Josephus Daniels (DLG 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE GOOD OLD DAYS ' DANIELS PRE-COM CREW TO LEAVE NEWPORT MONDAY Daniels PreCom Crew To Leave Newport Monday The precommissioning crew of the guided missile frigate Jo- sephus Daniels will depart from the Fleet Training Center Mon- day, having completed 12 weeks of precom instruction. The 250-officer and enlisted man crew will join the ship ' s nucleus crew at the Boston Naval Ship- yard where Josephus Daniels is scheduled to be commissioned Saturday, May 8. £ - J£JLA -Ji FTC Training After arriving at Newport on Feb. 8, the personnel underwent training in shipboard operations, military training, and physical conditioning. Josephus Daniels was built at Bath, Maine. She will be home- ported at Norfolk, Va. With Captain H. A. Cummings as commanding officer, the ship ' s company will include 24 officers and 373 enlisted men. Operating offensively, inde- pendently or with strike forces against air, surface or submarine attack, will be Josephus Daniels ' mission.

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-HI NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND Pre-Com Training To Begin Monday For Daniels Crew Precommissioning training for the crew of the guided missile frigate fosephus Daniels will commence at Fleet Training Center on Monday. fosephus Daniels, to lie commanded by Capt. H. A. Cum- mings, will have a crew of 24 officers and 373 enlisted men. They will be trained in shipboard operations, military training and physical conditioning- during the k precommissioning peri- mi The personnel, upon comple- tion of training, will report to Boston where Josephus Daniels will be commissioned in May. The ship will then proceed to the West Coast and her homeport of San Diego, Calif. The ship is named after a noted newspaper man who was appoint- ed Secretary of the Navy by President Wilson in 1913. He in- troduced a number of significant reforms: the establishment of promotion in ranks, abolishment of the officers ' wine messes, and making one hundred enlisted men available for the Naval Academy each year. The vessel is 547 feet long and carries the most modern weapons system afloat, giving her the cap- ability to deal effectively with any threat. The mission of the Josephus Daniels is to operate offensively either independently or with strike forces against air, surface or submarine attack. Armament Josephus Daniels is equipped with a sonar detection system, ASROC i anti-submarine rockets i, DASH (drone anti-submarine hel- icopter I and conventional torpe- does enabling her to detect, track and attack submarines at ex- tended ranges. The ship ' s supersonic TER- RIER missiles enable her to in- tercept and destroy aircraft many miles from their intended target. Josephus Daniels was con- structed by the Bath Iron Works. Bath, Me. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Robert Woronoff of Larchmont, N. Y., and Mrs. Clyde Rich, Jr. of New York City, granddaughters of Josephus Dan- iels. The ship was launched Nov. 30, 1963.

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THE USS JosephusDaniels(DLG-27) insignia, designed and drawn by R. A. Tyler, PNSN, is distinctly sym- bolic of Josephus Daniels ' career in public service. The eagle at thetop, part of the United States ' national emblem, depicts Josephus Daniels ' service as a member of the Presi- dent ' s Cabinet as Secretary of the Navy, and as U. S. Ambassador to Mexico. The quill in the upper right corner of the shield reflects Jose- phus Daniels ' considerable back- ground as an author, editor and publisher, while the anchor in the lower left represents his service as Secretary of the Navy during the period from 1913 to 1921.