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"They Also Serve Who Only Stond ondWoit"

J. FITZGERATDCOMMANDING OFFICER

To ollofficers, men, fomilies, ond friends of USS JOHN W. WEEKS:

The ogeless ond eternol seo colls mgny men lo its side. For some of us, the few yeors we willspend with this spirited ond groceful ship of ours ore the only seogoing Jovt *" will knoiv. For otherstl:]., ll" onother ffeo in our life's work..Yet throughout thispr.iir" ir" h'or" rtor"J togerhlr in thebond ot o potent fellowship, forged in lrovel, *o.k, onl occomplishment, ond tempered by'wind, \Move,ond weoiher.

No mon con soil ond live upon the seo,s greot foce without feeling his insignificonce. None consurvive o greot storm, os we hove done, without feeling his very life tJ be in th"e grip oi o for." b"-yond hrs comprehension. But we hove survived ond morelwe hove'done well, represenling our countryin mony londs, to mony people, ond throughout, night ond doy, being on stotio'n ""j ,"iay, r"oay oiCyprus, reody ot Zonzibor, ever reody for th-e *or *L oll hope'orr. ,"Idiness will pr"r"ni.-" '--'

To oll who reod.this, toke pride in ihls ship, in her officers, ond in her crew. She serves her coun-try with dignity ond honor. Moy we do the some.

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ATIANTIC & MEDITERRAN EANSEA PORTS

PONTA DELGADA, SAN MIGUET ISLAND, AZORESOn.the third_ night of our tronsil we received o messoge from the Commodore dispotching our shipto the oid of o Greek merchont ship who hod o bodly iniured mon oboord. We found th- SS ArgoOllondio in mid-Atlontic ond brought her mon oboord the Weeks. We then proceeded lo the verybeoutiful isle of Son Miguel. The people were friendly, sidewolks of mosoic tile, immoculote counlry-side, ond lush green lond. We stoyed overnighl ond it wos o welcomed breok from o long roughcrossi ng.

ARANCI BAY, SARDINIAAs the result of storm domoge from the crossing we steomed through Gibroltor lo Aronci Boy wherewe underwenl repoirs. There wos little doing here os it wos o non-liberty port. Christmos shopping wosdone oboord the lender ond in our ship's store. A porty wos given for school children in the town ofAronci ond over 200 children received dolls, toy cors, condy, fruit, sow cortoon movies ond songChristmos corols wiih men of the U.S. Novy ond Morines. On to the lond of Greece.

ATHENS, GREECEA Merry Christmos to

.olll Our stoy in Aihens wos brief, but os we were the only U.S. ship in portwe received o fine welcome ond on excellent porking ploce. Mony crew men hod'the oppoitunily toenioy Christmos dinner with Americon fomilies stotioned in ond oround Athens or with Greek fomi-lies. The Greeks celebroted the doy in neorly the ssme monner os we do.Comfortobly eorly on Christmos morn we ossembled on the fontoil for o surprise. Hundreds of giftssent from you, our loved ones, ond oddressed to Ensign Rudolph Reindeer, were opened to the-de-light of oll the crew_oswell os the mony Greeks who lined the neorby fence. Your thoughtfulness goveus oll o very worm feeling on lhot doy spent so for from home.

CYPRUSThe Weeks wos sent from Athens o doy eorly to toke up potrol slotion of the emboitled islond of Cy-prus. Our potrol wos shorl ond we were relieved ond sent to Beriut io refuel before heoding souihto the Suez Conol.

AZORES

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"Who is Rudolph Reindeer?"

"l wonder i{ she sent one?"

RED SEA & INDIAN OCEAN PORTS

THE CANAL, PORT SAID & PORT SUEZllloppy New- Yeorl Cheers with o cup of chicken soup os we wotched the northbound convoy celebrotethe birth o{ 1964 in our occustomed style. Oh well, it wos over quickly. The ship heoded the south-bound convoy out of the smoll city of Port Soid. The Weeks wos the first ship through the conol in1964. The trip throu-gh the conol wo.s very_interesting. Sond ond borren desert on one iide ond greenoosis ond plonted fields on the other. After l7 miles we reoched the city of Port Suez. The shippingin ond oboui the conol wos tremendous. The entire operotion wos efficiently run by the Egyptions'whoreop vost benef its f rom this 1869 engineering feot.

