Sellers (DDG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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The TARTAR supersonic missile ter primary ar iafrtrgn rltupp 1 capable ot dealing ruth tle latest supersonic fighters and bombers. The long rar fre fu 11.1111 Nm 11 iriahlgx tie -ISR system to destroy an undersea raider at extended range in sip rftntul ly u 54 rapid e gun mounts and twin torpedo tube installations. In all, this z 1 on sxxtzlll gf are d to detcr an enemy from approaching within her lethal peripher SELLERS was completed and deliiered to t e 131 'or N 1 I Sr y 1 x fh UU, f 1101 1-01101, , 1 commissioning SELLERS engaged in a series of frainir tx v zr I f aluat on programs and then joined Destroyer Squadron SIX, horrieported in Lhctrlestrzr No ar Law ma Following a shakedouln cruise the Kult Jl Xl: vco a 1 nan N11 I1 Ax had just set! e line established' by the President. SEI..LIjRS spent a total 1 x Aw ,pir.1t1n1, in tli Cilrthhfan with the Quarantine Forces and later with Operational lk si and 1- ial:uz!:m.' l'orc'e, L.S. .-Ulantie Flez In une 1963 SEI L ERS lift lor hrr first tlcflt f tt IH in tlq Nlrdrti rramf where she served as a unit of Task Form' 611, and thi- flag-I-rp of 4orr:rr.'ana'1r 111 stroyer Squadron Twenty-Eight. While in the Mediterranran, S'h'l.l.1:RS paid Ftxllx 1., th. ports of Iimassol, Cyprus, renzano Cac ta N ples Bari and lrnirf Ii lx r 1 on r ind Iicrrut lrbanon S LERS rlepartfd Charlc sion far her Sflflltl SIXIII II t 1' plow. I 111 ulx 1004 During tus e oyment sie again Sfflffl as a unit ot lui. lor rt auf Ilrrl and N exercises, and served briefly as the flagslip t fftlllllfllt r I .r yr r Mfmnlrf n SIX and f,0l7lll1lHl!ll'l' ruzser Destroyer Flotilla II N S11 I I RS d N .mr o 1 1 ltr ly Hcsszna Sicily: Barcelona and Valencia, Spain: and Iraklion, irc t LERS departed tif SIYIH I lift ina 1+ Ile c I 176+ an a rr ffl in Iomr port 2' 11: cc mhrr rn time or Christmas holiday ltaz 1 period O I Ifhrrr 1 If m SI I I 1 RS rnlrrr d ll: C harlr sion Naz al Shi yard for a regular overhaul. O 22 uly 1063, f.OtHtf1flP1tlK'! ark Hilton fC'l1'f'1'I'tl as Cornrrzanding Officer. SELLERS Completed her overhaul on Ji ulx and rn 2 Septerrrher. 1963 deployed to the Caribbean for a missile firing off Puerto Rico and refresher training u ill tie Fleet Training Group Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Upon return from Guantanarrzo and a shi rt period in Charleston, SELLERS sailed to the Mediterranean for the third time in cfarly Deeemher, 1965. Ifollouzing two weeks o op erations at sea, SELLERS moored in Naples, Italy for the Christmas holidays. The New Year found ' 'K ' , 2. '. 1 It'- .' c,. . f f':, ' 4' ' ,. J :gen or .'-1 I 1 f- 5 :4 ' If J , , OC K fs. 'llw Se r ' J 4 r.' ' JF' - - ' I fir fx it ai rp S 5 5 f- s 1 ' 1 y 'ru - '. f h us. 1 , az 1. -i'I'LU ard ,in QC 't .' ' , 5 . ' itgg ' :g fn.: rc' gc S, lei. 4 31 'z i x 5, :, fl J. , ln. . . ' '.'i in I 1 I' fl f nz :ht Cartiri , Q 3' , , 3' 'f E' 5 5- I,d down for a tender availability when the Cuban crisis Innes' out. .'xl!lUl.'g :hi -first ships on the quarantine if bl-.' 1111 'fl L' ' 5' l 'I ' ' 'l. I . L , V, 'L I' I ' 11 15,111 'r !r1.'l': lj, NIXL' lileal . ' V ' '7t1, A . , ' , fl fi, ' I ', tl ,' Litnm s rt:rl lozl , I-HlJ1 l,' 1 'l . .' . EL ' Y 1.7 ' I ' 'mv , ' 7.1 r 51- 1 n, . 1 l cl pt . , J ' A I ' ' 1 1 4 rf' ml, ffnl 11 :,'-'ftting in 1 'ms 7 1'A'l'O v nr 1 rl: l 4 x' tl 1 C ' . - ' H fx '. 1' ., .j Q init: faplf N, I1 :I . ani Ia Sp rzia, 1 j,' 1 1. . r. SEL 4 2 .H N. H 3 c ' 'Q n:'r1'r I :il r r ' 1 1. -' ' ' , ' ' f ' ,' ' 2 . -71 :'.'IlfX '1'...l. ff 'f. if 1 P 'I l l 74 I 1 -7 S Y . I f - SELLERS at Civitazfecchia, Italy - the seaport of Rome, enjoying a four day zfisit uqith many tours of the Eternal City for all hands. Cannes, France and the island of Malta ll ere visited between oper- ations which included Fair Game IV with portions of the French Fleet. Palma, Mallorca was the last liberty port for the SELLERS before she headed for the Strait of Gibraltar, the open Atlantic and Charleston, arriving in the happy land on 8 April 1966.

