Beatty (DD 756) - Naval Cruise Book

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PART I. THE SHIP Within six months old BEATTY ' s through; They ' ll put her out — a good thing, too! She ' s seen the world, cruised every sea, Since ' 44 steamed faithfully. We ' re fond of her, this old gray mare; We coax and prod, she gets us there. If wine I had, I ' d toast her past. This New Year ' s morn, old BEATTY ' s last. USS BE A TTY Mid watch Log 1 January ' 65

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CONTENTS PARTI, the Ship USSBEATTY (DD-756) 4-5 Commanding Officer 6 Executive Officer 7 Staff .8 Weapons Department 9-15 Operations 16-20 Supply 21-24 Engineering 25-33 PART IT. the Cruise North Atlantic 36 Fantail Fandango 37 Beatty Beard Contest 38-39 The Beatles 40 Cadiz 41 Athens 42-43 Mideast Transit 44-47 India 48 Back to the Med 49 Naples— Rome— Pompeii 50-51 New Year ' s Eve 52 Cannes 53 Valencia 54-55 Beatty-Jeebies 56-62 Homecoming 63 Conclusion 64

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HER HISTORY USS BEATTY {DD-756) is the second ship of the fleet to bear the name of the late Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, the first ship having been sunk in the Medi- terranean as a result of enemy aircraft action on 6 November 1943. The ship was launched on 30 November 1944 at the Bethlehem Steel Company Yard at Staten Island, New York, and subsequently commissioned 31 March 1945. After a brief period of service in the Pacific, she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. The highlights of her career are as follows: in 1948 she patrolled under the com- mand of the United Nations Truce Team at Haifa, Trans-Jordan. In 1951 BEATTY transited the Pacific for patrol and blockade duty off the coast of Korea. For two months she participated in extensive shore bombardment activities and anti-submarine action off the Ilingnam area. In 1959, the M V NASSAU RELIEF, abandoned and sinking off the coast of the Dominican Republic, was boarded by a BEATTY salvage crew, de-watered, and successfully taken under tow before turning her over to the original crew. The next few years brought three different trouble shooting missions: to the Dominican Republic in 1961; to Cuba during the blockade of 1962; and to Costa Rica for President Kennedy ' s visit in 1963. Filling in the years between highlights mentioned above, BEATTY has been faith- fully carrying out the multifarious tasks of a general purpose destroyer. Countless days of anti-submarine warfare, midshipman training cruises, escort duty, two Mer- cui-y Recovery missions, 10 cruises to the Mediterranean or Middle East, more than 20 cruises to the Carribbean, seven times through the Panama Canal, nine times through the Suez Canal, 26 Atlantic crossings, and a host of routine voyages. BEATTY ' s deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East in September of 1964 could well have been her last. Many miles have passed beneath her keel, and her decommissioning scheduled for April 1965, will mark the end of a very full life. HER VITAL STATISTICS HULL Length, overall — 376.6 Breadth, molded max. — 40 ' 9 3 4 Depth, molded at M.P. — 23 0 Displacement to D.W.L. — 2891 tons BOILERS Number — 4 Manufacturer — Foster Wheeler Type — Oil fired express with superheater and economizer Design — Working pressure — 634 PSI ' TURBINES Number — 2 sets Manufacturer — General Electric MISCELLANEOUS Ship Class - SUMNER (DD-692 Short Hull) Propellers — 2 Rudders — 2 Max. Speed — About 34 Knots