Phillip (DD 498) - Naval Cruise Book

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f 1. f .5 ,' 'Q'.:2.-.ZVIQLI-.,Ll.1'2u.53g:I-.-.QL .r....- ..,..l,.D..a'.nJ1.5Srk2 ,ll 1 4,1 I . .. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PHILIP USS PHILIP IS THE SECOND DESTROYER TO BE SO NAMED. THE FIRST A FOUR STACK DESTROYER BUILT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR WAS TIRADED TO GREAT BRITAIN JUST BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. SHE WAS RENAIVIED HMS LANCASTER AND SERVED IN THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY IN THE ATLANTIC PATROL. THE PRESENT USS PHILIP WAS COMMISSIONED 21 NOVEMBER 1942 AND IS A FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER. IN JUNE OF 1943 SHE ENTEREID HER FIRST BATTLE ENGAGEMENT BEING ASSIGNED TO PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PHILIP TOOK PART IN SEVEN OPERATIONS DURING TW - O AND ONE HALF YEARS IN THE PACIFIC SHOOTING DOWN SIX JAPANESE PLANES DAMAGING FI E , v AND SINKING ONE TVIIENTY FOOT SUICIDE BOAT. THE SHIP HAS HAD AN ACTIVE CAREER WITHOUT SERIOUS SCARS OR BATTLE DAMAGE. PHILIP WAS ACTIVE IN ENGAGEMENTS IN THE SHORTLAND ISLANDS, SOLOMONS, PHILIPPINES AND OPERATIONS AT DUTCH BORNEO. AFTER VJ DAY PHILIP WAS SENT TO CHINA FOR MINE DESTRUCTION DUTIES AND REMAINED IN THE PACIFIC AREA UNTIL LATE IN 1945. AFTER HER DUTY IN CHINA PHILIP RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES, WHERE SHE WENT INTO THE ATLANTIIC MOTHBALL FLEET ' IN JANUARY 1947. ON JUNE 30, 1950 AFTER EXTENSIVE OVERHAUL AND ARMANIENT CHANGES PHILIP WAS RECOMMISSIONED DDE-498 FOR FAST ESCORT DUTY AND ANTI-SUBMARINE DUTIES. IN THE SUMMER OF 1951 PHILIP LEFT HER NEW HOME PORT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII, FOR DUTY IN THE KOREAN AREA OF OPERATIONS. PHILIP WAS ACTIVE SCREENING. PATROLLING. AND SHORE BOMBARDING DURING THE KOREAN WAR AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMED TASK FORCE 77. ON 1 JULY, 1962 THE PHILIP WAS REDESIGNATED DD-498 AND ASSIGNED TO DES DIV 252. SHE HAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE TEN DEPLOYMENTS TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC FOR DUTIES AS A UNIT OF THE SEVENTH FLEET. LIST OF SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING OFFICERS, USS PHILIP HDD-4981 CDR THOMAS C. RAGAN USN NOV 1942 TO JUI. 1943 CDR WILLIANI H. GROVERMAN, USN JUL 1943 TO JAN 1944 CDR JAMES B. RUTTER, USN JAN 1944 TO AUG 1945 I.CDR EUGENE D. LAMIMAN, USN AUG 1945 TO JUN 1946 CDR FRANCIS w. I.ARSON, USN JUN 1950 TO FEB 1952 CDR DEMETRIUS J. vEI.I.IS, USN FEB 1952 TO MAY 1953 CDR GEORGE w. AI.I3IN USN MAY 1953 TO JUL 1955 CDR JOHNS. NEIL, USN JUL 1955 TO AUG 1957 CDR AI.DEN w. WHITNEY USN AUG 1957 TO JUL 1959 CDR JACK I.. wOHI.ER USN JUI. 1959 TO NOV 1963 CDR EDWARD I.. COCHIRANE, JR. USN NOV 1960 TO AUG 1934 SBS ITVTEEITAIBJIT pD'FGERR'2.'E'56'k.M 6'-51' 11112 1322 To N55 1365 CDR WAYNE I.. ZIMMERMAN, USN NOV 1965 PRESENT

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CAPTAIN ZIMMERMAN WAS COMMISSIONED IN AUGUST 1945 AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MIDSHIPMEN SCHOOL AND WAS ORDERED TO USS HUGH PURVIS IDD-709, WHERE HE SERVED AS FIRE CONTROL OFFICER AND GUNNERY OFFICER UNTIL JUNE 1948. HIS NEXT TOURS AT SEA WERE ENGINEERING OFFICER OF USS TALUGA IAO-'62, AND ASSISTANT GUNNERY OFFICER ABOARD USS BALTIMORE CCA-f68J. IN 1956 CAPTAIN ZIMMERMAN REPORTED ABOARD USS VAMMEN IDE-644, AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND IN 1960 WAS ORDERED AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF USS ACME IMSO-508,o FOLLOWING A TWO YEAR TOUR HE WAS THEN ORDERED AS COMMANDER MINE DIVISION SEVENTY-TWO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1963. CAPTAIN ZIMMERMAN CAME TO USS PHILIP IDD-498, FROM THE U.S, NAVAL MAGAZINE, SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHICH HE COMMANDED FOR TWO YEARS. CAPTAIN ZIMMERMAN IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS BETTY JEAN MC COY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE ZIMMERMANS HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, SUSAN LEE, JUDITH ANN, GEORGEANNE AND PATTI ANN. X X1 M?-31? A M ff X - - X-gif' 'iff'-W fx LQ - --- '54-' vii? Q-In . .5-..:1-' Q :f F 'sling -