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dedicote fhis book.

"They Also Serve Who Only Stond ondWoit"

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WEEKS:

The ogeless ond eternol seo colls mgny men lo its side. For some of us, the few yeors we will spend with this spirited ond groceful ship of ours ore the only seogoing Jovt *" will knoiv. For others tl:]., ll" onother ffeo in our life's work..Yet throughout thispr.iir" ir" h'or" rtor"J togerhlr in the bond 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 con survive 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 country in mony londs, to mony people, ond throughout, night ond doy, being on stotio'n ,"iay, '--' r"oay oi Cyprus, reody ot Zonzibor, ever reody for th-e *or *L oll hope'orr. ,"Idiness will pr"r"ni.-" ""j
To oll who reod.this, toke pride in ihls ship, in her officers, ond in her crew. She serves her country with dignity ond honor. Moy we do the some.

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ATIANTIC & MEDITERRAN EAN SEA PORTS

PONTA DELGADA, SAN MIGUET ISLAND, AZORES

On.the third_ night of our tronsil we received o messoge from the Commodore dispotching our ship to the oid of o Greek merchont ship who hod o bodly iniured mon oboord. We found th- SS Argo Ollondio in mid-Atlontic ond brought her mon oboord the Weeks. We then proceeded lo the very beoutiful isle of Son Miguel. The people were friendly, sidewolks of mosoic tile, immoculote counlryside, ond lush green lond. We stoyed overnighl ond it wos o welcomed breok from o long rough
crossi ng.

ARANCI BAY, SARDINIA

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

ATHENS, GREECE

A Merry Christmos to .olll Our stoy in Aihens wos brief, but os we were the only U.S. ship in port we received o fine welcome ond on excellent porking ploce. Mony crew men hod'the oppoitunily to enioy Christmos dinner with Americon fomilies stotioned in ond oround Athens or with Greek fomilies. 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 gifts sent from you, our loved ones, ond oddressed to Ensign Rudolph Reindeer, were opened to the-delight of oll the crew_oswell os the mony Greeks who lined the neorby fence. Your thoughtfulness gove us oll o very worm feeling on lhot doy spent so for from home.

CYPRUS

The Weeks wos sent from Athens o doy eorly to toke up potrol slotion of the emboitled islond of Cyprus. Our potrol wos shorl ond we were relieved ond sent to Beriut io refuel before heoding souih to the Suez Conol.

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Greek seomon ossisled on the ship.

Our possenger is token to the hospitol.

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PORTS

THE CANAL, PORT SAID & PORT SUEZ llloppy New- Yeorl Cheers with o cup of chicken soup os we wotched the northbound convoy celebrote the birth o{ 1964 in our occustomed style. Oh well, it wos over quickly. The ship heoded the southbound convoy out of the smoll city of Port Soid. The Weeks wos the first ship through the conol in 1964. The trip throu-gh the conol wo.s very_interesting. Sond ond borren desert on one iide ond green oosis ond plonted fields on the other. After l7 miles we reoched the city of Port Suez. The shipping in ond oboui the conol wos tremendous. The entire operotion wos efficiently run by the Egyptions'who reop vost benef its f rom this 1869 engineering feot. JEDDAH, SAUDIA ARABIA The shifting sonds of the desert ond our introduction to the Arob world took ploce in this moior city of Arobio. Across the pier wos on old ship looded with hundreds of comels (one hump) ond goots fiom Ethiopio. 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 lorge group of the crew wos invited to the home of Sheik Ali Rozo for o sumptuous feost. Our soccer teom ployed its first gome here ogoinst o leom mode up of Arobion porotroopers. We lost the motch but enioyed il os much os the hundreds of Arobs who lined the field to wotch.

Berbero wos the top of irs closs the settlement untit we sot very """t[B:[i'rt"?iti!l:ffyr?tlti,sed close 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, modern gos stolions, o few trucks, ond o soccer teom thot toyed with us to ihe delight of the crowd of Africons present. The weother wos beoutiful ond we spent o good deol of time on the fine beoches neor the town. We left thot f ine spot ond heoded due north for Aden. ADEN, ADEN PROTECTORATE Aden wos o shopper's porodise. Here we hod o chonce to bicker with the locol shop keepers to the best of our obility. Those who didn't know how, leorned quickly. Rodios, tope recorders, comeros, ond binoculors 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 ond the best borgoin wos o gin ond tonic for I04. One evening the executive officer brought oboord the Sixth 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[ILAND Bock to Africo ogoin ond this time we were greeted by the French. The French soilors homeported there 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 our trip lo Mossowo' Eihiopio' MA''AWA, ETHI.'TA The re-oson \Me wer-e -s-ent to Mossqwo wos to be the officiol representotive of the United Stotes ot the ceremonies for the Ethiopion Novol Doy. As we steomed into the horbor preporotions were in full swing for the orrivol of his lmperiol r[o'iesty, Hoile Solossie, Emperor of Ethiopio. The French ond lndions olso hod senf o ship to represent their notions. Mony porodes followed ond thousonds of notives lined ihe streets to see their leoder. One doy 2,500 men from ouilying oreos orrived on comelsto poy tribute to the emperor. Our drill ieom morched very well ot the groduotion ceremonies ond oll hod on opportunity to see Solossie, the longest reigning monorch in the world, 40 yeors os emperor. 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 ltolions ond wos like being in ltoly. KARACHI, PAKISTAN It wos rumored thot there might be o demonstrotion upon our orrivol in Korochi, but we found the city no less friendly thon the olhers. Although there ore not o greot number of tourists in thot city, enterloinment wos obundonl. We sow o greotdeolof the city riding oboui in horse corrioges ond on molor scooters. Now we con better understond the problems of ihot country ofler seeing the poverty. Shopping wos good for such things os bross, silks ond wooden obiects. We were entertoined one ofternoon by o mongoose ond cobro duel on the fontoil. We olso ployed soccer ond bosketboll with the Pokistonese novol codets.

