Harwood (DD 861) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1968

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Zommand On 29 September 1968 Commander HOPKINS relieved Com mander GUTHRIE as Commanding Officer of HARWOOD. At this time HARWOOD was on station in Tonkm Gulf, plane Hhalzge of guarding the USS AMERICA CCVA-661. The ceremony took place on the mess decks as the topsides were constantly deluged by spray. The crew assembled and witnessed the reading of orders and the traditional, I relieve you, Sir. Immediately following, Com- mander GUTHRIE was transferred to the USS AMERICA by helicopter. CDR HOPKINS ARRIVING .AS CDR GUTHRIE DEPARTING H. .1 N ll mum xi

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Officer Commander C. D. HOPKINS Commander HOPKINS is a veteran of World War II, the Korean'War and the Vietnam Conflict. After enlisted service during World War II, he entered the Naval Academy in 1946 and graduated in June of 1950. His first duty was aboard USS DES MOINES CCA-134j in the gunnery department. From 1952 to 1954 he served as Executive Oiiicer of USS FIRECREST CAMS-101, during which time his ship received the Korean Presidential Unit Citation for her mine sweeping operations during the Korean Conflict. The next three years were spent as Chief Staff Officer for Com- mander Mine Squadron II, followed by a two year. tour in Germany with the Field Training Group, MAAG, as an advisor on mine warfare and harbor defense. His first taste of destroyer duty came in 1959-1960, when he served as Operations Officer aboard USS PUTNAM CDD-7571. From 1960 to 1962 he was attached to the Staff COMCRUDES- LANTXCOMCRUDIV SIX as Aide and Flag Secretary, then spent a year as a student at the Naval War College. In July 1963, Commander HOPKINS became the Executive Officer of USS VOGELGESANG CDD-8621, where he attained his present rank, before serving a one year tour on the Staff of the U. S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam. He reported to HARWOOD fresh from duty in Washington, D. C. where he served in the Strategic Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. ' Commander HOPKINS is married to the former Miss Ursula 'Bennarendt of Bremerhaven, Germany, and has two daughters, Janine, 5, and Jacqueline, 2.



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