Dyess (DDR 880) - Naval Cruise Book

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Upon compleTion oT The e duTies DYESS again sTeamed Tor Yankee sTaTion This Time Tor plane guard duTy wiTh USS HANCOCK CVA lf? Finally on June 9Th The ship seT sail Tor Kaohsiung Tor resT and a Tender availabiliTy period From June l9Th To July lsT DYESS Took parT in gunTire supporT in The Ill Corps area clearly The mosT exciTing assignmenT oT The cruise The Tollowing is Taken Trom a news sTory released lusT aiTer The evenT The USS DYESS CDD 8803 on July lsT ompleTed Ten days oT naval gunTire supporT in The lll Corps area oT SouTh VieT Nam during which she Tired 23911 rounds oT Tive inch ammuniTion aT a ToTal oT lil VieT Cong TargeTs DYESS expended mosT oT her rounds Trom posiTions up a shipping channel in The Lowe Rung SaT area Firing in supporT oT search and clear operaTions by SouTh VieT Namese army uniTs in The Mekong DelTa her bombardmenT was coor dinaTed wiTh leT and helicopTer sTrikes She is The Third desTroyer To navigaTe The shallow Tidal waTers oT The Saigon Tor gunTire supporT DYESS Tour Tive inch guns were acTive around The clock During The day They Tired by direcTion oT airborne spoTTers on VieT Cong supply and assembly . A P . . . . D 1 I l - l- Q 1 I o C ' 'C x Q ll ' - 1- K., I - ll KC ue 4 1 I Y .. . - . Q I - a u ll I - - - ' ' - 0 , f f l ' area Troop concenTraTions gun emplacemenTs and TargeTs oT opporTuniTy as close aboard as QOOO yards. SpoTTers consisTenTly reporTed excellenT eTTecT and ouTsTanding coverage. AT nighT The ship provided harassmenT and inTerdicTion Tire on area TargeTs. Several Times DYESS was hasTily summoned Trom her up-river posiTions To lend emergency supporT To SouTh VieT Namese army Troops aTTacking a large VieT Cong base camp TwenTy miles up The coasT Trom Vung Tao. On one such occasion, DYESS opened Tire wiTh Tour-gun salvos immediaTely upon arriving on sTaTion. WiTh T85 rapid rounds she desTroyed or damaged six sTrucTures and several earThen emplacemenTs, silenced ground Tire direcTed aT The spoTTer, and leTT an undeTer- mined number oT VieT Cong casualTies. This was The DYESS' second assignmenT To gunTire supporT during This deploymenT. During The recenT period oT poliTical Turmoil aT Danang, her guns helped keep VieT Cong acTiviTy To a minium wiTh boTh high explosives and ill- uminaTion Tire. l-laving compleTed her assignmenT aT gunTire supporT DYESS ioined The resT oT The squadron aT Subic Bay and all seT soil Tor home by way oT The lndian Qcean, The Suez Canal, and The lVlediTerranean. The ship' sTopped aT Penang, lvlalysiag Cochin, India, Aden, AThens, Greece, and Barcelona, Spain beTore arriving in lNlewporT on The aTTernoon oT AugusT l7Th, l966.

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