William C Lawe (DD 763) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Great Race

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I I A J COMMANDER, Al,BER'l' M, HAYES, JR. Commander Albert M. Hayes, Jr. enjoys moving about, scoring new plqn-vs-L. :mtl llH't'1Ultl new people. As Captain of the USS WILLIAM C. l,AWlC lit' has land :t into opporlllllllli IU do what he enjoys most. Commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy upon giradnation lirotn the Naivztl Ar'aclt'lIl5' in 1953, Commander Hayes has been steadily prof-r-tfdingi np the Naval lztddvr ot srrwt-ss His first assignment was Gunnery Offifzrfr of the USS ALSHAIN tAKA'55l. l-'ollnwltlll inactivation of the ALSHAIN in .January 1956, he took on tht- task ol' l'3I1t'1l1 f'l1Ht' Uf'l'1 '- ' On the USS HANK CDD-7021. In March 1958, he Wag :ir-esigiiit-tl to Ilw Stall ol lllt' UNH' mandant Fifteenth Naval District in the Panama Canal Zone. Commander Hayes assumed the duties of CIC Ufliwer on tht- HSS C'ANlll l6llA WAKE- 1 ' A in ugust 1960. Following Postgraduate School in Monte-rf'v, ffilllliflllllll lv f' fa ilbfil 'NNI 1 v..t. L in August 1963 to the Staff of Commander Naval Fort-Us Korea :tri tips-rntionrvf. tlllivvt. lil November 1965 he took the post of EXOClll,lVff iOl'l'it'ur on USS Mliltl-Zl1l'l'lI tlili-Htttll. ln June 1968 he reported to Commander Naval Support Activity, llnN:tnr:,. Rt-public' nt Viet- nam, for duty as Assistant Chief of Staff' for Administration. Our Captain came to the LAWE from the Otlnfff ol' tin- Cilnt-t ol Nnvnl Uporntiorts on 5 July 1971 at Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf' Commander Hayes is a native of Stuttgart., Ark , arisns and is rnztrrn-rl ltr the ltnnn-I liolmliyv D. Wills of the same city. They have three fwhildrfsn: Albert M. lll, John W., nnd lliant- Elaine. Commander Hayes has never been on a, ship he didn't t-nyoy evo-n thoniglr ln' hats mA'vvt been on a new ship, and enjoys life on a destroyer rnort- ln-v.ttntt- til tht- :nav or tht- t-row. Obviously a true destroyerman at heart. Cflmmentmg OU E118 f2LCt that the LAWIC has inet all lwt t'onnnitrno-rnrt tnntl sonnf otluvtsl on this VllestPac cruise, Commander Hayes sand, l'n1 prtnul til tha- l,Av,'l-3 my nn-t-tnn: all her commitments here, this is a tribute not only to tht- slnp, lint tolli-1 parnplt-.ii Since the LAWIL is embarking on tt new carrot-t', I ronfzitlt-r at v,wtr'ttrntf tlppltryrtit-ir! lurglrly approprmte SS a MSF Cmlso' And If has hffffft U lflff:tf1.trre- seat-rvinr nntlt-r his tilllllltllllll und very appropriate having Cornmande- I-I: 1, - 1 1- '. . I - I Wt S tt.. C,.ipt.t1n on tln- l.AVv'l':'i- layer 1lt'l'y'r,t'i r

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LCDR Jackson Sutton Clark, through expression of his desire as the Captain's right hand man, ran a tight ship, demanding neatness, cleanliness, and efficiency. that are the prerequisites for a good ship. A native of Greenwich, Connecticut, LCDR Clark was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy upon com- pletion of an NROTC program at Dartmouth College in 1959. His first tour of duty was aboard the USS CABILDO CLSD-163 as Gunnery Officer. He later fleeted up to First Lieutenant and also served as Navigator on that same ship. In August 1962, he entered the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California where he earned a B.S. degree in Engineering Electronics. A tour of duty as Talos Fire Control Officer aboard USS CHICAGO CCG-113, followed his two years at PG school. In November 1966 Lt. Clark reported aboard USS ORLECK CDD-8865 as Weapons Officer. LCDR Clark assumed the duties as Missile!Seamanship Officer in the Readiness and Training Section of the Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force in July 1968, He returned to sea duty in September 1971 as our XO. LCDR Clark is married to the former Janet Grescak, also of Greenwich, Conn. They have one daughter, Stephanie. He has moved on to assume the duties of Weapons Officer aboard the guided missile cruiser LITTLE ROCK, but will be long remembered for his calmness and ef- ficiency on the gunline and his fast and furious liberty expeditions. ln-- M! LCDR JACKSON S. CLARK Executive , ,md Offie ers HOW then. .