Fox (CG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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QApril 17, 1976 - 7 Captain James F. Kelly, Jr.USN Commanding Officer

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CAPTAIN ROBERT E. WEEKS entered on active duty in July 1943 in an enlisted status and was later commissioned upon graduation from the NROTC program at the University of Pennsylvania. Early tours included duty in several destroyers and small combatants and post graduate training in Electronics Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After an assignment 'with the Surface Anti-Submarine Development Detachment, Key West, he assumed command of USS POLK COUNTY QLST-10841 in 1955. Subsequently he was an instructor at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School. ln 1961, Captain WEEKS entered a sixyear tour in the CruiserfDestroyer Force Pacific with assignments as Executive Officer, USS COWELL QDD-5471, Com- manding Officer USS CHARLES BERRY QDE-10351, ASW Training and Readiness Officer Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, U. S. Pacific Fleet Staff, and Commanding Officer USS HULL CDD-9451. Upon detachment from HULL, he joined the Staff of Commander Carrier Division TWO as Surface Operations.Officer. In October 1968, Captain WEEKS was promoted to his present rank and after an assignment an in the Fleet Operations Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, returned to sea as Commander Destroyer Division ONE TWO-TWO. Captain WEEKS reported to the USS FOX following a tour on the 'Staff of the Chief of Naval Material. - ln addition to various service medals, Captain WEEKS holds the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He is married to the former Margaret Renwick of Sydney, Australia. They have two sons, William and Jeffrey, and a married daughter, Linda Ann Ward.

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A graduate of Southern Connecticut State College, CAPTAIN JAMES F. KELLY earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1952. Following his commissioning as an Ensign in March 1953 at the Officer Candidate School, Newport-based destroyer, USS HAWKINS QDD 8731. After an assignment as communications instructor at Newport, he attended the Advanced Combat information Center Officers' School at Glenview, lllinois in 1956 and subsequently served in the carrier USS TARAWA QCVS 401 until 1957. During the period 1958-1959, he was Executive Officer of USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY QLST 11671. From 1959 until 1963, Captain KELLY was on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet. in Pearl Harbor' as Assistant Ship Operations Officer. Upon return to the mainland, he joined the staff of Commander, Destroyer Squadron 19 as Operations, Weapons and Chief Staff Officer. He was Executive Officer of the guided missile frigate USS GRIDLEY QDLG 211 during the period 1966-1968 and Commanding Officer of the guided missile destroyer USS PARSONS QDDG 331 from July 1969 until 1971. G Captain KELLY received the Master of Science Degree in Management from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California in 1966 1 . l and was graduated from the U. S. Army War College in 1969. He attended the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1971. Assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations since 1971, Captain KELLY served both as Head, Manpower Authorization Branch lOP 1001 and Head, Program Planning and Development Branch QOP 9011 of the General Planning and Programming Division. He assumed command of the USS FOX QCG 331 on 17 April 1976. Captain Kelly was awarded the Legion of Merit for his service in the Manpower Requirements Division and for his contributions to the reorganization of the fleet staff structure. He received the Bronze Star Medal while serving USS PARSONS and the Navy Commendation while Executive Officer of USS GBIDLEY. ln addition, he wears the Vietnam Service Medal with seven campaign stars, the American Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Occupation Medal. ' Captain KELLY is married to the former Charlane HUGHES of Warsaw, indiana. The KELLYs have a son, Terrence, and two 'daughters, Flobina and Carisa. , l