhul, Turkey 10 - Leave Istanbul - Fleet Exercises lo - Arrive Uarcelona, S| ain 23 - Leave Harcelona 24 - Arrive Cannes, France 27 - Leave Cannes - Operation Sbarklin ' ' May. 1. - Arrive Gibraltar }{ - Leave (Gibraltar 20 - Arrive I ' c«|)ort, R. I. A private edition printed ad pithlished Jor f i Sliip l Duvid if addington Publications Via S. Nicolo 1 ' 2 TRIESTE THE SHIP Lieutenant Jo-jeph 1 . Kennedy, Jr., U. S. Naval Reserve, in whose honor Ihe h.p .. named. lo.,t his hfe on April 12, 1944, while piloting a voluntao ' hazardous nuss.on ov.r .Nornu-ndy, Frnnce. Lieutenant Kennedy was the n ot the former Ambassador to Great Britain. The following is quoted from the plaque which hang, in the S ardroom of the Kennedy. • Honorahle age is not that whi( h stnndelh in length of days nor that is mtasurtd by number of years. Having fulfilled hi, eour-e in a short lime, he fulfille.l long years. ■ ' ,. I- , SOLOMON Lieutenant Kennedy was posthuniou-lv awarded the Navy Cross ;.. 1 r ' •. •.• ' ' ' ' ■pI ' , ' ' ■ J cnnedy, Jr. (DU850) was built bv the Bethlehem 1, el -P ). 0 my. .Ma-aehusetts. The keel was laid April 2, 1945 and the ship launehed June 26, J945. The sponsor was Miss Jean Kennedy, the M, ler of Lieutenant Kennedy. The ship was fitted out at Quiney. Massaehusetis and commissioned on December 15. 1945. The Commanding Officer al the time of commissioning was Commander Harry G. .Moore. U. S Navy After commissioning and a shake down cruise al Guanlanamo Bay, Cuba the Kennedy reported to Commander Uestrover Force, U. S. Atlantic Fle.t ind has operated since as a unit of the Atlantic Fleet. In November 1946 ' the Kennedy made a good wll t.ur to South America for the inauguration of the Presden of Chile. The Kennedy has had three Mediterranean tours of dutv 1 num. 77 li ' ' J ' ' f , ' ' ■ - ' ' ' ' • • ' ' ' ' P has participated in a number of fall and spring Atlantic Fleet exerci.ses and made numerous reserve traming , ru.-e- On 4 January 1951 the Kennedy commenced a lour of dutv «hich encircled the world and included six months duty in the battle zone  J ' -e|i vilh the Seventh Fleet. The Kennedy relumed to Newport on 1! August 1931. After participating in the Fall Fleet Fxereisc off Cuba the Kennedy entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for overhaul. Following ' the completion of the ov erhaul period during whi, h time major changes were ina.le lojhe structure and armament of the ship, includng the installation of six J 0 guns, the Kennedy spent two months al refresher training in Guanlanamo Bay Cuba This was followed by a two month assignment under Commander Operational Development Force at Norfolk, Vi.ginia. After a further period in the fall of 19,,2 the ship commenced her third Mediterranean cruise in January 1953. Ihe Kennedy, until July 1949, was the Division flagship of Destrover U.Msion 102 under Capl. W. E. Foster. USN. At that lime the U. S. Atlantic Meet Destroyer Force was reorganized and the Kennedy became the squadron llagship of Destroyer .Squadron 18 under Capl. Frank Virden. liS The shin . now the flagship of Captain J. H. Hogg, I ISN, Command t De.lro er .Squadron K Commander L. K. Neville. U. S. Navy, «ho relieved Commander IL G. Moore, L. S. .Navy ,n November 1917, was relieved by Commander J. U Cain, Jr L !, Navy in August 1919. The present Commanding Officer Commander R. B Lander, V. S. Navy, took command in December 195[. 11 1 ,5 ' .X ' ' ' ' ' ? ■ ' ' ' dard 390 ' , Long hull) destroyer, of 42 ' beam and 11 draft with a normal displacement of about 24(10 tons. The ship normallv varrie- 32., enlisted men and twenty officers. The propulsion unit is the standard geared steam turbine tvpe, supplied by 4 Foster-Wheeler 3..1rum boilers, with superheaters, and with a rated maximum speed of 31 knots. The ordnance insta nation includes 2 dual and 2 single 3 5(1 mounts, three S 38 dual mounts live 21 torpedo tub.-s, ami -uhmarine rork.-t-. and depth charges. THE CAPTAIN ( omniander Lander «as boru in El Paso, Texas, on November 28, 1913. He attended the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the L ' niversity of Texas for two years before enlering the United States IXaval Aeadeniy in 1933. After graduation, he served in the heavy cruiser CHESTER for two years and was then ordered to attend the Submarine School in New London, Connecticut. From the Submarine School he reported aboard the USS S-37 in Manila, P.I. where he was stationed at the beginning of World War II. In 1943, he returned to the United States and took command of the USS S-17. During the next year he was detached from the USS S-17 and relieved the commanding olTieer of the USS RONQUIL (SS396). At the end of the war. Commander Lander was ordered lo the U. S. Naval Mission to Venezuela, S. A. as Chief Advisor to the Venezuelan Naval Academy. His next duty was in Newport, R. I., where he was ordered as an instructor in Logistics at the General Line School. In the summer of 1950, Commander Lander was retained on duty in Newport, R. I. alter the General Line School was moved to Monterrey, California, in order to assist in the resumption of recruit training activities at the Naval Training Station. In March of 1951, he assumed command of the Recruit Training Command where he remained until he was transferred to his present duty as ( ' onimanding Officer of the U. S. S. Joseph P. Kennedy, ' ji. (DD85()). He married Miriam Annette Childs of Lincolnton, North Carolina, on November 21, 1943. They have no children. While the ship is operating in the Medilcrraneaii, Mrs. Lander i-xpccts to travel in Europe. (Commander Lander ' s decorations and ribbons include- ihe Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with two gold stars and Combat V, the Presidential l nil ( .ilalion, the Army Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon, and the i ' hilipinc nef(Mise Ribbon. THE COMMODORE Captain Hogg was born in Knoxville, Illinois, on 25 July 1903. He attended Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, for two years before entering the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1927. After graduation he served three years in the light cruiser OMAHA (CLt). three years in the destroyer DENT (DD116), and one year in the oiler NECHES (A05). He then spent three years ashore, taking a post graduate course in Ordnance Engineering. He next spent three years in the baltelship and fleet flagship PENNSYLVANIA (BB38) and a tour as executive officer of the destroyer CRAVEN (DD382). before going ashore early in 1941 for three years in the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1944 he went to sea as commanding officer of the destroyer YARNALL (DD541 and then assumed command of Destroyer Division 106; during most of the year he operated with Fast Carrier Task Forces 38 ani 58. Shortly before the war ended he was aesigned as gunnery officer on the staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet (Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, USN). After a short tour in command of the attack transport TELFAIR (APA210i on Magic Carpet duty, he was ordered to the Office of the Chiet of Naval Operations, first on the panel writing United States Fieet Publications (USFs), and then to the New Developments Section of the Operations Division as Liaison Officer for the Operational Development Force. In the fall of 1948 he was ordered to the staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, first as Plans Officer, then Operations Officer, and finally as Chief of Staff, under Vice Admirals Jerauld Wright, USN, and R. P. Briscoe, USN. During the paa year, prior to assuming command of Destroyer Squadron Eight, Captain Hogg has been a member of the group at the Naval War College. Newport. R. I., engaged in an Advanced Study of Sea Power and Strategy. He married Mary Jane Gillies of Santa Monica, California, on 27 December 1929. They have four children: Margaret 19, James 17. now a member of the plebe class at the U. S. Naval Academy, Mary Randall, 9, and Dav id Bruce 4. Their address is 55 Hunter Avenue, Newport, R. I. Capt. in Hogg ' s decorations and ribbons include the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, the Commendation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with . ' even stars, and the Phillipine Liberation Ribbon with two stars. dp:stk()yer squadron kight IJ. S. S. - J. I ' . KENNEDY JK (I)U 8. ' )()) U. S. S. - GLENNON (I)D 810) II. S S. - W H RUSH (DD 711) U. S. S. - HAWKINS (DDK 87.5) u. s. s. - C. K. WAHE (DD 80.-,) IJ. s. s. - JOHNSON (DD 821) IJ. s. s. - TUKNER (DDH 83 1) IJ. s. s. • K. D. DAILY (DD 71,?) UNDERWAY TRIESTE MANEUVERS HEAVY WEATHER : C FUELING AT SEA |K - wm irij H H 1 ' ,, .j tJpil I W !■ -lE - B _ F ? ' gL- ' - B 1 htJi 1 -Cf a flj — - ■ ' M ■ M n i lSu Hm Ts - jm J 1 4 ' ffl Bi Vv _i-. m • fi m. 1 p fc m 9 1 1 PI 1 i Jv ■ iSw - = B B 1 ' fH KlHi M SS j ' yjk s8|H B Ss ll SH Jl  ' ' BUT NOT ALL IS BUSINESS. VENICE - ' ,v . iffT r w AUGUSTA BAY, SICILY JHH 1 j 1 1 ifiLJ M ' Ainn TAOHMINA OR AN SAN REMO i f ' ' s 1 1 M M ft m E H Hi B M M, n s 1 W itLM Ku ttSK Q H MONACO - ■ I--,- ' l; - ■ .:i . LA SPEZIA PARTY FOR ITALIAN ORPHANS - LA SPEZIA ATHENS « . ' .. 1 I. u ' - i T ISTANBUL 11 1 MM JLJHBeP gSfflJe - sm ■ ■ i 7 ' vimit ■ f ' iWwillil BARCELONA 1 iglliiiiiiii ' iP-|iri iJll CANNES DESRO.N 8 SI AFF CAPT. J.H. HOGG LCDR W.W. TARLETUV LCDR J.L. MORTON LT U.W. (;RII ' I ' I LT W.S. MAVK.R LTJG R.S. WALKKR LTJG A.R. SAKGKK Jr. BOLDEN, K. CARRAGINO, J. UEIHL. E.R. GILLS. J. A. (;race. J.E. HAHN, R.I. KESLER, R.G. LEWIS. P.R. wool). M.I ' . Jr. comma.nuer i)Estro er ,sQi adron eight STAEE OI ' ERATKtNS A. U Gl .NiNERV OEEICER RELIEVING STAEE OPERATIONS AND GtNNERY OEEICER — STAEE GOMMl NICATOR — STAEE EN(;iNEERING OEEICER — STAEE MEDICAL OEEICER — STAEE CHAPLAIN SD2 YNC SA YN2 SUI RMC QMC QMl RMf SHIPS OFFICERS CDR R.B. LANDER LCDR J.K. IR I LT J. A. DAK.I.E LT M.D. BARTHOLOMEW LT D.W. 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