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USS BIDDLE A HISTDRY OF EXCELLENCE USS BIDDLE has maintained a rapid tempo of operations throughout her twenty-two years of fleet duty. ln 1968 and again in 1969 she deployed to the Pacific and served a total of fourteen months off the coast of Vietnam. An extensive overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1970-1971 brought many improvements in living accommodations and combat systems. In early 1972, Biddle again deployed to Vietnam and on July 19th in the Gulf of Tonkin, BIDDLE was attacked by five MIG aircraft in two raids.She destroyed one MIG with Terrier Missiles and possibly a second with gunfire. The ship was awarded the Navy Unit Commenda- tion for exceptionally meritorious service while engaged in combat operations against the enemy of North Vietnam. ln all her Vietnam service BIDDLE controlled 168 strikes against the enemy and was responsible for the rescue of survivors from 27 American planes downed in action. For the first time since commissioning BIDDLE deployed to the Mediterranean in mid-1974 where she participated in the Cyprus Crisis in addition to search and rescue operations of a TWA airliner which crashed into the sea fifty miles off the coast of Greece. In October the ship steamed into the Black Sea to exercise the provisions of the Montreaux Convention which govern passage through the Dardenelles and Bosporus Straits. BIDDLE returned to her birthplace of Bath, Maine for another exten- sive overhaul in March 1975. Coming out of the shipyard in April 1976, BIDDLE conducted training in the Caribbean during the summer and in the fall participated in a NATO exercise in the Baltic and North Seas. After returning, the ship received a Light Airborne Multi-Purpose Sys- tem QLAMPSJ helicopter detachment, significantly enhancing her anti- submarine warfare capabilities. Two more Mediterranean deployments followed in mid-1977 and late 1978, where ports in Greece, ltaly, Spain, and Tunisia hosted the ship. In November 1978 BIDDLE again entered the Black Sea for a port visit in the Socialist Republic of Romania, city of Constanta. Following a return to homeport and operations with the U.S. Second Fleet, BIDDLE entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for the third complex overhaul of her busy life. Fitted out with Harpoon missiles and Vulcan Phalanx Close-in Weapons System, BIDDLE deployed to the Mediterranean in August 1981 where she cruised the Black Sea for the third time and called on ports in Turkey, Mallorca, Sardinia, and Spain. As a unit of Task Force 60 BIDDLE was at the scene when aircraft from USS NIMITZ engaged Libyan MlGs in the central Mediterranean. BIDDLE was again close to the action during 1982 when the ship was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal for extensive operations off the coast of Lebanon in support of the Multi-national Peacekeeping Force as well as escort duties during the PLO evacuation from Beirut. After deploying to the North Atlantic in early 1983, BIDDLE departed in April for a seven month cruise where the ship visited the French Riviera, won the Armed Forced Expeditionary Medal for Lebanon Con- tingency operations and participated in Black Sea operations. During the FY 83-84 competitive cycle the ship was awarded the Arleigh Burke Trophy, the Battle Efficiency E and the Supply Blue E for readiness. While deployed BIDDLE was awarded the COM- SIXTHFLT Top Hand Award for the best combat ready unit. In 1984 BIDDLE deployed to the Mediterranean and Black Seas for seven months, serving as flagship for Commander Battle Group Sixth Fleet and for Commander Sixth Fleet Battle Staff. Biddle returned to Norfolk 2 November 1984. The ship deployed again to the Mediterra- nean and Indian Ocean October 85 to May 1986 where she served as primary AAW platform for operations in the vicinity of Libya with the USS CORAL SEA Battle Group. For her exemplary performance BID- DLE was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation. The ship moved to Philadelphia in July 1986 for another Regular Overhaul. She returned to Norfolk in August 1987 with the first produc- tion model of the New Threat Upgrade combat system. Through the end of the year BIDDLE spent much time at sea in the support of combat system testing culminating in the firing of eighteen missiles in April 1988. BIDDLE deployed again to Sixth Fleet on 2 August 1988.
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