Gainard (DD 706) - Naval Cruise Book

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Egypt, Sardinia, and the French Riviera city of Nice. It was August, 1947 when the Qqinard returned to her home port of Newport, Rhode Island. At this time the Gainard was placed in a state of temporary immobilization at Dovisville, Rhode Island. In March of I948, the Gainard again returned to a Navy yard, this time in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba followed and then came a second tour of the Mediterranean area. This cruise took the Gainard to Tunisia, Trieste, Golfe Juan, French Riviera, Pireaus, Greece, Haifa, Palestine, Cyprus and Rhodes. In February, T949 the Gainard again partici- pared in Second Task Fleet maneuvers, this time in the Caribbean. In June, I949 the Gainard departed for New Orleans where she was engaged Wyx A Q54 4, . fo,-, Ni f , l.ayZ,?v A few Q 4 X H X by A,xQJf?'.7,,.. 'ca A E M y I 1 Q V- , - K f , Jax . f f f'fhs-My iw 2:3-.4 X , cf ' v ff , M.?f5.2l..,fY'f ., vim f . . , 0 ..-M , - I' s. -..,,,- I 1- fm . W A X , . .. 5- gk ,gf f t V W 14N Q, Q W- W mm ., sw . ,Vw Y , 1-WH 'fu ' as ,c,f,,.- - , W 4. , . . . .. , ,A ft is KW, N WZ.,-fi ,, ,V W.-.,.,,2y f ' , K 9 w X f by 4 ' , AfgffjhXf34 14,45 i ,PQQSfWiy, .jf ' I ,L . I I PW 6 Q, LL A . W , .., ' A.. fl ,Q 7, .W 4 .M-y,:,sZf ,s .Q J r f ' fi. X ' 1, W uw . .. 49 ' ' 'A-1695. 'WW MVA.. . fl . mf , K ,Wg f f ., my ' ef A-4. , .W in Naval Reserve Training Cruises, returning to NeWP0f'f in December' l95O's . ' d 'I M , For the next six months the Galnard operated out. of Ts hotmecslg ?J2on IdUrs1Z I95I she again returned to the Mediterranean. Addltiona 5051 SnCRemo Holy-.L Ville- this cruise were Istanbul, Turkey, La 599301 Ropello' an 0 ' Iranche, on the Riviera: AIQIGTSJ Uncll-Isbonf Porlugal' 7 Ing October of I95I, the ship returned to Newt-WOVII and pclrtlgpgleildlneirilelcl FLEX operations off the coast of the Carolinas. In December., .The 432210 Quanta- lhe PlIll0d9lPl'IICl Naval SIIIPYUVCIS and left in Muay fcirlli Ilglnilgii Ehud in October of namo BOY, Cuba. The SIIIP NGXI Operated. out of Nero ' lrg ' ' d tro - , tune 95 Y 1952 returned to Newport The remainder of the year was spenf In VOU ' - h G ' rd departed Sr activities in and out of Narraganset BUY- On January 7th l e Gmc On its Fourth cruise to the Mediterranean-

