Last Change of Command

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Whitehurst’s Last
Change of Command Ceremony.

USS Whitehurst DE-634

Cruiser Destroyer Forces
United States Pacific Fleet

2030 hours 18 October 1968
Base Theater
Naval Supply Center Puget Sound, Seattle Div.

Program
Invocation, Chaplain Vernon E. Awes
Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of
Captain R. S. Evetts COMRESDESDIV 13ND

Presentation of Thirteenth Naval District
Anti-Submarine Warfare Award to

LCDR C. F. Bryant
COM 13 Representative

Reading of Orders
LCDR C. F. Bryant

Reading of Orders
LCDR P. V. Paterson reads his orders
and assumes command of USS Whitehurst

Benediction, Chaplain Vernon E. Awes

Cake Cutting and Reception at the rear of the room

A Brief History

We are indebted to Charles Bryant, son of LCDR C. F. Bryant, who supplied the material for this article. It is the only record we have of a Change of Command Ceremony. mc

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Whitehurst’s Last Change of Command Ceremony.
USS Whitehurst DE-634
Cruiser Destroyer Forces United States Pacific Fleet
2030 hours 18 October 1968 Base Theater Naval Supply Center Puget Sound, Seattle Div.



Program Invocation, Chaplain Vernon E. Awes Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Captain R. S. Evetts COMRESDESDIV 13ND Presentation of Thirteenth Naval District Anti-Submarine Warfare Award to LCDR C. F. Bryant COM 13 Representative
Reading of Orders LCDR C. F. Bryant





Reading of Orders LCDR P. V. Paterson reads his orders and assumes command of USS Whitehurst



Benediction, Chaplain Vernon E. Awes
Cake Cutting and Reception at the rear of the room

A Brief History
We are indebted to Charles Bryant, son of LCDR C. F. Bryant, who supplied the material for this article. It is the only record we have of a Change of Command Ceremony. mc