Ainsworth (FF 1090) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER JOHN W. BEARDSLEY U.S. NAVY Commander Beardsley was commissioned in June 1964 upon graduation from the Naval Academy. His initial sea tour was on board USS JOHN W. THOMASON (DD 760) as 1st LT Gunnery Officer. Following graduation from Destroyer School in 1967, he reported aboard USS STODDARD (DD 566) as Weapons Officer. In 1969-70, he served as a member of the Naval Advisor Group, Republic of Vietnam. From 1970-73, Commander Beardsley was assigned to the Executive Department, U.S. Naval Academy. In March 1976, he completed the course of instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and received a Master ' s degree in Oceanography. From 1976-77, he was Executive Officer on board USS MEREDITH (DD 890). From 1978-1981, he served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-095) and from 1981-82 he was a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. Commander Beardsley is married to former Barbara Bocskay of Huntington, New York, and they have three children, Karen, Michael and Megan. '

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CAPTAIN G.J. ELLIS U.S. NAVY Captain Ellis was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from the University of Notre Danne in 1960 and attended graduate school at the University of Texas. Commissioned at the Officer Candidate School in 1962, he was assigned as Communications Officer aboard USS O ' BANNON (DD-450). Other sea service has included tours as Engineer Officer aboard USS ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON (DD-781) following completion of Destroyer School; Operations Officer with the recommissioning crew of USS LUCE (DDG-38); and Executive Officer of USS RICHARD E. KRAUS (DD-849), USS BORDELON (DD-881), and USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG- 27). Captain Ellis commanded River Division 573 and River Division 532 while in the Republic of Vietnam from August 1969 to August 1970. Shore assignments have included duty with the Military Sealift Command area headquarters in Bremerhaven, Germany; with the Fleet Combat Direction Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia; and most recently as the Director of Department Head Training at Surface Warfare Officers School Command, Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Ellis has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , the Navy Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and the Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal First Class. Captain Ellis is married to the former Susan Carolyn Haines of East Moriches, New York. They have two sons, Michael and Andrew, and three daughters. Karen, Anne, and Rebecca. Co wa Scl me Exf Poi h Op, 0,( Co fei f

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CHANGE OF COMMAND THE PRESTIGE, PRIVELEGE, AND THE BURDEN OF COMMAND Only a seaman realizes to what extent an entire ship re- flects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a landsman this is not understan- dable, and sometimes it is even difficult for us to compre- hend, but it is so. A ship at sea is a distant world in herself and in consider- ation of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units the Navy must place great power, responsibility, and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command. In each ship there is one man who, in the hou r of emergen- cy or peril at sea, can turn to no other man. There is one who alone is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation, engineering performance, accurate gunfiring and morale of his ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship. This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour of duty as Commanding Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges in view of his obli- gations are most ludicrously small; nevertheless command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. It is a duty which most richly deserves the highest, time- honored title of the seafaring world — CAPTAIN . Joseph Conrad READING OF ORDERS ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE A JOB WELL DONE TURNOVER HANDSHAKE