Bordelon (DDR 881) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE MISSION 1 Nov Depart Charleston 5 Nov Transit Panama Canal 13-16 Nov In port San Diego 22-25 Nov In port Pearl Harbor 5 Deo Fuel stop Guam 9-16 Dec In port Subio Bay 17 Dec Participated in MERCONVEX 2-68 19 Dec-6 Jan TG 77.3 QCORAL SEAI 8-12 Jan In port Subic Bay 13-14 Jan Gunfire support training 17-19 Jan TG 77.3 20 Jan-11 Feb Operation Sea Dragon 14-24 Feb In port Kaohsiung 26 Feb-8 Mar TU 70.8.9 fGunfire supporty 9-14 Mar TU 77.0.4 fAAW pioketl 14-17 Mar 17-18 Mar 21-26 Mar 28 Mar 1-5 Apr 5 Apr 8-12 Apr 15 Apr-1 May 4 May 6-10 May 15 May 18-20 May 27-28 May 6 Jun 10 Jun STRONG and MANLEY f TG 77.4 fKITTY HAWKQ TG 77.8 fBON HOMME RICHARD, In port Hong Kong Fuel stop Subic Bay In port Singapore Crossed Equator f1700J In port Subic Bay TG 77.4 Fuel stop Buckner Bay, Okinawa In port Yokosuka Fuel stop Midway In port Pearl Harbor In port San Diego Transit Panama Canal Return Charleston

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THE TRADITION The USS BORDELON QDD-8815 was commissioned at Orange, Texas on the 3rd day of March 1945 as a destroyer of the SUMNER Class. The ship was named in honor of Staff Sergeant William J. Bordelon, who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the Battle of Tarawa. From 1945 to 1948 BORDELON was part of the Pacific Fleet, In 1948 herhome- port was shifted to Norfolk, Virginia, and she became a part of the Atlantic Fleet. From 1948 to 1954 the ship deployed with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean three times and participated in four Northern Europe cruises. In the fall of 1954 BORDELON underwent a major overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard which con verted the ship to a radar picket destroyer fDDRJ of the GREENE Class After leaving the shipyard and undergoing refresher training BORDELON rejoined the Atlantic Fleet in 1956 Between 1956 and 1959 when the ship entered the shipyard for her next regular overhaul, BORDELON deployed with the Sixth Fleet three times and made two cruises to Northern Europe During this period BORDELON was awarded both the coveted Battle Efficiency E and the Anti submarine Warfare A for Destroyer Squadron FOUR In March 1959 the sh1p's homeport was shifted to Charleston South Carolina From 1959 to 1963 BORDELON was twice deployed with the Sixth Fleet and she participated in most of the Second Fleet and NATO air defense exercises which were conducted to develop new techniques of fleet anti air warfare In October 1962 the BORDELON participated in the recovery of LT COL John Glenn and his APOLLO II space craft after the first U.S. manned orbital flight. BORDELON also took part in the C ub an quarantine o p e r ati o n from October to December of that year. In February 1963 BORDELON entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard to undergo the Navy program designed to extend the life of many of the ships constructed during World War II, Upon the completion of this refurbishment fFleet Rehabilitation and Modernizationj, the ship was reassigned to Destroyer Squadron FOUR, her present squadron. In July and August 1965 the ship was assigned duty with Task Force 124 in connection with U.S. operations off the coast of the Dominican Republic during that sum- mer's crisis, In August 1966 BORDELON participated in the North Sea NATO ' Operation STRAIGHTLACED The ship then deployed to the Mediterranean from October 1966 to January 1967 During that December the ship participated in a search and rescue operation for the survivors of the stricken Greek ferry HERAKLION The BORDELON completed a major over haul in the Charleston Naval Shipyard in the summer of 1967 followed by Refresher Training at Guantanamo Bay Cuba during August and September .v 'Q

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COMMANDING OFFICER con FRANK R. CASSILLY, USN Commander Frank Rodes Cassilly was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Navy in 1945, entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, graduating with the class of 1950. Commander Cassilly's initial sea as- signments included tours in USS RADFORD QDD-4465 and USS CORAL SEA QCVA-435. He then underwent postgraduate schooling in ordance, attending the U.S. Naval Post- graduate School in Monterey, California, and Purdue University. Subsequent sea tours have been in USS BOSTON QCAG-11, USS CONWAY QDD-5075 and USS CHICAGO QCG- 11J. He has served ashore with the Defense Atomic Support Agency and with the Special Projects Office in Washington. Commander Cassilly wears the World War II Victory, Occupation, Korean, United Nations, National Defense, Armed Forces E xp e d i t i o n a ry, Navy Expeditionary and Vietnam Service Medals. He is marriedto the former Marjorie Yackee of Gadsden, Alabama, and they are currently residing with their two daughters and two sons at the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, South Carolina.