Marvin Shields (FF 1066) - Naval Cruise Book

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GLEN SI-IIELDS OP MARVIN QLEN SI-IIELDS Following recruit training at the Naval Training Cent? 1939 at Port Townsend, Washington. After attending lug Georgia and then to the Construction Battalion Shields was ordered to Viet Nam as an Autom0f1 1104, was assigned to build and improve training armed with machine guns recoilless rifles small S Cong surrounded the Americans. For approximately thi Xoai, fifty-five miles north of Saigon. On 9 June 196 u attack with flame throwers hand grenades and man to safety and then resumed his gun P0519 needed ammunition and returning enemy fire, Hltho . , g ' Q g 0 K f h und or a volunteer to accompany him outside the headquaariief position, which was endangering American personnel wlt toward their objective with a 3.5 inch rocket launcher, fl 0 I Q . L wounded He died on the afternoon of 10 June 1965 Sh was left in charred ruins the American position WGS the Vletnamese Order of Gallantry with palm and th ubtedly saving the lives of many American servicemen. I . L L . ,, C C Q x. the Navy Unit Commendation. him the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White Ho

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USS MARVIN SI-IIELDS PF 1066 WESTPAC 1986-87 It is not the critic who counts, not theman who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena 5 whose face is marred by dust and sweat and bloodg who strives valiantlyg errs and comes short again and again. . . who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy causeg who at the least knows in the end the triumph of high achievements and who, at theworst, if he fails, at least fails while doing greatly, softhat his nyific place shall never be with those cold and timid soulsgwho neither victory nor defeat. y iff 'gsg - Roosevelt , , ,l ...,...v ,.4.u.4.1....ui1,,4..'. , 4, , .- ., ..+a-uf.4-n-Auna........n.-.4t.nn4n...1a.a.u-,.z....,i.. Ha.: V- , i

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'2 Plf-rv' USS MARVIN SI-IIELDS PP-1066 USS MARVIN SHIELDS CPP-10665 is the first ship named in honor of Construction Mechanic Third Class Marvin G. Shields. MARVIN SHIELDS, the sixth ship of the KNOX class constructed by Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, is one of a new class of modern ocean escorts designed for optimum performance in locating, tracking, and destroying hostile submarines. In addition to performing anti-submarine warfare QASWJ, MARVIN SI-IIELDS is capable of performing such varied missions as search and rescue, patrol, shore bombardment, evacuation and blockade. MARVIN SHIELDS is equipped with the most modern long-range underwater sound detection KSONARJ, a towed SONAR array, as well as long-range air surface search radars, modern communications equipment and a sophisticated electronic warfare system. Her armament includes anti-submarine homing torpedoes which can be launched from shipboard tubes or delivered against a target miles from the ship by anti-submarine rocket QASROCJ, and a 5-inch!54 caliber gun for use as an anti-surface weapon, or for shore bombardment in support of military operations ashore. Variable depth sonars, Close in Weapons System QCIWSJ and manned helicopter capabilities have been added to MARVIN SHIELDS sensors and weapons installation. Powered by two boilers providing 12.00 PSI steam through turbines to a single screw, MARVIN SHIELDS is capable of speeds in excess of 27 knots with a cruising radius of over 4,000 miles. FF-1066 produces over 20,000 gallons of fresh water daily for personnel use and for feeding the ship's boilers. Two gyro-controlled fins protruding from the ship's underwater hull actively stabilize the ship. MARVIN SI-IIELDS is homeported in San Diego, CA. MARVIN SHIELDS is a unit of the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. .111 f. . .--snail V 'M 'T 'i Anna. A.pu..,..,i:dg ali I ' 'l ng.: -f-lieu