Briscoe (DD 977) - Naval Cruise Book

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Admnai Rohent Pemcj Bnucoe UiM Qijijith Ncu y A native of Cenlerville. Mississippi. Admiral Briscoe was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1918. During World War 1 he served in the battleship ALABAMA of the Atlantic Fleet and in the destroyer ROE. operating from Brest France. At the end of hostilities, he made the first postwar Midshipmen cruise in the USS KEARSARGE and in 1919 returned to destroyer duty as Engineer Officer of the USS HUMPHREYS, stationed in Near East waters at Constan- tinople. During the Turko-Greek fighting m 1920-1921, he commanded a Naval landing force at Derindge. Turkey. After further destroyer duty in the USS FLUSSER and USS HENDERSON, and recruiting duty at Little Rock, Arkansas, he served as Senior Assistant Engi- neer of the battleship WEST VIRGINIA, then returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor in Mechanical Engineering. In 1931-1933 he was on China Sta- tion, assigned first as Executive Officer of the USS EDSALL, on Yangtze Patrol during the Japanese occupation of Woosung and Manchuria, and later as Com- munication Officer of the USS HOUSTON, flagship of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet. He again returned to the Naval Academy in June 1934. and for three years served as Head of the Department of Chemistry. Sea duty as Navigator of the battleship MISSISSIPPI preceded a tour during the prewar period as Assistant Director of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Navy Department Liaison Officer with the National Defense Research Committee. He has been identified as one of the pioneers of modem electronics develop- ment in the Navy. In May 1942 he assumed command of the USS PROMETHEUS, a recommissioned World War 1 repair ship. Under his command she joined the THIRD Fleet at Noumea. Caledonia, where he was detached to command Destroyer Squadron 5 and operated as escort commander for Task Forces 67, 68 and 70. In the intervening periods when the battleships and cruisers were not at sea. Admiral Briscoe operated Commander Task Group 67.5 (Cactus Striking Force) in Guadalcanal waters. He was transferred to command of the USS DENVER in July 1943, and returned that cruiser to the United States after she suf- fered severe battle damage off Rabaul in November 1943. In February 1944 he joined the Staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, in Washington, as Head of New Developments, and with his promotion to flag rank in April 1945, assumed command of Amphibious Group 14. V-J Day found him in Manila, working on plans for the invasion of the Japanese homeland. In Sep- tember 1945 he took command of the Operational Development Force, Atlantic Fleet with headquarters at Norfolk Virginia. After two years there, and a tour of duly as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Readiness), he became Commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, on November 1, 1950. Ordered in January 1952 to command the SEVENTH Fleet in Korean waters, he retained this command until designated Commander Naval Forces, Far East, in June of that year. Two years later he reported as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, for Fleet Operations and Readiness, and on July 2, 1956. became Comman- der in Chief Allied Forces, Southern Europe, For exceptional meritorious service ... (in that capacity) from July 2. 1956 to December 31, 1958. He was award- ed the Distinguished Service Medal. On January 1, 1959 he was transferred to the Retired List of the U.S. Navy. He died on October 14, 1968 in Liberty, Mis- sissippi. i Vx '

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1 r»Jil l« 1 » 1 ' VtllM I k i | j k ' f.tfs f tt» ™ K.- ' . ' :;- ' - ' . - m 4 LCOR Meiam A. Mam Bom and raised as a Navy junior, LCDR Marr received her commission in 1984 Ihrougii iho NROTC priigrani at Rice University in Houston. Texas. Her sea duty assignments include: CIC officer, communications officer, and operations officer in USS YOSEMITK (AD 19); liepartment head tours as operations officer in USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7) and lirst lieutenant in USS MONONCIAHELA (AO 178): tlag sec- retary for COMCRUDESGRU FIVE embarked in USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) and executive officer in USS BRISCOE (DD 977). l.CDR Marr served ashore as an action officer t)f J6 JCIS (United States Forces Korea) and earned her masters of science degree in Telecommunications Systems Management at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Her personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal plus various campaign and unit awards. LCDR Marr and her husband, John Paul, from Poughkeepsie, New York, reside in Nor- folk. Coitmmd Maffknj Cltm PCCM(m) Uhs h . Mdk FCCM(SW) Shelby W. Miller is a native of Portsmouth. VA. The son of a retired chief petty officer, the family settled in Huntsville. AL. after his father retired. Mas- ter Chief Miller graduated from East Limestone High School in Athens. AL. and went on to receive two years of electronics technical training in Birmingham. Alaba- ma. Upon graduation of technical school, he signed on with the Civil Service and worked at LF-18 NAS Norfolk. VA until he enlisted in the Navy in December of 1969, After completing Recruit Training and Fire Control A school at Great Lakes, Illinois, he moved on to Terrier Missile C School at Dam Neck. VA, and embarked upon a career that continues to be full of change and progress for the Navy. Tours of duties: USS LUCE (DLG 7), USS HARRY E. YARNELL (CG 17). Instructor GMS SMS Dam Neck. VA. USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27). Mis- sile Systems Instructor GMS SMS Dam Neck, VA, USS BIDDLE (CG 34). Gener- al Duty CMC NAWC Lakehurst. NJ. USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27). In December of 1993 he reported on board USS BRISCOE (DD 977) for duty as Command Master Chief Master Chief Miller is married to the former Mary Jane King of Everett. PA. They have three children: Aaron Wayne (son) and two daughters, Anelise Marie and Amy Elizabeth. Aaron Wayne is presently serving on board the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). J3-

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