Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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Dfficer COMMANDER JOHN H. BRES CDR Bres is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1951. He first served as Gunnery Officer ofthe destroyer USS STRIBLING fDD-8679 and later as 5 !38 Gun Battery Officer of the heavy cruiser USS NEWPORT NEWS ICA-1482. From August 1955 until September 1957, he acted as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet, based in San Diego, California. During his next tour of duty, CDR Bres was Executive Officer of the USS VANDIVIER IDER-5401, an Atlantic Fleet radar picket escort destroyer oper- ating from Newport, Rhode Island. In July 1959, he was assigned to duty under instruction at the United States Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, from which he received a Master of Science Degree in May 1962. From July 1962 until August 1964, CDR Bres served in command of the USS -TALBOT COUNTY fLST-11531, based in Little Creek, Virginia. In October 1964, he reported to the Bureau of Naval Weapons in Washington, D. C., where he acted as Head, Supporting Research Branch Missile Propulsion Division until August 1966. He attended the School of Naval Warfare, U. S. Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island from August 1966 until graduation in June of 1967. CDR Bres took command of USS PORTERFIELD IDD-6821 on July 22, 1967. CDR Bres was born in February 1929 in Brusly, Louisiana. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hughes Bres. Bommanding

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l Y Fl . ,B fl LCDR Wellborn, our present XO, is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1957. His first tour of duty was spent as Damage Control Assistant and thenkEngineering Officer of USS HERBERT THOMAS IDD-833I. In April of 1960, he was assigned to uty under instructionfin the Navy surface nuclear power program at Vallejo, California, and the Atomic Energy Commission National Reactor Testing Station near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Upon completion of training, LCDR Wellborn was retained on the staff at the A1W prototype reactor plant where he managed an operating crew for two years: he then assumed responsibility for the Navy training program at the A1W prototype. In February of 1964, LCDR Wellborn reported to USS BAIN- BRIDGE IDLGN-25,I homeported in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Main Propulsion Assistant and Reactor Officer. He par- ticipated in Operation SEA ORBIT, an unreplenished, sixty-four day, around the world cruise by Nuclear Task Force ONE. Following this tour in September 1965, he was assigned to the staff of Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, where he established the surface nuclear power section and participated in the development of a naval readiness a- nalysis system. He reported aboard PORTERFIELD in Decem- ber 1968. LCDR Wellborn was born in February 1935 in Deming, New Mexico. His wife Patsy and their four children, Karen, Gary, Christine and Brenda reside in San Diego, California. LCDR ROBERT M. WELLBORN I l CDR jAMES WRIGHT CDR james Wright, our former XO, is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1954. He has had extensive experience in the Destroyer Navy with greatest emphasis in the Weapons area, beginning with his first tour of duty on board the USS WREN IDD-5681 as Fire Control Officer, ASW Officer and Ist Lt. Following his next assignment as CIC Officer! Missile Control Officer on the USS TOLEDO ICA-1331, CDR Wright was Commanding Officer, USS PORTA GE IPCE-9021 for two years. CDR Wright then underwent two years of training in Ordnance En ineering at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. From july 1962 until january 1964, he served as Weapons Officer of the USS TOWERS IDDG-91. His last assign- ment prior to PORTERFIELD was at Naval Ship Mis.sile System Engineering Station, Port Hueneme, as Project Officer for various development tests. CDR Wright reported on board PORTERFIELD in November 1966 and served here for two years before becoming Weapons Officer at the Fleet Training Group in Guantanamo, Cuba.