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Q . - ' ' - ,l',.1'-f.-1 ' 5'- 'd F ote Sellers who was born in Austz THE NAME SELLERS The SELL5Ri wgssnalgzzidzlaffigcifxfjj in may 1890 After graduation he served T on Feb,ua,y 4 1874 and entere e ELPHIA during the Spanish American War the merzao-Zfd various Ships and stations including the 7liJS'StZ3eHlI5liZppine Insurrection the USS WISCONSIN and USS NEW YORK during the Samoa Campa1l?nl7SS MARYLAND He commanded the latter three ships His USS AGAMEMNQN during Worlddwduflorsmljnilei of the Special Service Squadron during the 1459175-z72gS'172 Subsequent asstgnmenj mzibu eate General ofthe Navy, Commander-in-Chief? U5-Sgglyleet' rr uperm' Nicaragua, duly GS IU 82 VOC . dd' d on january 2 , 1 - 1 4 . lenden, of ,be Naval Academy. He retired on Ma2'clZibJi9133Ua!nCrO1jS , tfo, exceptionally meritorious service. During Wofld War IhAdZiml sfehherts glilrisgaltijrjldseand Pr0Perty, he displayed strength and znztiatzve coupled In the discharge Of is UW 0. 0 e . ,, with wisdom and tempered by kzndnelss ang lyzlrggfnzz. of battle training under realistic Conditions and was Admiral Sellers was a ways a s aunc known as a great humanitarian. a' ,.....w ,, , r W r , . A A - - rv vvfifvffjr 'if T .- . ,ff7l-:iff f75fi?f.' .--'-1. ', -f51 2--7?i:- f35'efffr:J:..H-?f.:ff4f. YF, . .. it -, , .1'f,:- .-, Q- 1' Q-.,.Q.'... .j5 ': 4915 fi-u: ,H ::,zj1-'.f -.var 1. :V . ' . nt 9 1 ' ' : n . . , . I ' ' ' A I' - . . ' . , . . I vue- , wen unix. The first shrp to bear the name USS SELLERS is the fourth of a new class of guided missile destroyers to be constructed by the Bath Iron Horks in Bath 'Maine Since h l h er aunc ing on September 9 1960 she has been outfitted utth he latest machrnerg electronics and ordnance developments available Pouered by an en znee.4 1 l d I g rg p ant eve opzng 70 O00 horsepou er which employs a new automatic combustion control system SELLERS is capable Of the high speeds that the rakzsh appearance of her high how indicates This prcpulsizse power coupled with the extensive I ' - . . . U59 0 11 11011122011 in SELLERS superstructure endows her uxth st bility and seau.orthiness unsurpassed in destroyer design Th b'l f e a I tty of SELLERS long-range radar and sonar detection equipment provides her ample time to deal effectively with any threat Her Combat Information C ' ' n ' . . 921165 equipped with electronic equipment un- dreamed of a short tune ago provides the information necessary to enable the modern weapons syStem to destroy any threat on the high seas.

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4 COMMANDER -IACK HILTON, USN he Glnmmanhing QDffirvr f5mU,m,mh., -lm-g H,'1f0,1 11 gg born in Kershaw, South Carolina. He attended Emory University near Atlanta. Georgia and the L'niz'ersity of South Carolina under the NROTC d ' ' 1946 u ith a Bachelor of Science Degree. Following graduation and commissioning he served successively on USS SOL I'HERL,-QND IDD-'43j. After attending General Line School USS 'IOHX R. PIERCE fDD--5.31 as Gunnery Officer and then with the mcommissioncd CSS KIDD IDD-6612 also as the Gunnery Officer. From 1952 to early 1955. he served in an operations billet in special Tnenessee. Subsequentljy. he ztas assigned to USS ROANOKE lCL-1451 program, gra uatzng in USS HIGBEE IDD-806I and in 1948, he recommissioned advent of the Korean War, be Weapons at Clarksville Base. s Assistant De artment Head U P in the Gunnery Department, serving on board this cruiser for two years. rces tau Co ege as a student and remained on the staff as Aide In 1957, he attended the Armed Fo S fi II to the Cornmandant. Following this duty he ' ' d COn1m1ss1Or1e USS CHARLES F. ADAMS IDDG-21 in 1960 as Executive Officer. He then attended the Naval Warfare Course at the Naval W of Master of Arts in International Affairs from Geor e W h' ar College, and in 1964 he earned a degree g as uzgton University, Washington, D.C. MOS! recently. be served as Plans Officer at the Naval Postgraduae School, Monterey. California. He is married to the former Margaret jean johnstorz, and th ' h ey ave two children, jack and Jeffery-