Sellers (DDG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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ii firm, :Ii X, 3 Commander Daniel J. Margiewicz, USN Commanding Officer Commander Daniel J. Morgiewicz, USN, a naTive'of Ooshen, New York, enlisTed in The Navy IV1 OcToher i943 under The Navy's V-5 program and suhsequenTly aTTended Millsaps Collei-Jef -lockifoqb Mississippi and graduaTing from The UniversiTy of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma under The - College Training and NROTC program, being commissioned Ensign in The U. S. NGV0l Reserlfe' AfTer serving on The TransporT USS GENERAL W. A. MANN CAR-1125, he aTTended The General Lllrle School in NewporT, Rhode Island in July WL18. During This period he Transferred To The RGQU Of Nav . . CDR Morgiewicz was Then ordered To The aTTack carrier USS Ri'llLlRRlNE SEA fCVA'fl7lf TGWQ parT in The Korean War unTil June l95l, when he became a proiecT officer in The evaluaTion of au nevli elecTronic ClC sysTem. ln June i952 CDR Morgiewicz ioined The STaff of Commander Opemllono DevelopmenT Eorce in Norfolk, Va. l-le was nexT assigned as Engineer Officer on USS lTlAROLD J. ELLISON CDD-86113 and Two years laTer received orders as prospecTive ExecuTive OHICGV of USS JOHN WILLIS lDE-lO27l. l-le Then aTTended The Naval War College, NewporT, Rhode lSlClV1Cli Qmdu' aTing in June l959, when he became ExecuTive Officer on USS JOHN PAUL JONES lDD'932l- He nexT served as AssisTanT CruiserfDesTraYer RlacemenT Officer in The Bureau of Naval pefsonnel' WashingTon, D. C. CDR Morgiewicz assumed command of USS SELLERS CDDO-llj in Apfill l963j AVUOVIQ MS awards GFS The Navy UniT Commendation, Korean RresidenTial UniT CiTaTlon, Chmo Service Medal, Korean Campaign Medal wiTh four siars, UniTed NaTions Service Medflli -l0P0V'e5e Occ T' d ' ' dUT9G 'Om M9 Cl, NaTionol Defense Medal, World War II VicTory Medal and The American TheaTer Me a .

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3 if? giiih The USS SELLERS CDDG-lil is the tourth Guided-Missile Destroyer ot the DDG2 Class to be built at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. The keel was laid on 3 August i959 and the ship was launched on 9 September l96Q. Mrs. l-lugh D. Scott, wite ot Senator Scott ot Rennsylvania, was the Sponsor ot the SELLERS. l-ler husband was the principal speaker at the launching ceremony. The DDG-ll is the tirst ship to bear the name SELLERS. The ship's namesake is Admiral David Foote SELLERS, a tormer Commander-in-Chiet, U, S. Eleet, and Superintendent, U, S, Navy Acad- em . Dluring World War I Admiral Sellers was awarded the Navy Cross for exceptionally meritorious service as Commanding Officer ot the USS Agamemnon . During the uprisings in Nicaragua he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal For exceptionally meritorious service. ln the discharge of his duty of protecting lives and property, he displayed strength and initiative coupled with wis- dom and tempered by kindness and humanity . Admiral Sellers was always a staunch advocate at battle training under realistic conditions and was known as a great humanitarian. The SELLERS was completed and delivered to the Boston Naval Shipyard on 20 Qctober l96l. She was commissioned on 28 Qctober. Since commissioning the SELLERS has been engaged in Evaluation programs. SELLERS is a unit of Destroyer Squadron Six, homeported at Charleston, South Carolina. ln early September SELLERS returned to Charleston atter completing a shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, and in the same month went to Quincy, Massachusetts tor partici- pation in Destroyer Week . After completing the trip to Quincy, SELLERS had settled down tor a tender period when the Cuban crisis broke. Among the first ships on the quarantine line established by the Rresident, SELLERS spent a total ot six weeks in the Caribbean operating with the Quarantine Eorces and later with Qperational Test and Evaluation Eorce, Atlantic. Completing special operations with QRTEVEQR, SELLERS returned to Charleston tor an interim shipyard availability. With the shipyard work accomplished SELLERS engaged in type training exercises with units at Destroyer Squadron Six and participated in the annual Atlantic Eleet readiness exercise, Spring- board.

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xwxfiue LieuTenanT Commander Kanakanui was The firsT ExecuTive Officer of The Sellers. As such, he helped To ease her Through her growing pains. Much of The organizaTion and sharp appearance of The ship can be Traced back To him. l-le is now aTTached To The Bureau of Naval Weapons in WashingTon, D.C. 'P I l.Cdr. George M. Johnson, USN Execurive Officer K l.Cdr. W. Kanakaniu ExecuTive Officer LieuTenanT Commander George M. JOHNSON, USN, a naTive of Bailey lsland, Maine graduaTed from Maine MariTime Academy in June l952. Upon graduaTion he was commissioned as an Ensign, U.S.N.R. During The period befween June l952 and Sep- Tember l95l1, LCDR. JOHNSON served as a Second MaTe in The MerchanT Marine. Upon enTering acTive duTy in l954 he was assigned To The USS TANNER CAGS-l5l as EirsT Division Officer. In July 1955 he was assigned as AssisTanT Officer in Charge of The EleeT BoaT Rool, NewporT, Rhode lsland. During This period he Transferred To The Regular Navy. LCDR. JOHNSON was Then ordered To The USS CROMWELL CDE-l0lLU as ElecTronic MaTerial Officer, CommunicaTions Officer and compleTed his Tour as ODeraTions Officer. ln March i959 he aTTended The General Line School and upon gradu- acTion in December i959 was assigned To USS SPRINGFIELD CCLO-75 as Eire ConTrol Officer unTil AugusT l962. l-le nexT aTTended The Naval l3osTgraduaTe School and upon compleTion in June V963 he proceeded To USS SELLERS for duTy as ExecuTive Officer. 7- 4- -ur