Detroit (AOE 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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PROUD U.S. NAVY VESSELS NAMED DETROIT Throughout the history of this nation five U.S. Naval vessels have proudly carried the name DETROIT. The newest USS DETROIT plays an important role in fleet operations. The fast combat support ship was launched at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington on 21 June 1969. Fitted with new high-speed transfer equipment, the DETROIT is able to provide our carriers and their screening ships with fuel oil, aircraft fuel, the ordnance, sustaining the flexibility and on-the-line endurance of these versatile attack forces. Her displacement of 52,000 tons exceeds that of most WW II battleships. She was commissioned 28 March 1970 and is manned by 23 officers and 500 enlisted men. The story about to be told in this book is of her third Mediterranean Cruise, where once again DETROIT and her crew proved themselves capable of outstanding performance. 1813-1824 1869 The first DETROIT, a 19 gun brig of 400 tons, was first a British ship built at Maiden, fnow Amhcrstburg) Canada in 1813. She was captured by Commodore Perry ' s forces at the Battle of Lake Erie that September, but was so badly damaged and had to be laid up at Put- in-Bay, Ohio. She remained out of service until sold in 1824 to commercial trading interests. The second DETROIT in the U.S. Navy had a very brief career, beginning on 15 May 1869 with the changing of the name of the USS CANANDAIGUA to DETROIT, and ending when the name was again changed on 10 August 1869, back to the CANANDAIGUA.