Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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The, U.S.S. PORTEFiFlELD CDD-6821 was built by the Bethlehem Steel Company at San Pedro, Cali- fornia, and first commissioned 30 October 1943. She is a Fletcher class destroyer, is 376 feet long, has a beam of 39 feet, and a displacement of 2100 tons. She is named for the late Bear Admiral Lewis Broughton Porterfield. After her shakedown training the POBTBBFIELD joined our combatant forces in the Western Pacific where she remained until the end of World War ll. ln October of 1945 she reported to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, and was decommissioned and placed in inactive status. During her first commis- sion the POBTBBFIELD steamed over 155,000 miles, received credit for the destruction of sixteen lap- anese aircraft and one surface ship. She partici- pated in nine major operations including Okinawa, Saipan, the Marianas campaign and in the Philip- pine lslands. The POBTEBFIELDS second life began at the Naval Station, Long Beach, on 27 April 1951, to help meet the threat in Korea.After her shakedown -period she again headed west, for the new combat- zone. During her first Korean cruise she operated with both Task Force 77 and 95, and participated in the Formosa Patrol. She logged 50,000 miles, rescued three downed aviators, and took a hit from a Communist shore battery on the West coast of Korea. She returned home in March 1952, and proceeded to the U. S. Naval Shipyard at Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, for overhaul. f:Following her yard period and refresher train- ing, she again turned her bow west in October 1952, and embarked on her second Far Eastern cruise since recommissioning. Again, she spent some very 'chilly months around Korea. Seven months and 50,000 miles later she returned to San Diego for a well earned rest period. But the rest in San Diego was more apparent on the operation schedule than it was to either the POBTBBFIELD or her crew. Both ship and men spent a very busy six months operating in the San Diego area. Getting underway before sunrise was routine. During the summer of 1953, while the ship was on a three week training cruise to the Sea Fair the Armistice was signed in Korea. Finally on 26 December 1953, after an eleven day reprieve, in order that the crew would be able to spend Christmas in the con- tinental United States, the POBTEBFIELD again sailed Westward on her third Western Pacific cruise since recommissioning, arriving in Yokosuka, Ia- pan on Ianuary 12. sslfgfgcj