JEDDAH, SAUDIA ARABIAThe shifting sonds of the desert ond our introduction to the Arob world took ploce in this moior city ofArobio. Across the pier wos on old ship looded with hundreds of comels (one hump) ond goots fiomEthiopio. All of Arobio is without liquor ond beer so our entertoinment wos oll in ihe oth-letic field.Itwos on-interesting ploce. Strolling through the morket ploce wos the only sightseeing we did. A lorgegroup of the crew wos invited to the home of Sheik Ali Rozo for o sumptuous feost. Our soccer teomployed its first gome here ogoinst o leom mode up of Arobion porotroopers. We lost the motch butenioyed il os much os the hundreds of Arobs who lined the field to wotch.

Berbero wos the top of irs closs """t[B:[i'rt"?iti!l:ffyr?tlti,sed the settlement untit we sot veryclose to shore ond o few houses were sighted. As lhis wos our firsl time in Africo we oll *dre u"ry

curious os to whot we would find. We found o smoll villoge, Russions surveying lhe horbor, moderngos stolions, o few trucks, ond o soccer teom thot toyed with us to ihe delight of the crowd of Africonspresent. The weother wos beoutiful ond we spent o good deol of time on the fine beoches neor thetown. We left thot f ine spot ond heoded due north for Aden.

ADEN, ADEN PROTECTORATEAden wos o shopper's porodise. Here we hod o chonce to bicker with the locol shop keepers to thebest of our obility. Those who didn't know how, leorned quickly. Rodios, tope recorders, comeros, ondbinoculors were omong the best buys os Aden wos o duty free port. The British were wonderful hosts.We ployed boskelboll, soccer, boseboll, ond even leorned o little cricket. The beoches were nice ondthe best borgoin wos o gin ond tonic for I04. One evening the executive officer brought oboord theSixth Regiolol Royol Air Force Bond ond \{e were treoted to o imoshing bond concert on the fontoil.It wos o first-for the RAF ond for the USN.

DJIBOUTI, FRENCH SOMA[ILANDBock to Africo ogoin ond this time we were greeted by the French. The French soilors homeportedthere hod our sympothy os lhe oreo wos yery dry ond hot. There were o few ploces to go ot nighi,ond ii wos noto very lively stop. Our doys in Diibouti were spent getting the ship pointed out for ourtrip lo Mossowo' Eihiopio'

MA''AWA, ETHI.'TAThe re-oson \Me wer-e

-s-ent to Mossqwo wos to be the officiol representotive of the United Stotes ot theceremonies for the Ethiopion Novol Doy. As we steomed into the horbor preporotions were in fullswing for the orrivol of his lmperiol r[o'iesty, Hoile Solossie, Emperor of Ethiopio. The French ondlndions olso hod senf o ship to represent their notions. Mony porodes followed ond thousonds of no-tives lined ihe streets to see their leoder. One doy 2,500 men from ouilying oreos orrived on comels-to poy tribute to the emperor. Our drill ieom morched very well ot the groduotion ceremonies ondoll hod on opportunity to see Solossie, the longest reigning monorch in the world, 40 yeors os emper-or. Some of us hod the chonce to trovel 60 miles inlond to the city of Asmoro up in the mountoins.We were quite surprised to find such o modern ploce. The city wos founded ond built by the ltolionsond wos like being in ltoly.

KARACHI, PAKISTANIt wos rumored thot there might be o demonstrotion upon our orrivol in Korochi, but we found the cityno less friendly thon the olhers. Although there ore not o greot number of tourists in thot city, enter-loinment wos obundonl. We sow o greotdeolof the city riding oboui in horse corrioges ond on molorscooters. Now we con better understond the problems of ihot country ofler seeing the poverty. Shop-ping wos good for such things os bross, silks ond wooden obiects. We were entertoined one ofternoonby o mongoose ond cobro duel on the fontoil. We olso ployed soccer ond bosketboll with the Pokis-tonese novol codets.

