Biddle (CG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1989

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CAPTAIN NICHDLAS BIDDLE 1750-1778 Captain Nicholas Biddle was born 10 September 1750, in Philadelphia. At the age of 13 he went to sea in the Merchant Service, and in 1772 entered the British Navy as a Midshipman. As tension mounted between the colonies and the Crown, Biddle resigned his com- mission and returned to America, volunteering his ser- vices to the state of Pennsylvania. On 1 August 1775, he became Commanding Officer of the armed galley FRANKLIN which had been fitted out by the Pennsylva- nia Committee of Safety to defend Delaware. ln 1775, with the rank of Captain, Biddle took com- mand of the 14-gun brig ANDREW DOIA, and subse- quently joined the fleet commanded by Esek Hopkins in the expedition against New Providence. Later in the Spring of 1776, he seized two armed transports carry- ing 400 reinforcements for the British Army in North America, a sizable force in those days. Captain Biddle assumed command of the speedy RANDOLPH, manned in part by paroled British prison- ers of war, in 1777. The prisoners mutinied shortly after the ship sailed, but the superb leadership and resolve of the 27 year-old Captain quickly ended the trouble. Later in the war, violent storms dismasted the ship off the Delaware Capes, but Biddle's excellent seamanship brought her into Charleston for repairs. He sailed again for the West Indies and on 4 September 1777, captured HMS TRUE BRITON along with her three-ship convoy. Captain Biddle took his four prizes back to Charleston and was blockaded there until February 1778, when he successfully eluded the British patrol and escaped to the open sea. On 7 March 1778, Biddle in RANDOLPH, 32 guns, engaged HMS YARMOUTH, 64 guns. Despite his fire- power disadvantage and a severe wound received early in the action, Captain Biddle brilliantly directed the can- non fire of his ship. HMS YARMOUTH'S Commanding Officer, Captain Nicholas Vincent, later reported that RANDOLPH fired three accurate broadsides to YAR- MOUTH'S one. Fire penetrated the powder magazines of the outgunned RANDOLPH, however, and the ship tragically exploded and instantly sunk. Captain Biddle and his 315 man crew perished leaving only four survi- vors. The career of Captain Nicholas Biddle, Continental Navy, was brief but distinguished. His life may have ended short of its twenty-eighth year, but his fighting spirit lives on in this nation, the Navy, and the ship which bears his name.

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THE PAST X Ni fi Q Xsfx wwwm xxsvsnls mmm K N Top Left: USS BIDDLE rests alongside the pier at Norfolk soon after commissioning. Top Flight: The ship receives extensive topside changes during the 1986-87 overhaul in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Left: An earlier USS BlDDLE is underway in the Virginia Capes during World War ll.



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yi ..: 'v' :L l bl ANQXKV .C P S-is THE SHIP'S INSIGNE 5 5?-fi ' Ell e' 3 S 2 ir at W 1' , o 5 N ,Q USS BlDDLE's insigne is based on the Biddle fam- ily crest and incorporates a nautical motif within the circular field. The inner crest displays the demi-heral- dic tiger with a ducal coronet about the neck. Within the shield are hooked devices known as biddles, symbolic forms found in the Biddle family crest. Be- hind the shield stands the ancient trident of King Neptune, signifying seapower. The four stars repre- sent each of the four U.S. Navy ships to bear the name BIDDLE. USS BIDDLE has also adopted the family motto: DEUS CLYPEUS MEUS - God is my shield 7

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