Dewey (DLG 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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E C. FOX CDDR-8291. Captain Bradley was Comman- ding Officer of the USS CHAMBERS CDER-3915 in 1960, the USS WILLARD KEITH CDD-7755 in 1963, the USS DEWEY CDLG-145 in 1965 and the SAMUEL GOMPERS in 1970. His shore duty assignments have included Instructor of Atomic Physics and Electrical Engineer- ing at the United States Military Academy, West Point from 1956 to 1958, Operations Assistant on the Joint Staff Support Operations Task Force, Europe, Paris, France from 1960 to 1963, student at the Senior Warfare Course Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, in 19663 Personnel Officer Commander Cruiser Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, and before volunteering for Vietnam, in op-335 on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff in Washington, D. C. In Vietnam Captain Bradley was assigned to COMUSMACV Staff in the J -3 section as Chief of the Man Power Control Division until he assumed the duties for the last seven months of his tour as the assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Policy for Rear Admiral Salzer on COMNAVFORV Staff where he received .his orders to COMDESRON TWENTY. Captain Bradley's home address is Lake Forest, Illinois. He is married to the former Nancy Lee New- man of Highland Park, Illinois. They have one daughter, Marian Elizabeth. On June 1, 1972, Captain Claiborne S. Bradley relieved Captain Robert S. Tisdale as Commander of Destroyer Squadron Twenty on board USS DEWEY CDLG-145, U. S. Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Claiborne S. Bradley was born in Hart- ford, Connecticut on 26 April 1926. In 1944 he entered the United States Naval Academy and graduated in June 1948. Upon his commissioning as an Ensign in the United States Navy, Captain Bradley's first assignment was to the Navy Yacht VAMARIE where he participated in the Newport to Bermuda ocean race. He then served three years aboard the USS CABOT QCVL-283 as Assistant Navigation Officer, and was subsequently assigned to a one-year elec- tronics maintenance course at Great Lakes, Illinois in 1951. . ' On assuming Command of Destroyer Squadron TWENTY, Captain Bradley will have served on his ninth assignment in the Destroyer Forces. His first tour of duty with the Destroyer Forces was in 1952 as Electronics Material Officer on the Staff of Com- mander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla TWO. Upon depar- ture from COMCRUDESFLOT TWO's Staff in 1954, he reported aboard the USS GLENNON CDD-8401 where he served as Operations Officer, and in 1958 was assigned as Executive Officer aboard the USS M.

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HI TORY OF DESTROYER QU DRO TWENTY Destroyer Squadron TWENTY was formed on 6 August 1951. In the succeeding twenty one years, it has led an active and far ranging life, specializing primarily in the vaied tasks of anti-submarine warfare. Over the years Destroyer Squadron TWENTY ships have con- ducted operations in the North and South and Eastern Atlantic Oceans, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean, Mediterranean, South China and the Norwegian Seas. Recent developments have resulted in marked changes in the squadron composition. Highlights of these developments include: The reorganization of the Destroyer Squadrons of the fleet in 1970 and 1971 resulted in the disestablish- ment of the division command within the squadron. Reorganization also resulted in an almost complete tur- nover of the ships assigned. Seven GEARING Class destroyers were transferred to other commands and the guided missile frigate, USS' DEWEY QDLG-141. The DD-931 Class destroyer, USS DAVIS -QDD-9371, and three of the Navy's newest destroyer escorts USS BOWEN QDE-10797, USS JOSEPH HEWES CDE- 1078D and USS TRIPPE KDE-10751 joined with the guided ,missile destroyer escort USS JULIUS. A. FURER CDEG-61 to make up the current roster of Destroyer Squadron TWENTY. The end result is an in- tegrated group capable of fighting anti air, surface, and sub surface warfare environments. From April through October 1971, Commander Destroyer Squadron TWENTY, embarked in USS N. K. PERRY CDD-8831, conducted a six month anti- submarine group exercise in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean areas. Commander Destroyer Squadron TWENTY, accompanied by USS DEWEY QDLG-141, USS DAVIS QDD-9373 USS J. A. FURER KDEG-65, USS TRIPPE KDE-10757, USS N. K. PERRY CDD-883.5 and USS J. P. KENNEDY JR. IDD- 850J, was underway for an Atlantic Fleet. Readiness ex- ercise in April and May 1972, in preparation for scheduled Mediterranean operations. In response to ex- panded U. S. Naval committments in the Vietnamese conflict, units of Destroyer Squadron TWENTY departed Newport on June 4, 1972, for operations in the Gulf of Tonkin.