Taussig (DDG 746) - Naval Cruise Book

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HI TORY GE THE TAUSSIG USS TAUSSIG CDD-7465, named after Admiral Edward Taussig C1847-19213, was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Staten Island, New York, and commissioned on 20 May 1944. The sponsor at the launching ceremonies was Miss Ellen M. Taussig, the granddaughter of the Civil and Spanish-American war hero. ' Following a shake down cruise to Bermuda, the TAUSSIG was ordered to the Pacific for duty. She transited through the Panama Canal on l September 1944. During World War II she served in the Pacific theater, participating in the major battles of the Philippines, Luzon, The Carolines, Iwo Jima and Gkinawa For her part in the War she was awarded six major battle stars and the Occupa- tion Medal. After World War II, the TAUSSIG was engaged in the Patrol of the China Seas and Formosa Straits forewhich she received the China Service Medal. At the time of the outbreak of the Korean conflict, she was operating with the Seventh Fleet and within 48 hours was in the Sea of Japan helping screen Navy :Task Force 77, whose planes were striking at the North Korean Forces. She served throughout the Korean conflict, earning eight battle stars and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. During' most of 1962, the TAUSSIG was in the Naval Shipyard at Long Beach, California for FRAM II. On 19 April 1963, she left the Western Pacific, her eighth cruise since the Korean conflict, and returnedgto San Diego on 4 December 1963.

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Mu 13 L s ffefus T0 THE MEN WH0 S IL DESTRCYER gee There's a- roll and a pitch and a heave and a hitch To the nautical gait they take, For they're used to the cant of decks aslant As the white-toothed combers break. On the plates that thrum like a beaten drum To the thrill of the turbines might, And the knife bow leaps through the mighty deep With the speed of a shell in flight. Oh! their scorn is quick for the crews that stick To the carrier's steady floor, For they love the lurch of their own frail porch At thirty-jive knots or more. They don't get much of the drill and such That the carrier jockies do, But they sail the seas in their dungarees A grimy destroyer's crew. They don't climb at their sleeping time To a hammock that sways and bumps, But leap kerplunk To a cozy bunk that i Quivers and bucks and jumps. They hear the sound of the wavessthat pound On the quarter-inch plates of steel And they close their eyes to the lullabies Of the creaking sides and keel. They're a lusty crowd That's vastly proud Of the slim greyhound they drive, Of the roaring screws and the humming flues EPARTM6. FLE lt 1954 rj . P4 L RARY That make her a thing alive. They love the lunge of her surging plunge And the murk of her smoke screen, too, As they sail the seas in their dungarees A grimy destroyer's crew. WH DIEDICATE THIS STORYQ

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TA SSIG AILOR RITE HOME Issued in solemn warning this fourth day of December, 1963, to the friends, neighbors, relatives and acquaintances of this Taussig sailor. Send no more mail in care of the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. Get the kids off the streets, lock up your daughters, fill the ice box with beer, but first of all GET MY CIVILIAN CLOTHES OUT OF MOTH BALLS. l'M COMING HOME!!! Very soon I will again bein your midst, dehydrated and demobilized to take my place once again as a human being with freedom and justice for all 5 engaged in life, liberty and somewhat belated pursuit of happiness. For making your joyous welcome seem true, you must make allowances for the very crude environment which has been my home for the past eight months. In a word, I might be a little Southern Pacific, suffering from Hawaiiantitis and must be handled with extreme care. Show no alarm when I grab my spear and swim suit instead of an umbrella or if I have a tendency to dip my fingers in butter. Keep cool if Ipour gravy in my dessert or mix peaches with Seagrams VO. Be tolerant when I take my mattress off the bed and prefer to sleep on the floor. Don't let it shock you when an- swering the telephone if I say Hai Hai, Mushi, Mushi , Aloha , or Aloha-Oie instead of hello and i c 4' c -. goodbye. Y In a relatively short time I ' Q can be taught to speak English Z U again. Never ask me why the A -Qt f 2 ' boys down the street were able to Q S if 5, f make more rank than I have made, 5 lj J ' . . ' as thisis liable to throw me into N-If ld i M, violent fits. And do not say that -I Xt I my uniform looks good, as this is 'A' g X c-lx sure to throw me into insanity.- iv I, I will also go insane at the word I re-enlistment, if mentioned in my presence. Above all, never ask .. why the boy down the street was I stationed stateside for three full X years as this statement can lead to f many serious events, none of them good for my reorientation. ' For the first few days that I X am home Cuntil I'm -brokenb be especially watchful when I am in the presence of women, especially beautiful women. My intent10nS Vi are serious but honorable. Keep in mind that beneath my rough and rugged exterior there beats a heart of pure gold, the only thing I 1 of value I have left. Treat me' I A with kindness and tolerance and X . an occasional quart of beer and X you will be able to rehabilitate that fi' which is now but the hollow shell gli! -'X of the proud civilian you once . A ,,w 'g knew. ' fm -LM, Signed: A. Sailor