Walke (DD 723) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPT I EXECUTIVE GFFICER Q Q. 8-..c-,..ma-...wal After serving over 12 years in the Navy, I have naturally made quite a few previous cruises, but I can truthfully say I have never been prouder of the performance of my ship and crew than I have been during this Westpac cruise. The topnotch perfor- mance of the ship, and the excellent team spirit of the crew certainly makes me feel Proud and privileged to serve as Execu- tive Officer of USS WALKE. R W F reeman During this seven month Westpac deployment cruise, we have traveled some 42,000 miles of ocean, visiting and carrying our flag into many ports of allied nations. Your conduct at sea and ashore was exemplary at all times. We completed this cruise without having one major material failure or missing one operational commitment. This is a tribute to the profess- ional skill and devotion to duty of every one of you, particularly in view of the high tempo of operations with only nineteen days of tender availability during this seven month period. By virtue of the fact WALKE was blessed with a wealth of skills and ability, it was only re- quired that we consolidate these resources to form a smooth working team that produced outstanding results when we provided naval gunfire in support of ground troops in Vietnam. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to all of you for a job well done. As Admiral Arleigh BURKE once said: We are destroyermen. A big ship man would have trouble filling our shoes. We like to think we would have no trouble filling his. We have learned the lesson of self reliance, of not being afraid of a little rough living or any tough assignment, we are real sailormen, the destroy ermen of the fleet. When things are getting too hard for anyone else they' re getting right for us. These words symbolize your CAN- DO spirit, your teamwork and esprit de WALKE that carried our athletes to their greatest victory - winning the Admiral's trophy for over all excellence in Task Group 70. 4 sports. If was indeed a pleasure and a privilege to have been a shipmate in such a fine crew of destroy- ermen. R. K. Thompson

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'1' LT Ned Mayo LT George Evans Weapons Officer Operations Officer LTJG james McAlister ASW Officer 4 al! LTJG Charles Rollo F.ngi.neeri.ng Officer LTIG Roger Rearick LTJG David Frost Communications Officer CIC Officer I 5 I X as F .8 , 5 - . X 1 J , 4 , K i f - 43 515. u ' Y' . I x .. f, j fl C fi sk iff, H ,sc LTJG James Morrill LTIG George Litzinger ENS Lindsey Kalal DCA P1-05 ASW OFFICER Asst Communications Officer 5