Dewey (DDG 45) - Naval Cruise Book

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An For Excellence In would like to take this opportunity to extend my congratulations and my thanks to you all on earning the Battle E The Battle E was awarded for the period of October 1983 through March 1985. I am very proud to have been a part of this ship's company for even a small part of that t1me. The Battle E says a lot about this ship and her crew. It says that we are ready and able, at all times, to perform our mission. For DEWEY to have earned this award as a member of DESRON FOUR makes this award even more special. DESRON FOUR looks at the overall effectiveness of a DEWEY scored 94.6 overall on her selected exercises, won all departmental awards in the competition within DESRON FOUR and performed exceptionally well on all her inspections As all of us know, DEWEY was able to deploy on a seven month Mediterranean cruise with only 22 days notice. This deployment only emphasises DEWEY's ability to perform You should be proud to be a member of this ship's company DEWEY is a fine ship, and you are the people who make her so. Without your efforts this ship would never leave the pier Officially, the Battle E is awarded to a ship To win the Battle E, a ship must perform well on all the required exercises and major inspections. WMXB ship. However, it is her crew that make her what she is. You have made DEWEY one of the Navy's finest. Con- gratulations on a job well done. f -

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R ' ' -Executive Officer f CDR Micajah W. Newman Commander Newman was born in Greenville, Missis- sippi on 5 May 1948 and grew up in Bryan, Texas. He attended the University of the South, Sewauee, Ten- nessee before entering the U.S. Naval Academy. - After graduation in 1971, he was assigned as the Damage Control Assistant and later as the Navigator- on board the USS GOLDSBOROUGH CDDG 20j. , p I it Following Destroyer School in Newport,Rhode Island, g he served as the Engineering -Officerfeon bQardt' USS LYNDE MCCQRMICKC CDDG 887' H0111 MW 1975'f5 Febfuf ary 1977.p' sg tial V.i1 ig,-Q .,,f, ,Y 8 I , y He was then assigiied ,':' a s. 'thefI5irst,Lieutenant DUBUQUEI KLPD 8, ffrothv 1977 to. In January 1979, he p for instructor duty' inthe oprnentg From I une 1980 to February 1982 he was the Flag Secre- tary to the Superintendent. -He returned to sea duty in April 1982 as the Weapons Officer of USS WAINWRIGHTKCG 281. In April 1984, he reported for duty as the Executive,Officerof USS DEWEY qDDc4sp. A p g - Commander Newrr1n's awards and service medals in- clude the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Com- manvdation, the Navy E Ribbon, Navy Expeditionary Med- all Nationa1',Defense,l Medal,'Viet Nam Medal Hu Actio ' I Sea pn pMedal, V' ' ' lam ret N the Ex' 1

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