Josephus Daniels (DLG 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Alan J. Kaye Captain Alan Jarman Kaye was appointed Midshipman in 1942 after attending the Montana School of Mines. Upon being commissioned in 1 945 he was assigned to USS L ONG ISLAND ( CVE- 1 ) . He has completed 1 1 1 2 years in cruiser-destroyer forces, having served in the Pacific as Commanding Officer USS O ' BAN- NON {DD-450): Commanding Officer and Executive Officer, USS ERNEST G. SMALL (DD-838): Operations Officer of First Fleet Flagship. USS HELENA (CA-75): Engineenng Officer and Operations Officer. USS MC DERMUT {DD-677): Gunnery Officer. USS GURKE {DD-783): and Operations Officer of Staff. Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group SEVENTH Fleet. In June. 1966. he assumed command of Destroyer Division FOUR TWO in the Atlantic Fleet. Other duties have included: Com- munications Officer Fleet Air Wing ONE (China 1946): Navy Schools (1947): Electronic Warfare Officer. Naval Forces Far East (Japan 1952-1955): Electronic Warfare Officer. Staff Commander First Fleet (1956 in USS HELENA). Sub-Chief U.S. Naval Mission to Dominican Republic (1958-59): Special Assistant to the Director of Pan Amencan Affairs in the office of CNO (1 962-64) : and instruction at the Inter-Amencan Defense College in Washington. D. C (1967-68). When a Commander, he was assigned as U.S. Aide and escort to chiefs of state and ministers and chiefs of foreign navies dunng official visits to the U.S. He assumed his present duties in September. 1 968.

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Rear Admiral James Ashton Dare TiS . itlantic ' Peeee Rear Admiral James Ashton Dare graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with distinction and was commissioned Ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1 939. His first duty assignment was aboard the U.S.S. Arizona which was sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. His subsequent tours of duties included three years aboard the U.S.S. Maryland, two years at the Naval Postgraduate School, four years of research work in New Mexico and three months assigned to the Staff of Commander Destroyers. Atlantic Fleet. He took command of the U.S.S. DOUGLAS H. FOX {DD-779) in 1951 and participated in Korean waters under United Nations command, during which time Admiral Dare was awarded the Bronz Star Metal with Combat V for meritonous service. From 1943 to 1956 he was assigned to the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Maryland. Separated from there he reported to the U.S.S. COMPASS ISLAND (EAG-153) as prospective commanding officer. From there Admiral Dare served as Assistant Director of the Instrumentation Laboratory at M.I. T., Director, Advanced Technology Group, in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, and instructor at the National War College. In July 1962 he was assigned to the Joint Staff, Commander in Chief, Pacific. In December 1963 Admiral Dare was ordered to duty as Commander Amphibious Squadron TEN and commanded the Canb- bean Ready Group which landed at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Dunng the Dominican Cnsis he was awarded the Legion of Ment with Combat V for exceptionally meritorious service. In 1 965 he became Commander of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. White Oak, Maryland, and in August 1 966 was detached for duty as Deputy Director for Operations and Admini- siration. Defense Atomic Support Agency. Washington, D.C., also serving as Chief of the Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group. He attained the rank of Rear Admiral on 7 May 1967. In July 1968, Admiral Dare became Commander South Atlantic Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Upon assuming command, he took charge of operations UNITAS IX, in which a U.S. Navy Task Force cirlced South America for combined operations with the navies of Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile. Ecuador, and Colombia.

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Admiral Dare and Captain Kaye observing ASW ops on bridge of flagship. ■ ■ - n f - Left to right: LTJG Paul Mahlsted, LT Frank Giambatista. LCDR Herb Ellis. LCDR Clyde Mitchell. CDR David Olson. LTJG Peter Hurtz. LTJG Ken Lamb. CDR Antonio Suarez-Vasques. n aii ' !- L, ' .. : usses tactics at Pre Sail Conference in Salva. Unitas IX — the latest in a senes of cruist involving Navies of the United States. Colombi Venezuela. Brazil. Argentina. Chile, and Equadc The pnmary task of the navies is to exercn in the protection of sea lanes against any surf at or subsurface naval force attempting to blockac or disrupt shipping. The United States Force is Task Force 8i consisting of the flagship. USS JOSEPHU DANIELS (DLG-27), the destroyer US DAMATO {DD-871). the destroyer escc USS MC CLOY {DE-W38). the submarir USS CHOPPER {SS-342). two SP-2 patn planes and one C-1 31 transport.