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,i 2 i REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT H. WEEKS COMMANDER CRUISER-DESTROYER FLOTILLA TEN lr fl ll l i iii l 1 1 Robert Harper Weeks was born in Springfield,l Massachusetts on November 2, 1909, and gradu- ' ated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1932. He 1 served in the gunnery and engineering depart- ments ofthe USS CHESTER and USS PORTLAND before being ordered to the Submarine School at New London, Connecticut, in July 1934. From 1935 to 1938 he was assigned to the submarines USS S-43 and S-25 respectively, and was designated as qualified for submarine command. Following a tour of duty in communications, in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations COP- NAVJ, he served as Assistant Fleet Communica- tion Officer on the Staff of Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet from July 1941 until July 1944, returning to OPNAV as Assistant Chief of Naval Communications for Communication Security. 1 ln June 1947 he was ordered to command the 3 destroyer USS JAMES C. OWENS CDD-7761. ln 1948 5 1 . . i 3 3 , z 3 3 l 1? 3 S the OWENS senfed in the Palestine Patrol , being one of the first U. S. Naval vessels to fly the United Nations Flag. - After another tour of duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Captain Weeks was ordered as Chief of Communications for the Su- preme Allied Commander Atlantic CSACLANTJ, and assigned in the establishment of that command in 1952. From 1952-1954 he commanded the Fleet Oiler USS SABINE CAO-251, in the Senfice Force, Atlantic Fleet. In 1954-1955 he was a student, Naval Warfare Course at the U. S. Naval War College, Newport, R. I. From 1955-1957 he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Communications, Commander Naval Forces Far East and Commander Naval Forces Japan. He assumed command of Destroyer Squad- ron TEN on November 23, 1957. Upon being relieved as Commander Destroyer Squadron TEN on November 21, 1958, he reported to OPNAV for duty as Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Operations fCommunicationsJ and Deputy Director of Naval Communications for Communi- cations. Rear Admiral Weeks received orders in February 1962 to proceed and report in early April to assume Command of Cruiser Division FOUR in the Medi terranean His first Flagship in the command was tgpbe the converted heavy cruiser USS CANBERRA G 2 On 1 July 1962 as a result of reorganization of the Cruiser Destroyer Forces U S Atlantic Fleet Commander Cruiser Division FOUR became Com mander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla TEN with his flag In USS BOSTON CCAG 13 the worlds first guided missile cruiser AWA' ln addition to the Legion of Merit and the Secretary of the Navy Commendation Ribbon the Admiral also has been awarded the American Defense Service Medal with Bronze A American Campaign Medal World War ll Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal and the National De- fense Service Medal. ln 1934 Rear Admiral Weeks married the former Reina Sigrid Alvord of Longmeadow Massachu- setts They have two children- Sigrid H. 26 and JohnA 24 ' . . . . ' ' , 1 Q ' ' u 11 Q , 1 ' I 1 1 1 , E ' . . . . ' ' ' 1 ' , I ' I . . . . ' 1 y 1 he ' 1, 1 -' , .gg----3-. H 2 f i f 1 4 rf.-f 1, T., - ., , ,,,..,1. .44 ...-. I, , . K . .. V . ,. . H , , ,, , ,, V ,, , - ,Z-'ir'-?'jxf.,1-5-gf? gps ITP ff 1 - 5f1 ',2i. 9 -' .,:.Tgi: ,gf , ' 1 .:. , ,C-i 7,.. - A , wr' A ,wi-Jf.sJ ' ff? . A 1 X 5-:,- '- .71 gf. ,',,- M.. -- '5 . .Q