1970 Command History report on USS ORLECK (DD886) from her Commanding Officer. Fleet Post Office San Francisco 96601 DD 886/34:lu 5700 Ser/30 26 Mar 1971 From: Commanding Officer, USS ORLECK (DD886) To: Director of Naval History Subj: Command History (OPNAV Report 5750-1); submission of Ref: (a OPNAVINST 5750.12A Encl: (1) USS ORLECK OPNAV Report 5750-1 [Read more…]
“Mrs. Joseph Orleck (Gertha)-letter to Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. “”Please accept my deep appreciation of the honor conferred upon my husband, the late Lieutenant Joseph Orleck in naming a destroyer in his name. As per instructions in your letter of January 26, 1945, I have advised the Supervisor of Construction at the Consolidated [Read more…]
“Mrs Joseph Orleck (Gertha), advised of naming of ship after Lieutenant Joseph Orleck an designating her as sponsor to christen the USS ORLECK (DD-886).”
Approval of name USS ORLECK (for the United States Destroyer DD886. Ralph A. Bard, Acting Secretary of the Navy.”
“Approval is recommended of the following names for the vessels indicated: (Among others) ORLECK In honor of the late Lt. Joseph Orleck, USN-Classification-DD886. W.S. Farber, Sus Chief of Naval Operations.”
Joseph Orleck-Died-Presumptive 10 September 1944. In compliance with section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended, death is presumed to have occurred on the 10th day of September, 1944. Place: Mediterranean Area. Cause: Enemy Action. Next of kin: Gertha C. Orleck, wife, 2300 South Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Joseph Orleck-The President of The United States takes pleasure in presenting the NAVY CROSS to LIEUTENANT JOSEPH ORLECK, UNITED STATES NAVY for service as set forth in the following citation:For extraordinary heroism in action as Commanding Officer of the USS Nauset during the amphibious invasion of Italy on September 9, 1943. When his ship, approaching [Read more…]