Charles R Ware (DD 865) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR C. R. WORLEY, USN Commanding Officer Commander Carson R. WORLEY, U. S. Navy, assumed command of the destroy- er CHARLES R. WARE iDD-8651 on 29 October 1963 in Catania, Sicily. CDR. Worley son of Mrs. Nannie S. Worley, Main Street, Jacobus, Pennsylvania, was born at York, Pennsylvania, 26 March 1922. Prior to being commissioned as Ensign, USNR at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, he graduated from William Penn Senior High School, York, Pennsylvania, and attended York Junior College, York, Pennsylvania and Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. Upon graduation from Midshipmen School, Northwestern University in May of 1944, Worley was assigned to the Amphibious Forces, U. S. Pacific Fleet. His duty assignments included Officer-in-Charge of an LCI, member of the staff of an LCI Flotilla Commander, Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of LCI. During the month of April, 1946, Worley transferred to the regular Navy and received his BS degree from Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. From April 1947 until June 1953 Worley served in the Atlantic Fleet aboard the refrigerator ship USS ALDERBARAN, as Gunnery Officer and Navigator, and aboard the destroyer USS RICH, as Gunnery Officer. While he was on the RICH, the ship wos assigned to the SIXTH Fleet in the Mediterranean. After leaving the RICH he ottended the General Line School in Monterey, California as a student, and upon graduation became a member of the NROTC Staff at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. While at Yale he participated in the annual Midshipmen ' s summer cruise as Officer-in-Charge of the Midshipmen detachment aboard the destroyer-minesweeper SHEA. From June 1953 until September 1956, Worley served aboard the destroyer, LAWE and LARSON as Operations Officer of the Staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron 14. Early in 1955, he was assignedas Executive Officer aboard the Pacific Fleet destroyer USS BENHAM. Completing his tour of duty aboard the BENHAM in September 1956, he was next assigned to the staff at NROTC unit at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. During the summer of 1957, he was assigned as Officer-in-Charge of the Midshipmen detachment aboard the battle ship USS WISCONSIN. In 1958, after a course of instruction in advanced operation at Glenco, Georgia, Worley reported aboard the cruiser DE MONIES as assistant Operations Officer for Scheduling as o member of the staff of Commander SIXTH Fleet. During this tour he and his family resided in St. Jean Cap Ferrat, Southern France, as his permanent duty station wos in the Mediterranean. In August 1960, Worley returned to the United States and attended the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, graduating in January 1961. Commander Worley ' s last tour duty prior to reporting aboard the WARE was as the Capabili- ties Plans Officer, Strategic Plans Division, Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D. C. In May 1945, Worley married Miss Virginia Bond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bond, formerly of 433 Lincoln Street, York, Pennsylvania. The Worley ' s and their children, Cris, Bonnie, and Kathy currently make their home at 8115 Carrick Lane, Springfield, Virginia.

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CAPT C. H. BUTT, USN Commander, Destroyer Division 162 Captain Cyrus H. BUTT, USN, was born in Vaiden, Mississippi, on February 25, 1921. Before entering the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1944, Captain Butt attended Holmes Junior College in Goodman, Mississippi, for two years. He was graduated from the Naval Academy on June 9, 1943, and was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree and commissioned Ensign, U. S. Navy. He received orders to the USS DAVIS (DD-3951 and served as Torpedo and Fire Con- trol Officer and Gunnery Officer during this tour. During World War II, Captain Butt saw action in the Atlantic and South Atlantic and took part in the Normandy Campaign. Upon decommission of the DAVIS In October 1945, he attended the Gunnery Officers Ordnance School, Washington, D. C. Upon the commissioning of the USS WfTEK (DD-848) in April 1946, he served 20 months as her Gunnery Officer and Ordnance Technical Officer operating with the Development Forces Atlantic. Captain Butt first reported aboard the USS FISKE, then (DD-842), in De- cember 1947, and served as Gunnery Officer and Executive Officer. During this tour the FISKE operated in the Second and Sixth Fleets and earned her first and second Battle Efficiency Awards and the coveted Marjorie Sterret Award for Gun- nery Excellence. After detachment from the FISKE in July 1949, he served on the staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron Eighteen on board USS J. P. KENNEDY (DD-850. In August 1950, he returned to the U. S. Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Seamanship and Navigation. In 1951, Captain Butt received orders to the U. S. Naval Post Graduate School, Annapolis, Maryland, and Mon- terey, California, in ordnance engineering and in June 1953, received his Bache- lor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He continued his post graduate work at Stanford University and Purdue University and was awarded his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering by Purdue University. Captain Butt returned to sea in July 1954, and served on board the USS BROWNSON DD-868 as Executive Of- ficer. During this tour, the BROWNSON deployed to the Western Pacific and com- pleted an around the world cruise, earning her first Battle Efficiency Award. Captain Butt was again ordered to staff duty, this time on the staff of Commander Battle- ship Cruiser Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, on board the USS IOWA BB-61 and USS NORTHAMPTON (Ci.C-1). In August 1957, he became Ordnance Planning Officer at the U. S. Naval Weapons Station, Yorlrtown, Virginia. In January 1960, he grad- uated from the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia. Before assuming command of the FISKE, Captain Butt served a year in the pre-commlttionlng detail of the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH |CG(N)-9) and upon commissioning in September 1961, served as her Weapons Officer. He re- turned to the USS FISKE for a second tour and on April 23, 1962, relieved as Com- manding Officer. During this tour the FISKE participated In the Cuban emergency, a Mediterranean and Middle East deployment and Second Fleet operations out of Mayport winning the Battle Efficiency Award, the Weapons E , the CRUDES- LANT Anti Air Warfare Trophy and was COMCRUDESLANTS ' nominee for the Ar- leigh Burke Fleet Trophy in 1963. Captain Butt was relieved on March 2, 1964, after taking the FISKE into the New York Naval Shipyard for FRAM I conversion. On March 28, 1964, Captain Butt assumed command of Destroyer Division One Six Two and embarked aboard the flagship USS CHARLES R. WARE DD-865 Cap- tain Butt is married to the former Frances Duncan of Jacksonville, Florida. They have five sons and reside at 1635 Samontee Road in Arlingwood.

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LCDR W. J. ASTON Executive Officer William ASTON is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, class of 1951, and of George Washington University, where he attained a Master of Arts degree in Personnel Administration. Mr. Aston ' s duty assignments have included service aboard battleships, air- craft carriers, cruisers and destroyers. His shore duty assignments have included duty on the staff at the U. S. Naval Academy. He Is a qualified naval aviator, and is a graduate of Anti-Submarine Warfare and CIC Officers Schools. Mr. Aston is married to the former Miss Lenora Katherine Hammer, and has two children, Suzanne and William Jr., who reside in Orange Park, Florida. DES DIV 162 STAFF LTJG. M. R.STEVENSON LTJG. J. E. KERLEY E. FULLER, SMC B. HELZER, YN2 D. BECK, RM1