Hopewell (DD 681) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Hopewell was also flagshrp for Destroyer Divrsion 152 which includes the destroyers Hopewell Uhlmann K1dd and Wedderburn Command1ng the d1v1s1on rs Commander Wrlbur H Cheney Jr USN from Sedan Kans who reported rn March of 1952 from the Armed Forces Staff College 1n Norfolk The d1v1s1on doctor IS Lt jg john R Krser USNR who has been on the staff of d1v1s1on 152 smce Aug of 1952 Avarlable at all t1mes to each sh1p rn the d1v1s1on he has kept our h1gh 11ne crews busy th1s year Doc Krser makes hrs home rn Carmel Cal1f and reported to the staff from the US Naval Trammg Center at San Drego Cal1f flag secretary stroyer USS Strong Srx enlrsted personnel round out the d1v1 s1on 152 staff They are l to r Glenn Cardwell yeoman seaman from Sev1erv1lle Tenn Harry Plumeau chlef rad1oman from Santa Barbara Cal1f Wrllram Guderran rad1oman thrrd class from Algona Iowa Renato Drego steward thrrd class from the Ph1l1pp1ne Islands and Donald Bennett Journahst thrrd class from Oakland Cal1f Not shown 1S B1lly Icenogle quartermaster first class from Portland Ore 7 7 7 - 7 '7 7 9 ., , 7 Va. C P - 7 , . I' I I 7 7 ' ' ff ' 7 ' '7 ' n ' 7 7 lf Y, ' ' ' ' 7 -7 , . .M - 7 7 7 7 + 'D 7 7 7 '7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 ' 7 7 - 7 7 7 ' ASS1St1Hg Cdr Cheney wrth the many admrnrstra t1ve dutxes requ1red of the d1v1s1on commander 1S Lt Charles M Hart USNR Lt Hart harls from Brooklyn NY whrch 1snt hard to guess after once hearlng hrm talk He reported aboard rn October of 1952 from pre v1ous duty on the de

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Our Captain was Commander james B. Hildreth, who took over the Hopewell in March of 1952 while we were still at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. He was graduated from the University of California in 1941, with a hachelor of sci- ence degree and entered the Navy immedi- ately after. During World War II he saw considerable action and recently added a 14th battle star to his numerous campaign and service medals as a result of our Korean cruise. Our skipper reported from the Naval School at Monterey, California where he was attached as instructor. His wife and two sons reside in Coronado, Calif. ' . . D Q 342 CLYLWQQI' M 0116! tk? CZJXQCIH Making his second Far Eastern cruise aboard the Hopewell as Executive Officer was Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Wood. The Exec,' reported aboard in March of 1951 from an Inspector-Instructor assignment at Pasadena, California. A 1941 graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, Lt. Cdr. Wood saw co.nsiderable action dur- ing,World War II.

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