Hopewell (DD 681) - Naval Cruise Book

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battery f1re and screenlnq duty for carrlers durlnq the1r thqht operat1ons Though often W1th1n easy range of enemy shore batterres she was never h1t but 1I'1f11CtGd heavy damaqes on troop and supply concentratrons Es pec1al1y noteworthy were her operat1ons 1n the Wonsan area Where for almost a month she en qaged 1n ettectwe bombardment of shore 1nsta11a t1ons Slnce the end of actlon 1n Korea HOPEWELL has been enqaqlnq 1n routme tralnmq and upkeep and maklnq a cru1se to the Western Pac1t1c each year Thts book 1S the story ot her fourth such cru1se s1nce recomm1ss1on1nq I O I I ' ' U I 1 lu I ' , . , . A . . . 1 . . . - . . . .. 1 . . . .. 0 - l , . - - . . . . . . I l - '

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' f?.'i.'3lP7X 'FF'1- 'i G1.,,, me Lt. L. E. Zook Flag Secretary FLAG Lt. ti.g.l M. Lorber Staff Medical Officer Capt. R. I. Badger CCMDESDIV 152 1 5 Mukepeace RMC Since recommissioning in 1951, the HOPEWELL has been flagship of Destroyer Division 152 which includes the destroyers HOPEWELL, UHLMANN, WEDDERBUBN and KIDD. Our present division com- mander is Captain R. I. Badger, USN, who relieved Captain G. Hutchinson in Iune 1954. Captain Bad- ger's last duty station was the USS Bremerton where he served as Executive Officer. Assisting Captain Badger with administrative du- ties required of the division commander is Lt. L. E. Zook, USN, flag secretary. He reported aboard in Kuczmarski YN1 ' Rick QM2 Ianuary 1954 from previous duty as Gunnery Offi- cer aboard the USS Sproston. LTIG Mortimer Lorber, USNR, is the division doc- tor. He usually rides the Hopewell, although his duties have taken him to other vessels on several occasions. This is the doctor's first duty station. Completing the division 152 staff are Makepeace, RMC, flag radioman, Kuczmarski, YN1, flag yeoman, Rick, QM2, flag signalman, and Diego, SD2, Knot picturedl. -nw-nziufrninnm 1 I . v 1 1 1 4 pw: iq. fa, Jr' v? f. -1 T'q!5J:,.fQf?j1i::.:'.Q:j?.'A?'-fic-7q:r:':..'rl'ii'i.i1T : :5i5iSjj5j:+'?QiE.:111'z:'L? T,-'??iZ1?Zi-n'EE?i?i'TEf3 'F'TZ?'n'E1iiZ-T-'AL 55-?? i'.'iE+ '+T+ '? 'T'? - -:::-.'.-'fm--V, .-' F , ff, gfrgfigfs-:fiifESjgSg?:4swa:c-wzrifg-:gfyfqi-giggle-,,, 1ff:'-1'+ i' f1jg,-- 7' . ' ,':.J.fEe2f+???- 251: 493' '