MOMBASA, KENYADue to lhe situotion in Zonzibor our schedule wos chonged ond we heoded south rother thon spendtime in the Persion Gulf. We crossed the equolor ol 43 44.00 Eost on o beoutiful doy ond ,nJ"iu"ntthe honoroble initioiion,ond th,e chonge.from Pollyyog to SJrellbock. King N"pirn" *o, in oll his ,pl"n-dor ond his court did their iobs well. We orrived irithe Porr of Momb"oso d"i

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oble stoy. Th.e city wos c.leon, neot, modern, ond offered good rest onJ i"io*Lrion. There ,uo. o notice-oble lock of beggors ond lhe people were very friendly. Mony men went on sofori, not

"nitt-' o oun butyith o comero., ond sow ih.e sights of the'reol Africo. The Tsovo Gome Pork wos or rt"," fooi of fr4t.Kilimonio.ro ond we sow elephonts-, lions, impol.o,.oll. the gome of Africo. We ployed U,"rt"tU"li ond olittle..rugby w.ith the British. I think thot we oll feel if it'wos not for the gritish ih" t,,iddl" Eost-oreo

would be in o bod position todoy. Next stop wos the Suez Conol ond bock to the Med.

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i . MY UNDERWATER OSC I LLATERS I ND I CATE REPULS I VE POLLYWOGS ABOARD WEEKSNOT PROPEFLY CONCERNED OVER ARRIVAL MY ROYAL PRESENCE.

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1. EASH po[Lvwoc L00K0ur wllu BE KNowN By A LARGE LETTER nPn 0N RIGHTCHEEK AND THE LETTER NLT ON LEFT CHEEK IN MERTHIOLATE, OTHERWISEUN I FoRM wr r-l BE AS FoR HUMAN SACR I F I CE 0F lN'fT I AT l0N CEREM0NYTHANDKERCHIEF KNOTTED AT CORNERS ON HEAD, SKIVVY SHIRTS' DUNGAREETROUSIRS,LONG GLASSES USED WILL BE PROVIDED BY MY ROYAL SCRIBE AND MINISTER

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e500- Reveille for Shellbocks. Pollywogs sleep in (!?!?l)

0'530-Set the pollywog lookouts

0600- Reveille for pollywogs

0605-Morning proyer by Choploin Collinsfor the soon lo be deporting souls of pollywogs.

0630- Breokfost for Shellbocks

0645- Breokfost for oll pollywogs in crews mess

0730-Set the pollywogs ceremoniol honor guord in prescribed uni{ormCI/45-Neplunus Rex ond Royol Porty on 0l level between slocks for picture toking by ony of crew

8800-(obout) Arrivol of NEPTUNUS REX, met by Commonding Officer. lmmediotely uponNEPTUNUS REX oll lowly pollywogs willfoll into designoted quorters for muster.

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VALETTA, MALTA,', e were ogoin in the cold north, butspring wos oround the corner os v/e pulled in to Molto. The islond;'s iusi south of Sicily ond is oll rock. lt reminded one of on English speoking ltoly. We took tours of'^e islond ond sow mony beoutiful churches ond houses. The islond receiveJo heovy beoting ot the-:rds of the Nozi during WWll but neverwos token. As o resuli the people of the islond wer"e qiven'^= George's.Cross by the King of Englond in honor of their brovery. We ployed soccer ond boskEtboll* 'r the British ond enioyed the fine food ot the sidewqlk cofes.

NAP[ES, ITATY: some old solts Noples.seem: ol.most os fomilior os Norfolk. We were to stoy there for obout two

*eeks for o tender period. We hod to occustom ourselves to the crowds outside the fleet londing oll'-,ing to sell us something.-ere wos omple opporiunity to go on tours to Pompeii, Copri, ond to Rome. The horbor wos full-

S. ships ond ot night their friendship lights shone brightly. Shopping in Noples wos like shopping'-e U.S. ltoly wos o very inleresting country ond we hod more to see.

