Halsey (CG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER

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FLEET ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY, JR. HIT HARD, HIT FAST, HIT OFTEN! Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey. Jr., was born in Elizabeth. New Jersey on October 30. 1882. FAdm. Halsey was the son of Captain William F. Halsey USN and Anne Brewster Halsey. FAdm. Halsey came from a long line of seafaring men. one of which was Captain John Halsey. commissioned a privateer by the Governor of Massachusetts during Queen Anne ' s War (1703-1713). FAdm. Halsey was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1900 by President William McKinley and graduated in February of 1904. FAdm. Halsey ' s first ship was the U.S.S. MISSOURI, which he served in until December 1905. His first command was the U.S.S. FLUSSER, which he assumed command of in August of 1912. During World War One. FAdm. Halsey. then a Commander, commanded two destroyers, the U.S.S. BENHAM and the U.S.S. SHAW, which earned him the Navy Cross. In July 1934. then Captain Halsey. reported to the Naval Air Station Pensacola. Florida, for flight training. On May 15. 1935, he was designated Naval Aviator at the age of 52. FAdm. Halsey commanded the U.S.S. SARATOGA from July 1935 until June 1937. On March 1. 1938. he was promoted to Rear Admiral and assumed the duties as Commander Carrier Division Two shortly afterwards On the 7th of December 1941. Adm. Halsey was returning with the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE from delivering planes to Wake Island, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. On the morning of February 1, 1942, Adm. Halsey launched the U.S. ' s first offensive of the war, when his forces attacked Japanese installations in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. In June of 1944, Adm. Halsey assumed command of the Third Fleet and Western Pacific Task Force. These forces, under his command, dealt fatal blows to Japanese forces in Palaus, Philippines. Formosa. Okinawa and the South China Sea. Those battles inflicted greater loss upon the Japanese Fleet than had ever been suffered by any fleet. On August 29, 1945. Admiral Halsey. flying his flag in the U.S.S. MISSOURI, entered Tokyo Bay and anchored off Yokosuka Naval Base. On September 1, 1945, aboard the MISSOURI, the Japanese signed the formal surrender that ended the war in the Pacific. On December 11, 1945, Admiral Halsey took the oath of Fleet Admiral. He was transferred to the Retired List of the Navy on March 1, 1947, after over 43 years of service to his country Fleet Admiral Halsey died on August 16, 1959 and was buried with full military honors four days later, in Arlington National Cemetery.

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CAPTAIN ROBERT D. PACEK UNITED STATES NAVY Captain Pacek, a native of Worcester. Massachusetts, graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. At sea, Captain Pacek has served in USS NAVARRO (ARA-215) as Salvage Officer and Boat Group Commander; COMCOSRON ONE, Republic of Vietnam, as Officer-in- Charge of PCF-18 (Swiftboat) and as Assistant Officer-in- Charge of the Coastal Division TWELVE Detachment at Chu Lai, RVN; USS COCHRAN (DDG-21) as Engineering Officer, USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG- 7) as Commissioning Executive Officer, and USS KING (DDG-41) as Commanding Officer. Assignments ashore include the Fleet Operations Control Center, Pacific, and the Automated Data Processing Plans Officer; the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel as a Management Information Assistant to the Assistant chief of Naval Personnel for Officer Development and Distribution; the Office of Deputy Chief of Naval Acquisition, Fleet Introduction and as the FFG-7 Class Program Coordinator; and most recently as the Deputy Director for Information Systems and Information Resources Management on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management. Captain Pacek has attended the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California where he earned his Master of Science in Computer Systems Management; the Armed Forces Staff College, were he graduated with distinction; and the Naval War College, College of Naval Warfare where he graduated with highest distinction. He is a Weapon System Acquisition Manager (WASAM) and a Proven Subspecialist in Computer Technology Personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (four awards); the Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal with Combat V and the Combat Action Ribbon. Captain Pacek is married to the former Kathleen Frances Murphy of Worcester, Massachusetts. The Pacek ' s currently reside in San Diego, California. .U4