Captain US Navy
Naval Academy graduate - 1929
Retired from US Navy in 1955
Changed surname to Berkley (from Berzowski)
According to our family, Uncle Joe was considered for a high-ranking Navy position to direct the original development of naval nuclear propulsion that eventually went to four-star admiral, Hyman G. Rickover. Rickover eventually became known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy."
Lieutenant Commander (LTCMD) Berkley was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 as the communications officer and Conning tower officer during WWII. The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
Naval Academy graduate - 1929
Retired from US Navy in 1955
Changed surname to Berkley (from Berzowski)
According to our family, Uncle Joe was considered for a high-ranking Navy position to direct the original development of naval nuclear propulsion that eventually went to four-star admiral, Hyman G. Rickover. Rickover eventually became known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy."
Lieutenant Commander (LTCMD) Berkley was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 as the communications officer and Conning tower officer during WWII. The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
Captain US Navy
Naval Academy graduate - 1929
Retired from US Navy in 1955
Changed surname to Berkley (from Berzowski)
According to our family, Uncle Joe was considered for a high-ranking Navy position to direct the original development of naval nuclear propulsion that eventually went to four-star admiral, Hyman G. Rickover. Rickover eventually became known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy."
Lieutenant Commander (LTCMD) Berkley was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 as the communications officer and Conning tower officer during WWII. The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
Naval Academy graduate - 1929
Retired from US Navy in 1955
Changed surname to Berkley (from Berzowski)
According to our family, Uncle Joe was considered for a high-ranking Navy position to direct the original development of naval nuclear propulsion that eventually went to four-star admiral, Hyman G. Rickover. Rickover eventually became known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy."
Lieutenant Commander (LTCMD) Berkley was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 as the communications officer and Conning tower officer during WWII. The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
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