Worden (DLG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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Message from the Captain This book is about people. The fine destroyermen who have made WORDEN the smart ship she is today and established the reputation of WORDEN throughout the fleet. In the years ahead, whether we advance in the Navy or progress in civilian life, this book will help us recall the memories of the way WORDEN did it and remember our many good friends and shipmates. As a crew of many fine men, WORDEN has surely shown Can do and The job is done . Efjfigai Captain E. W. Hays, USN COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Hays, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Hays of Giltner, Nebraska, graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1953. Since then his career has included several and varied tours of sea duty, mostly in the Pacific Fleet, commencing with the USS MENIFEE QAPA-2025 during the Korean conflict and most recently with the USS KNOX CDE-10523 operating off the coast of Vietnam. Other tours have included Operations Oiiicer, USS RAYMOND CDE-3413, operating out of New- port, Rhode Islandg pre-commissioning detail and initial crew as Missile Officer of USS TOPEKA CCLG-85g pre-commissioning detail and first Weapons Officer of the USS HOEL QDDG-135g and Executive Officer of the USS COONTZ CDLG-QD. Command tours for Capt. Hays were in Pearl Harbor based destroyers WILHOITE CDER-3975 and KNOX CDE- 10525. During the time set aside as ghgre duty, Captain Hays attended the U. S. Naval Post- graduate School at Monterey following the Ordnance Engineering Curricula: two years instructing First Class Midshipmen at the U. S. Naval Academyg and two years with the Naval Ordnance Systems Command Headquarters in Washington. D. C. , ,,. , -4- W G-XX t

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Capiuin G. B. Shick, Jr., USN FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER Captain George B. Shick, Jr., enlisted in the U. S. Navy in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1944. During the latter stages of World War II he served in USS AMSTERDAM QCL-1015 in the Pacific area. He obtained a fleet ap- pointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1950. During the Korean con- flect he served in USS ROGERS CDDR-8762, and as Executive Officer, USS GULL CAMS- 16D homeported in Japan. Other sea tours include duty as Executive Officer, USS GYATT CDDG-15, USS DEWY CDLG-143 and USS TOPEKA CCLG-83 and Commanding Oflicer, USS FRIGATE BIRD CMSC-191D, USS WILLIAM V. PRATT CDLG-133 and USS WORDEN CDLG-181. Capt. Shick also served on the staff of Commander Destroyer Flotilla Five in Pearl Harbor for two years. Shore tours include study at the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he completed the Command Communications Curriculum. In 1964, Capt. Shick became the first U. S. Navy graduate of the Indian Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, South India. He is also a graduate of the Command and Staff Course at the U. S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island and the National War College, Washington, D. C. From 1966 to 1968 and 1970 to 1971 Capt. Shick served in the Office of Director, Naval Communications. D-A-Q O I 1 lu. 4 4 X 4 ' . 'if fffff- f, f Rah F v bg:

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Q' 4 at if 1 , Q- Communder R. M. Moorse, USN EXECUTIVE OFFICER 9 532, Nu. V' 1 .7 EC 1 1fL X R Q '1 1 ' ' '-'E -..E9lzw- , CDR. D. B- DICKMAN, USN LCDR. s. w. LOMBARDO, USN April 1972 - Apm 1973 April 1973 - October 1973 , 6