Beatty (DD 756) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE BEATTY AT VENICE

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FOREIGN DUTY 1 THE STORY OF A DESTROYER HER MEN HER CRUISE HER PURPOSE I private edition printed and published for the (7.5.5. BE ATT Y by David Waddington Publishing Company of TRIESTE Photographs by Michael Oil ' s and various contributors of the BEATTY crew.

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HISTORY OF THE U.S.S. BEATTY (DD 756) The U.S.S. BEATTY (DD 756) is the second destroyer named for the late Rear Admiral Edmund Bejtty, USN. The first BEATTY (DD 610) was commissioned in May of 1942, and sunk as a result of enemy air action in the Mediterranean Sea in November 1943. The present BEATTY was launched 30 iNovember i9ii, at the Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding Com- pany Yard, Statcn Island. New York. The ship was commissioned 31 March 1945, and her first commanding officer was Commander Malcolm T. Mungcr, USN of Stanborn, Massachusetts. The BEATTY was employed as a training ship at Norfolk, Virginia from the time she returned from shakedown, until November of 1915 when she again was ordered as a training ship to Pearl Harbor. She returned to the Atlantic Fleet in December of 1916 at which time Commander Edward W. Abbot, USN, of El Paso, Texas, relieved Commander Munger as conunanding officer. The ship wa- shortly ordered to foreign duty, pnd she arrived in Eng ' and in February 1947. During this cruise she visited France, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Sweden, Portugal, and Gibraltar. She returned to Newport, Rhode Island in August, ADMIRAL FRANK 1947. After a period of immobilization in Davisville, Rhode Island, and a second refresher training period at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she sailed for the Mediterranean, to join the SIXTH Task Fleet in September 1948. During this cruise the BEATTY operated under the staff of the United Nations cut of Haifa, Palestine. She returned to Newport in January 1949. On March 15, 1949, Commander Har.-y A. Barnard, Jr., USN. assumed command, and a short while later the ship, along with other units of .S( uadron TWELX ' E, proceeded to New Orleans, Loui ' iana, for the purj)ose of cruising Naval Reservists out of that port. During the summer and fall, the ship visited most of the leading ports in the Caribbean, with interim periods of training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On December 3, l ' 49. Lieutenant Commander John Mc Laughlin, USN of Baltimore, Maryland, temporarily assumed command of the ship. He was relieved by Commander Edwin Arthur Shuman, Jr., USN, of Marblehcad, Mass., on 5 January 1950. But for a brief period for overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard, the BEATTY continued as a reserve training ship until proceeding for refresher training at Guantiinamo Bay, Cuba, in September 19;0. The ship reported to the active fleet on 21 October 1950, and was employed on training schedules in the Newport area. On March 5 1931, the BEATTY proceeded to the Mediterranean Sea , where she operated with the SIXTH Fleet during spring nunruMTs. On April 30, Comman- der Means Johnston, Jr., of Greenwood, Miss., assumed comman:l. During her three months lonr in European waters, the BEATTY went to the North African ports of Bizerto, Benghazi, and Or-in, and vis ' led Frcmh Riviera ports of Nice, Cannes, and Golfe Juan, Naples, and San Remo. Italy, and Augusta, Sicily. The BEATTY returned to duty with the Second licet on June 7, 19. ' 1 and operated out of her home port at Newport, Rhode Island. The BEATTY was awarded the Battle Efficiency Plaque for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 by the Commander Des- troyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. In October 1951 the BEATTY departed Newport for a cruise around the world. She proceeded first to Korea, where for four months she participated in the United Nations effort there, bombarding the Korean east coast, joining in the blockade of Hungnam, operation with ast carrier Task Force engaging in anti-submarine exercises. Upon completion of her tour of duty in Korea, the BEATTY steamed eastward, stopping at Hong Kong, Singapore, ( e) Ion, Ras Tanura, Aden, Suez, Naples, Cannes and Gibraltar, She returned to Newport in April 1932. In June 1952 the BEATTY entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for standard overhaul. In .September she returned to Newport and proceeded thence to Gu?ntanamo Bay, Cuba, for six weeks of refresher training. After Christmas in Newport, she began her latest cruise to the Mediterra- nean on 7 January 1953. UNCLASSIFIED CHARACTERISTICS BEATTY, I .S.N. Se enty-seven. and Overall length: Beam: St.andard Displacement: Trial Speed: Complement: Armament: 376 feet, 6 incl.cs 40 feel, 10 inches 2,200 tons 34.2 knots 20 Officers - 325 Enlisted Men Six 5 38 Cal. iD.P.i 40MM • 3 quad, 2 twin Five 21 torpedo tubes (deck)