SAVONA, ITATY"', e steomed to Sovono ond upon entering the horbor discovered thot we were to moor in downtownS:vens. We bocked the ship up to.the seo woll os one would bock hls cor into the goroge. The ciiy is::oied in the Moritime Alps ond is o short distonce from Genoo. We spent enioy-oble-ofternoons sit-

-ng ot the. mony sidewolk cofes. While there we helped redo o Boy Scout meeting ploce. We pointedcut up light fixtures, ond purchosed tile for the troop. When the iob wos over, the scouts ond the{ileoders goye us o rousing,wine filled porty. We left Sovono with the thought thot we hqd done o goodiob.

VALENCIA, SPAINThe weother wos now beoutiful, ond we sieomed into sunny Spoin. Ihere wos much to do. Shoppingwos good ond it wos interesting, leother goods, clothes, ond oll types of gifts were ovoiloble. The citywos beoutiful with fountqins, gordens, ond friendly people. Food wos excellent. The leoding eventswere the.b^ull fights on Sundoy ofternoon in the Plozo de Toros, plozo of the bulls. We oll felt-thot thewomen of Spoin were the most beoutiful, however, they hod to be home every night by ten o'clock.

CANNES, FRANCEDuring the doylight hours we spent os much time os possible neor the beoutiful beoches of the FrenchRiviero wotching the beoch girls. The Connes Film Festivol wos toking ploce ot thot time ond the oreowos.full of people, The outside cofes in the city were usuolly full ond offered o fine ploce for peoplewotching. Some of the crew troveled to Monoco ond tried their hond ot the wheels in Monte Corio.

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SHIP'S HISTORY

The USS John W. Weeks (DD 701) is o 2200 ton Sumner closs Destroyer. She wos built in the Keor.neyNew Jersey shipyord oi o cost of eighi million dollors, exclusive of ormoment. She wos lounched 2lMoy, 1944'ond ploced in commission ot the Brooklyn Novy Yord on 2l July, 1944. She wos nomed forlohn W. Weeks 'who wos the Secretory of Wor from 1921 to 1924 ond o leoding f igure in Mossochu-setls ond notionol politics for mony yeors.

During World Wor ll the Weeks operoted in the Pocific Theoter with Tosk Forces 38 ond 58. She portic-ipoteJ in strikes ogoinst lwo Jimo, Okinowo, ond the Joponese home islonds. She sustoined domogefrom o coostol defense gun on lwoJimo ond ogoin from heovy seos off the coost of Jopon. The Weeksspent the remoinder of t[e wor steoming with ilie fost coi"rier tosk force in the South Chino Seo ond offthe coost of Jopon.

Since the wor the Weeks hos been decommissioned twice for brief periods only lo be recommissionedond sent bock to seo. She ochieved internolionol recognition in I950 when she.stood by the crippledfreighter SS Flying Enterprise ond her courogeous coptoin, Kurt Corlson in o gollonl^effort lo sove thesinklng ship. Wee[s olso porticipoted in on oround-the-world cruise from November 1953 to June 1954.She wos ihe first U.S. worship through the St. Lowrence Seowoy os it morked its opening in 1959. lnMorch of 1960 she become the first U.S. ship to enter the Block Seo since 1945.

When the Weeks wos not getting her nome in the poper ond in history she wos busy with he.r.regulorduties. Deploymenis to tlie Mediterroneon, Corribeon, ond North Atlontic for troining midshipmen,showing the f log, ond contributing to notionol preporedness took yp her time. The Weeks is now grow-ing old, but she is still o sleek greyhound of ih-e seo reody

.to perform her duties ot o moments notice.MIny of her sister ships hove been removed from service but she hos not. We ore oll proud to serveon this fine ond fomous ship.

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K. C. Brown RM3 N. R. Sell RM3

L. D. Mortin QMSN

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R. J. Russell RDSN A. F. Brunnar RDSN

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