![]() ![]() He came out of the Academy determined to prove himself perfect and to give no one any cause for complaint. Maryk (see above) later disclosed, he did not bear up well under the hazing from upperclass midshipmen. Queeg graduated the US Naval Academy in 1936. (World War II, of course, predated the Uniform Code of Military Justice that now serves as the body of military law in all services.) That act occasioned a sensational court-martial of Maryk that, ironically, caused the Navy to shunt Commander Queeg into shore billets for the duration of the war. Maryk USNR, relieved him of command under Artlcles 184, 185 and 186 of the Articles for the Government of the Navy, then the governing body of regulations for the Navy. On 18 December 1944, his executive officer, Lieutenant Steven W. ![]() He succeeded to this command in September of 1943. DMS’s of that era carry low registry numbers because they are among the first destroyers to launch.) ![]() (Note: “DMS” stands for “Destroyer Minesweeper” and refers to a World War I era destroyer converted for high-speed sweeping. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PHILIP FRANCIS QUEEG USN served as commanding officer of the USS Arthur Wingate Caine DMS-18 (or DMS-22 in the original source material). ![]()
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