Jouett (DLG 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOUETT ' S FIRST Commanding Officer DECEMBER 1966 TO NOVEMBER 1969 CAPTAIN ROBERT S. HAYES, U.S. NAVY Born in Columbus, Ohio on 5 July 1922, Captain Hayes received his early education in the public schools of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. He attended Washington and Jefferson College for one year prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy in August 1941. He was graduated and commissioned an Ensign of the Line in June 1944. His first sea service was in the USS SANTA FE (CL-60) during which he participated in the amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, carrier air strikes against the Philippines, Okinawa, and Tokyo; and finally the occupation of Japan. During the initial carrier strikes against the Japanese homeland the SANTA FE came to the rescue of the badly damaged and burning aircraft carrier, USS FRANKLIN, only fifty miles from the enemy shoreline. For this alongside rescue, during which over eight hundred crew members were taken aboard, the SANTA FE was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation. Captain Hayes remained in the SANTA FE until after the day when she reported for inactivation at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He next reported for duty on the Staff of Commander Battleships- Cruisers, Pacific Fleet. Subsequent sea tours included service in the Atlantic Fleet as Operations Officer of USS PERRY (DD-844); Executive Officer USS NEW (DD-818); Commanding Officer USS HEMMINGER (DE-746); Communications Officer, Staff Commander Amphibious Group Four; Operations Officer, Staff Commander South Atlantic Amity Force; and Commanding Officer, USS POWER (DD-839)! Service ashore included tours as Assistant Communications Officer, Staff Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic at Norfolk, Virginia; and Strategy and Tactics Reviewing Officer, Staff U.S Naval War Colleqeat Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Hayes is a graduate of the Applied Communications Course of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; the Command and Staff Course of the U.S. Naval War College, and the Intensive French Language Lourse of the Defense Language Institute. He has received a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations from Boston University. Prior to reporting to the USS JOUETT, Captain Hayes was Head of the Foreign Languages Department at the U.S. Naval Academy.

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THE MEN OF JOUETT

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JOUETT ' S SECOND Commanding Officer NOVEMBER 1969 TO CAPTAIN ROBERT C. BARNHART, JR., U.S. NAVY Born in Johnston, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1920, Captain Barnhart attended Valley Forge Military Academy for two years prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy in August 1941. He was graduated and commissioned a line Ensign in June 1944. His first duty at sea was in the USS ASTORIA (CL-90) during operations in the Western Pacific which included the bombardment of Iwo Jima, the invasion of Okinawa, and strikes against the mainland of Japan. Captain Barnhart next reported to the USS LE YTE (CV 32) where he served as Assistant Communications Officer. He served as Gunnery Officer of USS HARWOOD (DDE 861) and later as prospective Gunnery Officer on USS Wl LLIS A. LEE (DL-4). Following a tour as Executive Officer of USS HANSON (DD-832), where he also served as Acting Commanding Officer, Captain Barnhart commanded USS NEWELL (DER-322) for eleven months. Captain Barnhart has attended the Navy Electronics Material School in Treasure Island, California; instructed Naval Science at Cornell University; and served as a Company Officer and a Battalion Officer at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also graduated from the Naval War College in Washington, D.C. in 1963. After serving in the Strategic Plans Division, Command Policy Branch, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Captain Barnhart assumed command of USS TURNER JOY (DD-951) in July 1963. He was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon and Bronze Star with Combat V for meritorious service in an engagement with North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats which attacked TURNER JOY in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964. Captain Barnhart had just completed a three-year tour in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as the Assistant for Programs and Budget, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), when he assumed command of USS JOUETT (DLG-29) in November 1968. Captain Barnhart is married to the former Paula Jeane Gay of Los Angeles, California. They have three sons and one daughter. Robert, 21, has attended two years of college at Wofford University in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and plans to continue his undergraduate studies in California. Randall, 18, is attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Annette, 10, and Gary, 8, are currently residing with their parents in San Diego, California. 179