Chicago (CG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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OFFICERS NEW Commander Jefferis was born in Glendale, California, on July 9, 1929. He entered the Navy in 1948 after attending San Jose State College. He served in various aviation units and graduated from the Naval Guided Missile School, Point Mugu in 1951. Commander Jefferis was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy upon graduation from OCS in 1953. At the time of his selection to OCS, he was serving in the Guided Missile Training Unit 7914 at Point Mugu and was an Aviation Electronics Technician First Class. After commissioning he served in USS MANCHESTER QCL-83y. His other sea assignments included Operations Officer in USS PRICHETT QDD- 561l, Weapons Officer in USS LOS ANGELES QCA- 135i, Executive Officer of USS WALKER QDD-723Q, Weapons Officer in USS TOPEKA QCLG-Bi and Com- manding Officer of USS GEARING QDD-7102. His most recent tour was Senior Naval Advisor and Com- manding Officer, Second Coastal Zone Advisors, Republic of South Vietnam. Shore tours included assignments at the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California and two assignments on the Staff, Commander Training Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Commander Jefferis is married to the former Louise l. Kelly of Palo Alto, California. They reside in San Diego with their five children: James, Diana, Nan- cy, Flobert and Jacqueline. Commander A. S. Jefferis

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Commander 1 Robert L. Turnage EXECUTIVE OLD .... Commander Turnage was an Eagle Scout and valedictorian of his high school class in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi State one year before entering the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1952. He is a graduate of U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Engineering Electronics and the Armed Forces Staff College. He has a Master of Science degree in Financial Management from George Washington University. Sea tours for Commander Turnage have in- cluded duty as: Gunnery Officer in USS' MEREDITHQDD-890jg Gunnery Officer, First Lieute- nant and Assistant Engineer Officer in USS FORT SNELLING QLSD-30yg Main Propulsion Assistant in USS PRINCETON QCVS-37j and LPH-51, Staff Squadron Engineer, Squadron Engineer, Squadron Operations and Project Officer DESDEV 2, Weapons Officer USS LEAHY QDLG-16yg Weapons Officer USS WORDEN QDLG-183, and Executive Officer USS HENRY B. WILSONQ DDG-7j. He was a member of the commissioning crews of FORT SNELLING and WORDEN. He served as Commanding Officer USS DUNCANQDD-874j from December 1969 to October 1970. During this period he was awarded the Bronze Star for the DUNCAN's performance in Southeast Asia. He reported aboard USS CHICAGO for duty as Executive Officer in December 1970. From 1966 to 1969, Commander Turnage was Head of the Plans Division for Surface Missile Systems Project in Washington, D.C. and participated in the Chief of Naval Operation's 1967 Major Fleet Escort Study. A deacon in his church and active in Little League baseball, Commander Turnage is an avid ten- nis player. - He is married to the former Rebecca Johnson of Winona, Mississippi, and they have three children, Edwin, Terry Constance and Jeffrey. Commander Turnage, our former Executive Officer, pre-'ents a cake to the pilot of the 500th helo to land during ti WESTPAC deployment.

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REAR ADMIRAL DANIEL E BERGIN Entering in the summer of 1947 as a student in intelligence and then the Russian Language, he served as an Instructor at the Naval Intelligence School Washington, D.C. In July 1950 he became Flag Secretary to Commander Task Group 3'.'3-J He. joined the staff of the Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet in July 1951 and in October 1953 reported as Executive Officer of the USS DIXIE QAD 141. ln May 1955 he assumed command of the USS' KIDD tDD 6611. He served in the Navy Department from January 1957 until March 1959 at which time he became Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations Navy Department. ' I In July 1960 then Commander Bergin assumed command of Landing Ship Squadron SEVEN in Long Beach California and in September 1961 returned to the Navy Department to serve as Administrative'Aide to the Chief of Naval Personnel. He attended the National War College Class of 1964 concurrently ob- taining his M.A. from George Washington University. In July 1964 he reported as Project Officer tAmphibious Warfare Study1 Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations Navy Department. In February 1965 THREE and in September 1966 was assigned as Chief of Staff Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force U.S. Pacific Fleet until reporting to the Defense Intelligence Agency in July 1968 as Deputy Assistant Director of Intelligence Production. Rear Admiral Bergin assumed command of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla THREE which is homeported in Long Beach in September of 1971. Admiral Bergin holds the Legion of Merit twith Combat V1 for operations in the Tonkin Gulf with two gold stars in lieu of subsequent awards and a Bronze s , ' ',' he assumed command of Destroyer Squadron I E Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Three Rear Admiral Bergin was born In New York City on December 10 1919 H,e attended Manhattan College for one year prior to appointment to the U S Naval Academy where he graduated with the wartime class of 1942 He served aboard the USS LEARY tDD 1581 as Engineer Officer during convoy operations in the North Atlantic and subsequently served as Engineer Officer aboard the USS ALLEN M SUMNER CDD 6921 during the Philippine Campaign In 1945 and 1946 he served as Gunnery Officer of the USS HAZELWOOD tDD 5311 and as Executive Of flcer of the USS McCAFFERY QDD 8601whlIe she was operating off the China Coast ln March 1941 he assumed command of the USS SPANGERBERG QDEQR1 2231 Star for operations in the Tonkin Gulf. In addition he wears the usual array of World War Il and subsequent campaign and service ribbons. He calls Alexandria Virginia home He is married to the former Peggy Hart of Baltimore Maryland and they have two sons Daniel Edward Bergin Jr and Edward Hart Bergin and a daughter Margaret Mary Bergin y . - . 1 s , ., . . . , I 1 1 - .7 , - . . . vi . , ' 1 . -. 5? ELS