Biddle (DLG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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Excerpts from the AFCIUVSS SEP JAN DEC JUL NOV DEC JAN JAN FEB FEB FEB FEB MAR MAR MAR APR APR APR MAY MAY MAY JUN OCT NOV NOV NOV NOV DEC DEC DEC JAN JAN FEB FEB FEB FEB MAR APR APR APR MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY JUL JUL JUL AUG AUG AUG AUG SEP SEP 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 Uss BIDDLE fDLG34J Authorized by Congress Ordered by U. S. NRVY Keel Laid, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. Launched and Christened by Mrs. William Builder's Trials - Portland, Me. Preliminary Acceptance Trials, New Engl Delivered to U. S. Navy at Boston Commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard At-Sea Consolidated Operationability Test Underway from Boston Newport, R,I, - Degaussing Range H. Bates of Salem, Mass and Op-Areas s Yorktown, Va. - Missile!Ammunition Load-Out Mayport, Fla. - Pre-Shakedown Operation S Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - Missile Qualification Firing San Juan, P. R. Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship's Qualification Trials Commenced Shakedown Trainingat Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Final Acceptance Trials Montego Bay, Jamaica Completed Shakedown Training Yorktown Missile! Ammunition Off-Load Boston Naval Shipyard - Commenced Post Departed Boston Shakedown Availability Yorktown - Missi1efAmmunition Load-Out Norfolk, Va. - Official Homeport Training Cruise - Norfolk! Charleston Areas COMSECONDFLT Inspection Training Cruise - Caribbean Area San Juan COMCRUDESFLOT EIGHT Inspection Underway for Western Pacific Panama Canal Transit - stopped at Balboa Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Crossed International Date Line CLost 14 FEB 19681 Guam, Mariana Islands Subic Bay, Philippines Gulf of Tonkin - Seventh Fleet Operations Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hong Kong Gulf of Tonkin - Seventh Fleet Operations Subic Bay, Philippines Yokosuka, Japan Black Ship Festival - Shimoda, Japan Yokosuka Gulf of Tonkin - Seventh Fleet Operations Subic Bay Singapore, Maylasia Crossed Equator coo-000 - 870 - OO'E, Ind Lourenco Marques, Mozambique Porto Grande, Cape Verde Islands Lisbon, Portugal Copenhagen, Denmark Norfolk First Change of Command - Captain Olsen ian Oceanj relieved Captain Scott

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Aerographers r e a d y a weather balloon Doo Taylor says over ' 2,000 shots were given to deploying Biddlernen Quartermaster Loss plots ships position NX DIVISIGN . . . Postmaster, Corpsmen and Quartermasters '.'5tE5XS.f': M, 'G. J. McKay HM2 W. R. Moorefield AG2 M. L. Novak AGS L M L YJ. P. Schnur QM2 , 1 Iya, ' L. M. Taylor HM1 fJ. L. Truett SN is W at XD. L. Powell YN2 ' Corpsrnan McKay on deck -- on call

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Seaman Neyrey has captured the hawk. The dove is more elusive. Hawk, Dove CQL Drone Curiously, a hawk and a dove both board the ship in the Tonkin Gulf, 30 miles from North Viet Nam. WAX Ns Below, a target drone with wings removed. When airborne, this bird is alsoan elusive target.