Knox (DE 1052) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR M.E. Fitzgerald Executive Officer LCDR PC. Nelson Executive Officer The Executive Officer, as the next senior officer to the captain, maintains and administers the routine of the Knox. During the initial Westpac cruise, the plankowner X.O., Lcdr. Nelson, was relieved by Lcdr. Fitzgerald. Lcdr. P.C. Nelson put Knox through many firsts, and with Knox, developed many successful procedures to be utilized by this new class of ship. He enjoyed work- ing with people and spent many hours counselling shipmates on available career opportunities. Lcdr. Fitzgerald assumed the duties of X.O. in Dec. while Knox was in Tonkin Gulf. Coming to Knox from the Naval Post- graduate School in Monterey, Calif.. He brought with him many new programs and inovations. RAZZAMATAZZ.

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COMMANDING OFFICER CMDR. E. W. Hays, Commanding Officer Commander Hays is the second skipper of Knox, assuming com- mand in June of 1970. He now has the distinction of commanding the first DE-1052 class ship during a Westpac deployment, and has seen many other firsts for the Knox and the Knox class DE. Commander Hays came to Knox from duty with the Naval Ordnance Systems Command in Washington, D.C. and a varied background of experience. His career has covered duty assignments on several de- stroyers including command of the Pearl Harbor based Wilhoite, during 1966-67. He is a veteran of several deployments with the U.S. Seventh Fleet and operations off the coast of Viet Nam.

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Commodore D.W. Knox The USS Knox was named for commodore Dudley W. Knox, a native of Fort Walla Walla, Washington. Commodore Knox graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Sept. of 1892 and served in the Cuban waters during the Spanish -American war. His lengthy career included command of the naval station at Guantanamo Bay; Cuba and the cruisers Brooklyn and Charleston. In June of 1946 commodore Knox was relieved of all active duty. Focusing his full attention to the perservation of U.S. Naval history, he became a full-time volunteer to the Naval Historical Society, which he founded some two decades earlier. Commodore Knox died on June 11, 1960, and was buried in Arling- ton National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. His written legacy to his country and his navy is a record of accurate history which remains a source of information and guidance to the navy he served and loved. Among his literary works are: The Naval Genius of George Washington and A History of the United States Navy .