Wainwright (DLG 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER J .P. BURKE COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY Commander BURKE, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert D. Burke, was born 16 September 1936. Upon graduation from High School, at Kyoto Japan in January 1954, he attended the University of Colorado. Upon graduation in June 1958 and subsequent commissioning in the U.S. Navy, he served aboard the USS PEREGRINE QEMSF- 3735 in Key West, Florida. From April 1961 through September 1961 CDR BURKE attended Submarine School at New London, Connec- ticut. After graduation, he reported aboard the USS GRAMPUS QSS-2533. He qualified for command of sub- marines in June in 1964. He then attended the FBM Navigation Course at Dam Neck, Virginia and, after comple- N L d D'rector of FBM Navigation tion in November, 1964 he reported to the Submarine School Staff at ew on on as 1 Division!FBM Training Department. He remained at the Submarine School in this capacity from December 1964 through May 1967. In June and July of 1967 he attended Prospective Commanding Officers School, New London and, on 4 August 1967, CDR BURKE relieved as Commanding Officer, USS MARLIN QSST-25. CDR BURKE was relieved as Commanding Officer, USS MARLIN on 28 February 1969 and ordered as Weapons Of- ficer on the Staff of Commander, Submarine Development Group TWO in New London, Connecticut where he served until November of 1971. After completion of the Destroyer Prospective Executive Officers course at New- ' Off' ' F b uar port, R.I., Commander BURKE reported on board WAINWRIGHT for duty as Executive icer in e r y 1972. Commander BURKE is married to the former Diane L. DVORAK of Sioux City, Iowa. They reside with their two children, David and Amy, in Charleston.

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453217 232 ff Q1 V 5 OFFICER w.D. ROBERT ON, JR ' CAPTAIN, U. . NAVY X h , N Captain ROBERTSON was born in Lexington, North 5131 gn! Carolina August 27, 1926. He attended public schools 'B if ' 15 and the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. until entry into the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944. Graduating in 1947 with the class of 1948, he was assign- ed to the destroyer USS VESOLE QDDR-8781, and served in division officer and department head billets during multiple Mediterranean deployments until January 1951. During 1951, then Lieutenant Cjunior gradel ROBERTSON participated in the reactivation of USS MULLANEY QDD-5285 in Charleston and her shakedown training. During 1952 and early 1953, Captain ROBERTSON was in post-graduate school in Intelligence and Russian Language in Washington, D.C., and was subsequently assigned to Belgrade, Yugoslavia as the Assistant Naval Attache. In January 1955, he returned to sea as Chief Staff Officer for COMDESRON THIRTY. During 1957-58, he was an instructor at the NROTC Unit at the University of South Carolina and later attended Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk. In 1959, Captain ROBERTSON served as Executive Officer of USS WEEKS QDD-7011, during which time WEEKS became the first warship to enter the Black Sea since World War II days. In September 1960, he was assigned as Executive Officer of USS DEWEY QDLG-145 shortly after the shakedown of the Navy's first DLG, and made Northern European and Mediterranean deployments on her. In 1962, Captain ROBERTSON was assigned to the Officer of Naval Intelligence serving as Head of the Maritime Intelligence Branch. In 1964, he took command of USS WATTS QDD-5675 his first Pacific duty. Following decommissioning of WATTS in 1965, he was ordered as Prospective Comnianding Officer of USS RAMSEY QDEG-25, and remained with RAMSEY through her commissioning and first WESTPAC deploy- ment. In January of 1969, he returned to Washington as Head, Strategic Warfare Group of the S stems Analysis Division, and participated in the initial year of SALT negotiations. y Captain ROBERTSON attended the Industrial College of the Armed F01-ces in 1970-71 and was assigned, in August 1971, as Chairman, Professional Development Board and Director, Division of ,Naval Command and Management. at the Naval Academy. He assumed command of WAINWRIGHT in November 1972 Captain ROBERTSON holds the Bronze Star the Meritorious Ser ' . . . r M d ' - ' ' H is married to the former Frances Tuttle of Columbia, S.C. They havbcswo ihillldind Vgimub Ciinglilglf rliitllgllrgig Tech., and Fran, a ninth-grader, and reside in Charleston. en, Dum, a feb mam di f 1

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