WhatsNew:
Feb 2, 2012
New Members
Stanley Bryn ET S1c 45 - 46
John P (jack) Cress Mid'n 3/C 63
Richard Dainty FN 48 - 50
William Gillespie LTJG 68 -69
John Metroka FN 58 - 60
Claude Minton SN 1/C 44 - 45
Roy Pruitt SN 47
Robert H Snyder III BT3 68 - 70
Vernon C Spires RD2 67 - 69
Ron Suprenant EM3 55 - 57
Charles Tumey ET 60 - 63
Newsletter will be sent out in February 2012.
2012 Reunion
Forms are in the February 2012 newsletter for this year's reunion in Jachsonville FL.
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Sick Call:
If you know of any of our shipmates that are sick or in the hospital; please contact Bob Miller or Len Budzynski
February 2, 2012
Jim Brown
Joe Cayea
Harriett Goodmuth
Kate Johnson
Gus Mark
Larry Requarth
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Taps:
If you know of any of our shipmates or family members that passed away; please contact Bob Miller or Len Budzynski.
February 2, 2012
John Demyan, Served 1943 - 1945
Frederick Hugh Hart, Served 1950 - 1952
Corwin (Cork) D Minick, Served 1948 - 1952
Seymour C Sanhaus, Served 1943
David John Sarver, Served 1955 - 1956
Richard Schwartz, Served 1958 - 1961
Alice Thatcher, wife of Don Thatcher
Sunk as a Target
November 19, 1970, the Weeks was towed out to sea off the Virginia Capes and was sunk as a target in 1330 fathoms during a U.S. Naval Landing Forces exercise. The exact point where the Weeks went down is: 37 degrees 10.7 minutes north and 73 degrees 45.6 minutes west.
Built to last for 10 to 12 years, the Weeks was in service for 26 years. She was a shining example of WWII era workmanship augmented over the many years of her service by the care lavished upon her by her loyal crew.
During the Weeks 26 years of service to all corners of the globe the Weeks did what she was asked to do and did it well. The Weeks never missed an assignment or deployment throughout her many years of service. The USS John W. Weeks (DD – 701) was awarded four battle stars for her World War II service:
- Luzon operations
- Iwo Jima operations
- Okinawa Gunto operations, and,
- Japan operations
And, two battle stars for her Vietnam Service:
- TET/Counter Offensive ,and,
- Vietnam summer – fall 1969
Anyone visiting the U.S. Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland will find an image of the John W. Weeks (DD -701) etched into the stone that stands at the grave of Captain Robert A. Theobald, USN, the Weeks’ first Commanding Officer.
Also, when visiting the U.S. Naval Memorial in Washington, D.C., be sure to take time to view the plaque honoring the USS John W. Weeks (DD-701).
Other "Weeks" ships
The USS Weeks (DE – 285) was a proposed Rudderow class destroyer escort that was never built. Plans called for the USS Weeks to be built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina. The contract was cancelled on June 10, 1944.
The SS John W. Weeks , a self propelled barracks ship was laid down on December 9, 1942, and launched on January 2, 1943. It was delivered to the War Shipping Administration for operation under contract to the U.S. Army Transportation Service. During 1951 the ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy and placed in service as the USS DuPage (APB – 51). Later it was placed out of service (date unknown) and returned to the Maritime Administration for disposal. The ship was scrapped during 1959.
(from “The Leaky Weeks Almanac”, February 2010 issue.)
