Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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Coni nmanding Officer' Commilnrler Thomas l-I, .l:wksun. PSN, Ctlme to the Xl'l'IlDlJl'Illlll'ltN from heunl- quarters N at vy scwtion Nl i l itll r 3: Xs - slstance Group. China. llrvvions .liHlS.Ill' ments include I-Zxoc-utivv ut't'il-1-r ljis, COGSWICLI. QDIJ-6511 Staff Upvrliticms Officer COMDESRON 'I WI'IN'l'Y UNH. Fleet I-Employment Offii-or Comfirstflt. Instructor U,S, Naval Acaclvniy. First Lieutenant U.S,S, NEWPORT NIZWSQCA- 1473, Operations Officer l'.S.S. KLEINSMITH Q.-XPD-3155. lixecutive Officer. U.S.S. MOCKINGBIRD LXMS- 25y and Communications Officer l'. S. S. THOMPSON QDD-6273. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Acacleniy. Commander and Mrs. Jackson and their two children reside in Coronado. California. , , .Ai, 5. 3 ii ellgq i Q N , 3 l K , 4,9 F ' Q ix 9 iL... ...............a

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USS WEDDERBURN QDD 6841 FPC, San Francisco, 96601 It was u privilege and pleasure to have been Commanding Officer of such at fine group of Destroyermen during the cruise. Your perform- :uicge was in keeping with the best traditions of the Destroyer Navy. We were git seo-at 122 cigtys uf the c-ifuise, which was about 156 days duration. Nh- me-t Q-vt-ry ti'tl!lllllilINtQfllt with distinction even though long hours of Q-xtm work x-.w-iw iw-tpiiinwll :it the sacrifice of liberty time ashore. In this my of pmt:-stu1's, hmtiiiks, :incl organizations which cast :mp--i-fsimis .mtl tifmht on tht- purposes :incl rightness of our country, it is l'!'.tf-Slll'lIlg to lmw- lwvxi :issm-i:1tc-cl with you who elect to serve ititlme-i'tl1.mvirp.imlf'i'itif'i7+- If-t tli--rv lu- no tlmilit in fffllll' mimi that OU1' efforts and presence in the 'llinkin Gulf S-'iw-ft to prntfmt the vital interests of our country -lgaiust those who strive for its dissolution :incl destruction,

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Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander John W, Sellers came to the Wedderburn from West Milton, New York where he was Ex- ecutive Officer of the U,S, Naval Nuclear Training Unit. Previous assignments include Chief Engineer, USS Parsons QDD-9495, student, Nuclear Power Training Mare Island, California, U.S Naval Mission to Brazil, Commanding Officer, LSM 455, Staff Operations Officer, COMDESDIV 52 and Gunnery ,Q 1 Officer USS Taussigg CDD-7465, He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. LCDR, and Mrs. Sellers and their three children make their home in --f P Chula Vista, California. Good things they sxiy coine in small packages. Certainly tin-rv .irc it-w ships Sllilltiitul' than ll'GClClC1'lJU1'll that Can be clzis-aifil-tl .is ai I-'ighting Ship, Yet, within her hull dwell thi- mi-n that in.itlr- West Parc 'GG ai smoothe and profes- sional up1'r.itilitl. l-'rom thi' tiiptiin to thi' XO to the Department Heads, right clown to thi- lf-:ifling llf-tty Officer and eventually Joi- lim- Sli, this inn tlviiiaiiclf-tl the hc-st efforts of every man if our mission were to lit- successful. As the record shows 1-very nilin liw-cl up to the greatest expectations Of any crew. This rec-ortl is yi living trilinte to the command of Captain -lzivksmi .intl the f-mtstzmrling leadership of Lieutenant COIl1ll'iA'll'lf'lPl' Selle'-rs .ind his Junior Officers. Living as rlnsf- as is lifter-gsgirjf aboard a ship the size of XR'vcirlerlm1'n. allows Il relationship between gffigers and vnlistvcl sliarmil hy few other ships. Our success in Viet Nam was in no snixill xi-.xy clue to the outstanding spirit and giiitlazire given the crew lwjf the men of OfficeI s Country, New that all thc- h.irt'iships are over and the more pleasant incznories of KK'--is Pac '66 flrift into mind, Iam Sure that :ill the linlistti-vi woulfi agree that Weclclerburn had the best Officers in the fleet and that to a man we would be happy and irwuci ti off-'fi ' nf: -' Mi mt in aura.. to each ol the officers the full rank of bhipmate. John 3-layerhofer ETN3 Cruise Book Editor