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L, .L 12:12. rr 13 3' 55,3 i:5lyZii:iJ,.5:1w:i .X , -.fs fa 'r.-.wr rl--'T.'f' 5 'il tfih-mi--ie'f1.'qr :J . .. rs. V-...J-v ..t- . 'Cruise 'Itinerary January 7-Left Newport, Rhode Island 19-Arrived in Gibraltar 26--Left Gibraltar 30-Cagliardi, Sardinia February 3 -Augusta Bay, Sicily 7-Left Augusta Bay 8-Arrived Taranto, Italy 13-Left Taranto, ltaly 21-Arrived in Cannes, France March 3 -Left Cannes, France 10-Arrived in Naples, Italy 915-Left Naples, ltaly 27-Arrived in Trieste, F.T.T. April 4-Left Trieste and arrived in Venice, Italy 10-Left Venice, Italy and returned to Trieste 18-Left Trieste, F.T.T. J 21-Arrived in Cannes, France 27-Left Cannes, France May 4-Arrived in Oran, Algeria 8-Left Oran I 20-Arrived back in Newport, I Cruise Data traveled 24,755 miles. Burned 1,306,936 gallons of fuel costing 565,- , 346.80. y . That 312,000 man hours of watches were stood or an average of 1,040 hours per man. We used 910,000 gallons of fresh water. We were paid a total of S120,411 and that ' our pay chits, if laid end to end, would cover 1,472 feet or encircled the ship more than two complete times. We ate 80 tons of food or 535 lbs. per man or 54.6 lbs. per man per day. That ourbakers baked approximately 10,530 loaves of bread. That 2,147 shots were given by sick bay. That 54,400 lbs. of laundry were done. That we had four 25 hour days. ' The crew wrote 2,775 lbs. of mail and received 4,968 lbs. of mail. - I That about 520,000 was spent in our ship's store including 50,000 bars of candy con- sumed and 53,000 packs of cigarettes smoked. f . . HOW ABOUT THAT? Rliode Island si-uP's I-usronv uss GAINARD inwoai The Gainard, a 2200 ton Sumner Class destroyer, was launched on 23 November, 1944, at the Kearney, New Jersey yard of the New York Shipbuilding Company. It was named after the late Captain Joseph Aloysius Gainard, a hero of two wars and the famous City of Flint epic. c After :CI .brief shakedown cruise to Bermuda, the Gainard was ordered to the Pacific thelater of operations. Her first duty was as an anti-submarine warfare ship. Later the Gainard participated in the Okinawa campaign as a radar picket ship and following that in the occupation of Japan itself. A f I In July of 1946, the Gainard was detached from this duty and returned to the Atlantic Fleet. Upon her arrival she entered the New York Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. February of 1947 saw the Gainard as a part of the Second Task Fleet and when these maneuvers were completed the ship reported to Commander Naval Forc- es, Mediterranean. V ' - During the next six months the Gainard made such 'ports as Gibralter Naples, Venice, Genoa, the Free City of Trieste, Suda Bay, Crete, Yatapia, Syria Algxqndrig

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h G . d-S presenf Captain is Commander Robert S. Brookings, ll, USN Cup T e f ' ' anna born in Redlands California, on 27 June, 1912. He attendegf . ' ' . P tain Brioiokllngfllrzsj Alexandria, Virginia, and Exeter Academy in New Hampshii 'Q copa i B kingsfreceived his undergraduate degree from Harvard University hi O I gggaind gfidegree of MBS from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce gf an - - - 'A h U . rsity of pennsylvania in 1938. While in college he won varsity letters in fnpi f 9 W8 b ll nd track His civilian employment was with the Johns-Manville Corporation a an . 4 1- N Y k City. . . ' ew' 05940 Commander Brookings, then an Ensign, U5NR,.as a result of NROTC ' 'n at Harvard volunteered for active duty and was assigned to the USS. Gil- g2:nligD233l Wheri war with Japan broke out the ship moved into Alaskan waters, After gunnary schooling in 1943, he served aboard the USS Thatcher lDD5l4l taking part in the Solomons, Marshalls, MOrtcn0S, New GUU160, Philippine, and Okin- awa campaigns. ln 1944, he became Executive Officer-Navigator. ln the Spring of 1945, Commander Brookings was ordered back to the United States for leave and reassignment as Commanding Ofticer of the destroyer USS. Cra- ven lDDilf' 382l, then operating in the Mediterranean. He is one of the few reserve officers to have achieved command of a destroyer during the war. By the end ofthe war he had reached the rank of commander and in 1946 he applied for and was transferred fromnthe reserve to the regular navy. Commander Brookings later experience was as a student in the General Line School course at Newport, Rhode Island. Upon completion of this course he was as- signed as Administrative Officer for the Bikini Scientific Research Expedition. In the Fall of 1947 Captain Brookings assumed the duties of Executive and Industrial Rela- tions Officer of the Naval Ordanance Plant at Alexandria, Virginia. His next assign- ment took him overseas to Ankara, Turkey as Operations Officer and Training Offi- cer, Naval Group, Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey. In the Spring of 1952, Commander Brookings was ordered back to the United States for leave and a course in anti-submarine warfare tactics. Following this he assumed his present duties as Captain of the USS. Gainard lDD706l. Commander Bf00ktn9S 1105 the Naval Reserve Medal, American Defence Service Medal, Ameri- can Area Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal l9 starsl, World War Il Victory Medal, NOVY Occupation Service Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal.