Dyess (DDR 880) - Naval Cruise Book

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? C0ilVlMANiDER JoHN E. of-xciav, usn Commanding Gfficer, LI.S.S. Dyess Dedication To the Ship's Company, USS DYESS QDDR-8803: With respect and gratitude Idedicate this Cruise Book to you, who have made the DYESS a living symbol of strength and unity. May you prosper in health and happiness. Until we meet again God ' . +11-1-s-:-:tg1g,gf:,1i1r5-sv2a!'J'?'-Tj'-.-I-. W. A - - --E:-:rl 1' ',tf ,.. - 1'::':.iz4:-:grassi'Qiri-l:'i::.:l-,-.ifE.1:-,-. Z ,,-1-,-1,-g.-.1 -. , -,. , , ,, , , . . . , , , . W ' 'A -A a- - ' f 1'e45F1'FH-s+rx ,f x ywgyp. ' ',a:,,,,,.,,--

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J , Q 1, . 1 ' . 11 ,Q , , . , K- its rnsio RY or THE u. .s. DYESS 5 Q , 3 f 4 1 1 1 1 s 1 x W g 4 rg ' . i V J ' ., A 1 fji ' 4MA .4 ,il 'f.7 H , Q 1 ' A , g , V 'j.l ,vilff A A - 1, : Q ,Nr M , A, V 'Christened on 26 January'1945f by Mrs. A. James Dyessjiwwlife of the late Lt. Col. Dyess. USMCR, in-1 whosellhonor, the ship was named, the Dyess was outfitted andy 21 May 1945 was commissioned, U, S, DYESS-QDD 8805.4 1 1 1 1 , jg? p V 1,aterri,1iniithel.year special radar, gear and additional anti-aircraftgarmament was installed A-.the1'Dyess became a radaijrpieket destroyer. if X Q, The Secondgworld War ended before the Dyess could prove her fighting ability. Ne-af' 'iri rtheless the Dyess wentto- the Pacific in November 1945, and operated with the Fifth Fleet until J anuai 131946, atyvhijehftime She. 'toy Virginia. ,.,q-,,,Q- . U On Q August 1,1946 the Dyess stood out for the Caribbean to rendezvous with TASK Force 84 and ceeded 'to Rio del 'Janeiro 'On the return trip the Dyess excorted President H r S T ' 'J ' ' J , . 1 H TY . jruman, his family, . a11dg:st'ai'f, onaboargd the U.S.S. Missouri, to Norfolk. The President transferred to the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg forthe overnight trip to Washington, D.C., and the Dyess acted as official escorgg ,W f s 1 1.9474 the Dyess departed for her first Mediterranean trip. This was followed by other in ,early 1950, January 1952 and January 1953. During these trips the Dyess visited ports in .aa-tugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, French Morocco, etc, , -1 Uni ith of July the Dyess was in Savannah Georgia where she received a b ' g, 4 .ay 4 f V rs , , , C 1 ronze memorial plaque .unf Q ,,fessLFamily commemorating the late Lt, Col. Dyess, USMCR,,1H whose honorrthe ,ship-was named ' August-September 1953 the ,Dyess was engaged in Hunter5Killer and amphibiousuoperationg in mic, t ' J ' 9 1 1 'i2LfTl'.f assigned! to Destroyer Squadron Four, Division Forty-Two, the Dyess departed for her fifth f ,anuary 3954. A 3 . ,

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., ,,, ,, ,,, -'EW--'- ' ' , LIEUTENANT CGMMANDER STANLEY W. HENDERSGN, USN Executive Gfficer, LI.S.S. Dyess