Josephus Daniels (CG 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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DANIEL THE MAN In his lifetime, JOSEPHUS DANIELS was a noted American newspaperman, a.n-,ambassador to Mexico, and Secretary of the Navy. During his eight year span, 1913-1921, as Secretary of the Navy, JOSEPHUS DANIELS is most remembered for his banning of alcohol on board ships, but this was just a minor job in his major overhaul of naval policies. Many of us are familiar with anti-military sentiment prevalent during the late sixties due to the Vietnam War, however, prior to JOSEPHUS DANIELS becoming Secretary of the Navy, the prejeducial feelings towards the men in uniform was even more severe and more intense. Men in uniform were barred from public premises and navy sailors in particular were considered low scum. Obviously, enlistment and retention were negligible. JOSEPHUS DANIELS, through his reforms and new conepts, brought respectability and honor to the American Sailor. JOSEPHUS DANIELS organized an effort to boost enlistment and improve retention. Many of the old traditional recruiting posters seen today were introduced under his leadership. He provided steam laundry serviceslonboard ships, thus eliminating the need for sailors to hand wash their own laundry. In addition, JOSEPHUS DANIELS allowed crews overseas more liberty and organized tours for them, to places of artistic or historical interest. He also established training both onboard the ships and ashore at schools. This training proved valuable to the sailor and to the navy as it increased interest in the men and increased the overall quality of the navy. Other achievements of JOSEPHUS DANIELS included initiating the switch from burning coal to oil on ships, and saving the navy and taxpayers countless dollars by vigorously fighting against collusive bidding on navy contracts. During his years as Secretary of the Navy, JOSEPHUS DANIELS identified problem areas within the navy, sought ideas to improved them, and then fought to incorporate these changes. His accomplishments were beneficial to the navy and will long be remembered. , . v ,, ,...v.....,.4......1.v......-.g4...L..-.....4..-sx4-1-f3-f- u' l '- ' ' H

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C PTAI O. C. CHI UM XX xx. xx- ,, W N i Captain O. Clarke Chisum, United States Navy, was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve from Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island in February 1952. He studied at the United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, Ordanance Engineering Curriculum, graduating with a Master of Science Degree. He has also attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College in Rome, Italy. A Captain Chisum's initial shipboard assignments were in the Engineering and Gunnery Departments of the west coast destroyer escorts GEORGE and CURRIER and in the Operations Department in the cruiser LOS ANGELES where he augmented into the Regular Navy. He has served as Executive Officer USS BARNEY CDDG-65 and as Weapons Officer USS FORRESTAL CCVA-595. Captain Chisum has commanded BARNEY and USS JOHN KING QDDG-35. In other assignments, Captain Chisum has served on the Staff Cruiser Division One, in the Bureau of Naval Weapons, in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and on the staff Manager Anti-Submarine Warfare Special Project Office. Captain Chisum took command of JOSEPHUS DANIELS on 13 December 1975 after serving as4Director, Naval Armaments Directorate on the Staff, United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Captain Chisum is currently serving as Commander Surface Warfare Development Group, Naval Amphibious Base, Little Greek, Norfolk, Virginia. Captain Chisum, whose home is San Francisco, California, is married to the former Caroline York of Baltimore, Maryland. They live with their daughter and three sons in Norfolk, Virginia.