James C Owens (DD 776) - Naval Cruise Book

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Knmmaudiug Of i 61' COMMANDER H. M. BERRY, USN Commander Berry entered the Navy in February 1943 under the Naval ROTC Program while attending Holy Cross College. In February 1946 he received his commission. He served his first tour of duty aboard the cruiser USS MACON CCA-1.321 as Assistant Navigator. He then served tours on the minesweeper SWALLOW KAMS-361 and on the STEINAKER CDD-8631. In 1951 he became Operations Officer on the DESRON 4 Staff. Moving ashore in 1952, he taught navigation at Columbia University in the NROTC Program. In 1955, Commander Berry commissioned and commanded the USS SAGACITY CMSO-4695. From 1956 to 1959, he served as Flag Secretary to the Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces, Southern Europe. Returning once more to destroyers, he served as Executive Officer of USS FORREST SHERMAN CDD-9315. In 1960 he became Commanding Officer of the USS YORK COUNTY - ' CLST 11751. In 1963 he returned ashore to serve with the Bureau of Personnel, Leadership Field Team, Charleston and attended Post Graduate School at Monterey Where he received a Masters Degree in Management. Commander Berry is married to the former Alexandra Weyand of Corn-on-Hudson,New York and has two children, John and Cassandra.

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In December 1962, the ship was ordered to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for patrol duties, and returned to her homeport in January 1963. Back in the Med in August 1963, the OWENS operated with the Sixth Fleet, returning to Charleston for Christmas. In February 1964, the ship visited Norfolk, and received her two drone Anti-Submarine helicopters, greatly increasing her ASW hunter-killer capabilities. From june to September, she deployed to the Medi- terranean on a Midshipman Cruise. Five months later in February 1965 the OWENS was in the Med again. In july 1965 the OWENS received the Battle Efficiency E award for Destroyer Squadron FOUR for operations during the previous fiscal year. After returning to the United States in July, OWENS was assigned to a recovery ship station for the launch of GEMINI 5. On completion of this operation, the ship returned to Charleston, and later entered the Naval Shipyard for a four month overhaul period commencing on 2 November 1965. In March 1966, OWENS was back at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for Refresher Training. During this period, the ship was called upon to render emergency assistance to the burning cruise ship, VIKING PRINCESS. After returning to Charleston for a brief stay the ship was again underway in early june to embark Midshipmen for a summer training cruise, and an amphibious landing exercise at Vieques, Puerto Rico. In late August OWENS Was assigned' as the close-in recovery ship for the second in a series of APOLLO unmanned space launches. In late September the OWENS departed Charleston for a four-month deployment to the Sixth Fleet. In December, while operating in the Aegean Sea, the ship with Task Group 60.2 was diverted from its scheduled operations to go to the scene of the sinking of the Greek Ferry HERAKLION. OWENS sighted and recovered two of the twenty-one bodies that were picked up by the ships of the Task Group. OWENS returned to Charleston on 31 january 1967. p STATISTICS Length .......... 376Fr., Mlm. Armamenr: Breadth .......... 41 Ft., Z In. 3-5 f38 Caliber Twin Mounts Speed .......... Over 30 Knots 2-MKII Hedgehog Projectors Crew: 2-MK32 Torpedo Tubes 15 Officers 2-MK25 Torpedo Tubes 260 Enlisted Men Dash Helicopter

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER W. C. MANES, USN Ewcufizfc' Offim' William C. Manes was born in Granite City, Illinois, on 9 August 1931, the son of the late William Clifford and Clara Manes. After graduating from St. Francis Preparatory School in York, Pa., he enlisted in the Navy in November 1950. On completion of recruit training at Great Lakes, Illinois, he was assigned to the Class A Radio School at Norfolk, Virginia and on completion of the course was ordered to the USS ELLYSON CDMS-193. In August 1952, he was discharged from the Navy to accept an appointment to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Upon graduation from Northwestern in June 1956, Ensign Manes reported to the pre-commissioning detail of the USS KRETCHMER QDER-329D. After the ship was commissioned in September, he served as First Lieutenant and later as Gunnery Officer. ln October, 1958 he was ordered to the USS CLARENCE K. BRONSON fD.D-6681 as Gunnery Officer of that command. In August 1959, he reported to the Staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron 20 in Newport as Operations Officer. In june 1964, he commenced one year of postgraduate training in International Re- lations at American University in Washington, D.C. He reported to OWENS as Executive Officer in October, 1965. LCDR Manes and his wife, Margaret, have three children and reside at 1454 S. Edgewater Drive in Charleston. 256,11 ffm mf Head LTD W MASTERS USN LTW B ISON USN Present Engineering Officer Operations Officer LT F M KIRK USN LTW R PARCHEN USN LTJGN L SCHEWE USN fsck Former Engineering Officer Weapons Officer Supply Offlffef Q a 7 n 1 7 1 I l ' ' f V X X ' gf air' . . 7 ' ' . 7 . . , .