Berkeley (DDG 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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I 1 l Q 5 l 1 I F l E ' 1 1 i r V V w 1 I X4 l 'K as ,4 ,, CHANGE OF COMMAND Aural or K 'sv X ,V It perhaps was not the most glamorous way for a new com- manding officer to arrive but it was symbolic to say the least. The BERKELEY was on search and rescue duty and one of her most vital arms, the helicopter, was to bring in the new C.O. When all the orders were read and when new skipper said to old, I relieve you, Sir , what passed between the two men was a ship already at sea, already' in the heart of a most vital and dangerous task. Battle stations were manned throughout the ceremony. At a moment's notice the whole event might have been called off in order to respond to a call for assistance. Such was not the case however. The weather was balmy and the Tonkin was relatively quiet that day.

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' gp S . -.. ,r J, .K U! , ,,?1gM,, 1. 3 Q ,5iL..,i-'fag .,3,,. f st 1 at COMMANDER WILLIAM R. SNIEDBERG' IV CDR SMEDBERG reported to USS BERKELEY as its third Commanding Of- ficer. This followed a tour of duty in com- mand of USS BRONSTEIN QDE-10371, one of the U, S, Navy's most advanced Anti- Submarine Warfare ships. After graduation from the U,S. Naval Academy in 1951, CDR SMEDBERG served in the Battleship WISCONSIN QBB-645 for three years, during which period the ship, although homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, spent 14 months in the Western Pacific dur- ing and after the Korean War. This tour was followed by two years in the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer USS BEATTY QDD-7569. In subsequent sea duty, he has served as Commanding Officer of USS LAWRENCE COUNTY QLST-887j, as Executive Officer of USS JOHN A BOLE QDD-7755, and as CO of BRONSTEIN, all homeported in San Diego, California. With the exception of attending the Naval War College in 1961-62, both of CDR SMEDBERG's shore duty tours have been in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- the Fleet Operations Division in 1956-58 and the Strategic Plans Division in 1962-64.

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