Charles P Cecil (DDR 835) - Naval Cruise Book

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■ Mlll - ..U ■ r r jrsion lo become a ra ' ini air att.iCKS, Cecil n Newport, Khode Is.. e in 1050 she came to i)urin-. l.er next ve ar of operations alon picket iest ;oycr. Especially equipped for Ion. ran.e oe.... Value to the fleet was ' f f ' ' ' l ' , ,, ,„,„ed to the .Atlantic Fleet. V.akinu her hi ... L „;„incT th »m. . J ,1,- Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernizati pro.. ' ' hrshe i; recon .issioned Ih 1964 CHARLKS P mission of Anti-submarine warfare. Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization 1 again be DO 835 with a new primary

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J ■4 LI ' m ir: =- 31? ' I 1 -I .rw. ' .i; ' - ' . CECIL (bl ' ; - .)5), built by the I ' lith Iron WorKs, liatli Mninc, was nain.?il for Kear Aamiral Charles P. Cecil who died in a plane crash in tlie Pacific in liM4. V i,( n C cil was launclieci on 22 April 1045, lrs. Charles P. Cecil christened her. Two mpnthf-- latPr , on 2!) June, LSS CU i Ll S P. Ci.ClL (DD- j. ' io) was commissioned. After her shakedown cruise at (iuantannmo liay, Cuba and brief visit.s alonu the l- ' a.-l Coast. Cecil bejan her tour of active service which ha.s earned her to alinosl f .-ry (lart of the t;lobe. On 6 November, i945, she passed throu.tdi the Panama Canal into the Pacific. While arriving too late to partici- pate in tnc war, Cecil was present in Tokyo ' - ay for the Japanese surrender ceremonies. Diirint: this tour the ship visileil many Japanese ports as well as l-.newetok and the -arshall Islands. After two months in Pearl Marbor Cecil went to Kwajalein anci men to I ' ikini . toll for both Atomic ' ' omli test.s. . pdn coiiipletion of her first yard period in San Francisco in August 1047, stie was ileployed to the ' Aestern Pacific for eij.;ht months. Durintz tais period, S35 has visited such ports as .Shant;hi, ionjkonii, Yokosuka, Okinawa and Pearl ilarbor.

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Comm iridmg Offum COMMANDER C.P. ROZiER U.S.N. Commander C.P- Rozier, a native of Sparta, Georgia, entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940, after three years at Emory University. He was commissioned upon graduation in 1943. While serving in USS TUSCALOOSA (CA 37), he participated in the regarrisioning of Spitsbergen October 1943; the Normandy invasion, Cherbourg bombardment, and Southern France invasion, 1944; Two Jima and Okinawa battles, 1945. In other tours of duty afloat, he has served as Gunnery Officer in USS BASILONK (DDE 824) , Executive Officer in USS DASHIELL (DD 659), Commanding Officer in USS WOODSON (DE 359), and Operations Officer in USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG 4). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Management and Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Since Commander Rozier took command on 9 October 1961, the CHARLES P. CECIL has realized its capabilities and risen to be a leader in Destroyer Squadron 26. mujiJm OffrWij Lieutenant Commander A.R. Hasler was com- missioned in June 1946 after graduating with honors from Harvard College. His first tour of duty was in USS TOPEKA in the Pacific. Follow- ing six months at George Washington Law School, he ' served in USS CORDUBA briefly and then spent two years as a Naval aviator at Pensacola and Norfolk. His next duty was in Kor ea aboard the destroyer USS MASSEY. Subsequently, he was Flag Lieutenant for Commander Cruiser Div. Four, Assistant Naval Attache to the Soviet Union, Executive Officer of the MSC USS SALUTE, Commanding Officer of the USS GROUSE, and Commander Mine Div. 43, followed by a tour of duty as Gunnery Officer in USS MANLEY (DD 940)- From the Manley, Mr. Hasler went to Staff of Commander Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, thence to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island prior to reporting to CECIL in July 1961. Re- cently Mr. Hasler was awarded the Secretary of the Navy Citation for his operations work on the Mine Force Staf f. Mr. Haslerdeparted CECIL in .August for duty in Viet Nam. His leadership was largely re- sponsible for success of the CHARLES P. CECIL. LCDR. A.R. HASLER U.S.N.