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USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG 32) USS JOHN PAUL JONES {DDG-32), the fourlh ship of the fleet names in honor of John Paul Jones; and the first to bear his full name, was originally commissioned as the DD 932. As such, JOHN PAUL JONES commenced a goodwill tour of p:uropean nations shortly after her commissioning in April 19.56. Upon completion of this cruise, the ship then returned to the Boston Naval Shipyard for a post-shakedown availability period. In early 19.57, after departing from the shipyard. JOHN PAUL JONES joined the Sixth Fleet for the first time. JOHN PAUL JONES actually made five Mediterranean tours while homeporled in Newport. Rhode Island and one additional tour to the Mediterranean following the ship ' s transfer to her new homeport of Norfolk. Virginia in September 1964. During these tours, the ship participated in NATO exerci.ses on three separate occasions and with the Royal Canadian Navy on one occasion. Some highlights worth noting are: the ship ' s participation in I hree separate spai-e program recovery operations. Operation UNITAS in which the ship made a goodwill tour of .South America while circumnavagating that continent in mid 1960. her membership in the forces which I ' ormed the quarantine of Cuba in late 1962, and her selection as lead ship in a column of forty destroyers reviewed by President Kennedy when the Atlantic F ' leet paraded before him in April of 1962. JOHN PAUL JONES returned to Norfolk from her most recent Sixth F ee{ deployment on 6 November 1965 and com- menced preparation for DDC conversion. She arrived in Philadel phia on 2 December 1965 and was deactivated on 20 December lor the 18 month conversion. JOHN PAUL JONES was recom- missioned on 23 September 1967. The ensuing months were a time of intensive testing and training as the ship prepared for deployment to Southeast Asia. On 9 May 1973 JOHN PAUL JONES departed on her fourth deployment to the Western Pacific. BTATISTICS ...418 ' Draft umBeuB.... 45 ' Spe«d la exceu of 90 k»iU CooaBaiid Facflitiet: JC wHh advaacc communkatioo ud efectroak insUDationfl. Anuament: TARTAR Snrfacc-to-Air Guided Miadea (Siii(l« am IjaunclMr) Aaroe rocket-propelled antiaalMuurta weopoa: oae F M Caliber rapid fire dual purpoae foa; Six antiaiilHMriM torpedo tiAea. PropoUoa: Steam Tarbiae-Twia Screw, 70,000 aha lf te i Bopowoi.
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li A LCDR Gerald D. Anderson USN LCDR G. D. Anderson, a native of Osage, Iowa and a graduate of Luther College, was commissioned as an Ensign upon completion of Officer Candidate School in 1961. LCDR Anderson has served on the USS Windham County (LST 1170), USS Notable (MSO 460), USS George K. Mac Kenzie (DD 836). Subsequent to these duties he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy, AnnapoHs, Maryland and the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. LCDR Anderson reports from USS Somers (DDG 34) on which he served as executive officer. He is married to the former Karen Ann Judge of Boone, Iowa.
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