Joseph Kennedy (DD 850) - Naval Cruise Book

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ie I of iff i his UNG- ar- were ie was patiou iean :ity Jivisioi I ,xi The Ship with Two Captains , Commander J. E. Volonte former Commanding Officer The KENNEDY could be considered a 'Ship with two Captains --at least as ' - far as this Mediterranean Cruise was concerned. When the ship left Newport in March Cdr. Volonte was our Captain. , He was born in Peterson, New Jersey and was graduated from the Naval ' Academy in Iune of 1942. His first tour of sea duty was on board the USS IOWA in which he served for over 4 years. Later he was executive officer on the USS K.D. BAILY.CDDR7l3J. For shore duty Cdr. Volonte has definitely favored the guided missile program. He has been associated A with the development of the TERRIER surface to air missile, the JUPITER sur- face to surface IRBM and the sub-surface to surface POLARIS. It was in July 1960 that Cdr. Volonte left for the Pacific Missile Testing Range at Pt. Mugu Calif. and Cdr. Tremaine assumed eemmand of the KENNEDY, He was born in Wellsville, New York and is also a Naval Academy graduate--class of '44, During WWII Cdr. 'Tremaine spent the majority of time in the Pacific theater in the USS PASADENA CCl65J. After the war he was assigned to the staffs of Commander EIGHT Fleet and Commander Naval Forces MEDI- TERRANEAN. Other sea duty assign- ments include Operations Officer of the USS BENNER CDDR807J and Executive Officer ofthe USS I-IEYLIGER fDE5l0j. ' He was Commanding Officer of the USS PETERSON QDEl 525 for two years before coming to the KENNEDY via the Naval- War College. It was during this ship's stay in Marseille, France that Cdr. Tre- maine became the ninth Captain of the I USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY IR. Commander Mark G. Tremaine present Commanding Officer ' 5

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---A -s-rw--:.f-. . U, - .. .-. ras, V ,ad .. ,. .-.,, ,- , . ,V A v ' if ' I f 99 Destroyer Division One Hundred Two s Captain C.S. Quinn, US Navy, Commander Destroyer Division 102 The KENNEDY has the distinction of being the flagship for Captain C.S. Quinn, the Commander of Destroyer Division One Hundred Two.yFor,his staff Captain Quinn has four enlisted personnel and an Operations Officer to assist him in carrying out his duties. Destroyer Division 102 consists of the USS CHARLES R, WARE QDD 8651 and the USS WARRINGf TON QDD 8435 along with the KENNEDY. While in the Mediterranean, DESDIV 102 par- ticipated in many operations--many of which were under the direct command of Captain Quinn. He was also the coordinator for the Sixth Fleetparticipation in the Hundredth Anniversary of the Mediterranean Regattas held at Cannes, France. Captain Quinn is a graduate of the University of Maryland and holds a BS degree in 'Military Science. I-Ie assumed command of Destroyer Division 102 in December 1959. I The STAFF U ' Lt. S.G. Dyro, USN Staff Operations Officer DesDiV 102 Staff A 'X' H . Cockefham, B13HChette, Sandan and Corderio ' 4

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