MOMBASA, KENYA Due to lhe situotion in Zonzibor our schedule wos chonged ond we heoded south rother thon spend time in the Persion Gulf. We crossed the equolor ol 43 44.00 Eost on o beoutiful doy ond ,nJ"iu"nt the honoroble initioiion,ond th,e chonge.from Pollyyog to SJrellbock. King N"pirn" *o, in oll his ,pl"ndor ond his court did their iobs well. We orrived irithe Porr of Momb"oso d"i Uil"f bri;"il en;oyoble stoy. Th.e city wos c.leon, neot, modern, ond offered good rest onJ i"io*Lrion. " There ,uo. o noticeoble lock of beggors ond lhe people were very friendly. Mony men went on sofori, not o oun but yith o comero., ond sow ih.e sights of the'reol Africo. The Tsovo Gome Pork wos or "nitt-' 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 o little..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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CATE REPULS I VE POLLYWOGS ABOARD WEEKS NOT PROPEFLY CONCERNED OVER ARRIVAL MY ROYAL PRESENCE. PRI0R!JY'-REQIFST 2o tN SRDER-tlrtsUne vou ARE PROPERLY WARNED 0F MY FRACTION THEREOF YOU POST ONE LOOKOUT FOR EACH 2A PALLYWOGS OR g5gg ON 11 FEBRUARY 196+. FROM EACH DIVISION AT po[Lvwoc BE KNowN By A LARGE LETTER nPn 0N RIGHT wllu L00K0ur EASH 1. NLT ON LEFT CHEEK IN MERTHIOLATE, OTHERWISE CHEEK AND THE LETTER UN I FoRM wr r-l BE AS FoR HUMAN SACR I F I CE 0F lN'fT I AT l0N CEREM0NYT HANDKERCHIEF KNOTTED AT CORNERS ON HEAD, SKIVVY SHIRTS' DUNGAREE TROUSIRS, GLASSES USED WILL BE PROVIDED BY MY ROYAL SCRIBE AND MINISTER LONG 4o PLEN I POTENT I ARY, DAVEY JONES" ME THROUGH THE I R LOUD 5o LOOKOUT SUPERVISORS WHOSE NAil/ES HAVE REACHED N4EMBERS ARE CONTUF,4fl l0US REi\ilARKS RTGARD ING l','1Y PERS0N AND COURT orstcNATED AS FOIUOWS: (nreo lN TWO C0LUMNS) DUTY STAT I 0N NAlvlE
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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.

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0830-Convene the Royol Court.

Commence presentotion of oll pollywogs to RoyolCourtfor o foir ond portiol triol of oll chorges pending ogoinst them--followed by corrying out of oll sentences in the woy of fines, penolties or humon socrifices oworded by the oforementioned illustrious court.
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VALETTA, MALTA 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 the -:rds of the Nozi during WWll but neverwos token. As o resuli the people of the islond wer"e ot 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.
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SAVONA, ITATY e steomed to Sovono ond upon entering the horbor discovered thot we were to moor in downtown S: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 pointed cut up light fixtures, ond purchosed tile for the troop. When the iob wos over, the scouts ond the{i leoders goye us o rousing,wine filled porty. We left Sovono with the thought thot we hqd done o good
VALENCIA, SPAIN The weother wos now beoutiful, ond we sieomed into sunny Spoin. Ihere wos much to do. Shopping wos good ond it wos interesting, leother goods, clothes, ond oll types of gifts were ovoiloble. The city wos beoutiful with fountqins, gordens, ond friendly people. Food wos excellent. The leoding events were the.b^ull fights on Sundoy ofternoon in the Plozo de Toros, plozo of the bulls. We oll felt-thot the women of Spoin were the most beoutiful, however, they hod to be home every night by ten o'clock. CANNES, FRANCE During the doylight hours we spent os much time os possible neor the beoutiful beoches of the French Riviero wotching the beoch girls. The Connes Film Festivol wos toking ploce ot thot time ond the oreo wos.full of people, The outside cofes in the city were usuolly full ond offered o fine ploce for people wotching. 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.ney New Jersey shipyord oi o cost of eighi million dollors, exclusive of ormoment. She wos lounched 2l wos nomed for Moy, 1944'ond ploced 'who in commission ot the Brooklyn Novy Yord on 2l July, 1944. She wos the Secretory of Wor from 1921 to 1924 ond o leoding f igure in Mossochulohn W. Weeks 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 porticipoteJ in strikes ogoinst lwo Jimo, Okinowo, ond the Joponese home islonds. She sustoined domoge from o coostol defense gun on lwoJimo ond ogoin from heovy seos off the coost of Jopon. The Weeks spent the remoinder of t[e wor steoming with ilie fost coi"rier tosk force in the South Chino Seo ond off the coost of Jopon.
Since the wor the Weeks hos been decommissioned twice for brief periods only lo be recommissioned ond sent bock to seo. She ochieved internolionol recognition in I950 when she.stood by the crippled freighter SS Flying Enterprise ond her courogeous coptoin, Kurt Corlson in o gollonl^effort lo sove the sinklng 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. ln Morch 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.regulor duties. 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 growing 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 serve on this fine ond fomous ship.

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