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Lieutenant Commander Elliot ' s awards include the Legion of Merit Medal, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm, the National Order of Vietnam (5th Class), and the Vietnam Cam- paign Ribbon. ELLIOT ' S Coat of Arms serves as a heraldic remem- brance of the ship ' s namesake. Lieutenant Commander Elliot. The red, white and blue partitions of the shield are patterned after the insignia of Lieutenant Commander Elliot ' s PBR SQUADRON 57. Red is the heraldic symbol of courage, zeal and leadership; white symbolizes integri- ty; blue represents devotion and perseverance. The unsheathed sword is symbolic of command and, its posi- tion on the shield, pointed downward, is significant of death in combat. The crest, composed of a mainmast and mainsail, sym- bolizes the Elliot family ' s long association with the nauti- cal heritage of their native state of Maine. Generations of the family engaged in shipbuilding and sailing trades, including Lieutenant Commander Elliot ' s paternal grand- father and namesake, Arthur James Elliot, whose ship- building firm launched the last five-masted schooner ever built. The pine tree emblazoned on the sail is the symbol of the state of Maine. The ship ' s motto, Courage, Honor, Integrity, is rep- resentative of those values which characterized Lieu- tenant Commander Elliot throughout his Naval career. The motto serves as both a guide and an inspiration for the men and officers who will serve aboard USS ELLIOT throughout her commissioned life. PHOTOS. ABOVE: ELLIOT prior to make over before deployment. ABOVE RIGHT AND CENTER; Original USS ELLIOT DD-146. as seen in-port Shang- hai. China. 4 July 1920 and. at-sea circa 1930. A Wickes-Class destroyer. DD- 146 was built between 191 7-1919 and was one of 267 DD ' s mass-produced by the United States during World War I. They were known as Fushdeckers or Fourstackers to that generation of Navy men. DD-146 was armed with four 4- inch guns, one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 2 I -inch torpedo tubes. She was capable of speeds up to 36 knots. RIGHT: Current configuration of ELLIOT, conducting underway refueling from USNS PECOS T-AO-197 with USS ROBERT E. PEARY FF-107 3. somewhere in the North Arabian Gulf.
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Crew comfort and habitability are an integral part of ELLIOT ' S design. Berthing compartments are spacious and, the ship is equipped with amenities not usually found aboard destroyers, including a crew library, class- room, photo hobby shop and weight room. Automated weapons and engineering systems permit operation of the ship, the size of a World War II light cruiser, with a crew of 37 Officers, 34 Chief Petty Officers and 320 E-6 and below enlisted personnel. ELLIOT ' S decorations include two Battle E Awards, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Humani- tarian Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Rib- bon with one silver and one bronze star. ELLIOT was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation in 1984 for her search efforts in support of the Korean Airlines Flight 007 which was shot down off the coast of the Soviet Union. ELLIOT was the first U.S. Navy warship to arrive on-scene. In 1987, ELLIOT was awarded a second Meritorious Unit Commendation for operations in support of exercise Kernal Potlatch 87-1, requiring pro- longed extreme cold weather operations in the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. ELLIOT is the first Spruance-class destroyer to be named after a Vietnam War hero. Lieutenant Commander Arthur James Elliot II, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Elliot of Thomaston, Maine, was born 9 April 1933. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the Gorham State Teachers College in Gorham, Maine, in 1955. In June 1 956 he entered the Navy Officer Candidate School and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve in October of that year. He then served successive sea duty tours in USS LYMAN K. SWENSON DD-729 and USS LITTLE ROCK CLG-4. In 1962 Lieutenant Com- mander Elliot was assigned as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Naval Service Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Upon completion of that tour, he reported aboard USS JOHN KING DDG-3 for duty as the Operations Offi- cer. In December 1967, Lieutenant Commander Elliot vol- unteered for duty in Vietnam, where he served as Com- manding Officer of PBR SQUADRON 57, operating in the Mekong Delta. Under his command, his squadron of river patrol boats achieved an outstanding combat record against the enemy, taking part in several major riverine operations. On 29 December 1968, Lieutenant Com- mander Elliot was killed in action while leading his squadron in a riverine interdiction mission.
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