Waddell (DDG 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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X 1 FLAGSHIP FGR COMMANDER DESTRCYER DIVISION I32 Captain Harry D. Johnston, USN, Com- mander, Destroyer Division I32, since July I966, was initially commissioned at the Midshipmen School, Columbia University in I944. He served aboard the battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA in World War II. During the Korean Conflict, he commanded theAmphibious Control Ship, USS PCEC 898 and USS EDMONDS IDE-406l. Other assignments have included USS AGAWAM IAOG-ol, Executive Officer, USS HARRY E. HUBBARD QDD-7485, Staff of Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group, The Republic of the Philippines, and Commanding Of- ficer, USS PRESTON IDD-795l. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Johnston and the commanding officers ot the ships in Destroyer Division 132: from left to right, CDR. S. Gurney, USS BRINKLEY BASS CDD887J: CDR. W.K. Martin, USS SAMUEL N. MOORE CDD747Jg CDR G J Walker USS WADDELL CDDG24J and CDR. P.R. Bush, USS HARRY E.l-lUBBARDCDD748J Also present CAPT l-I D McClure Commander Destroyer Squadron 133 RADM. D.G. Irvine Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 3 and CAPT. R.J. Norman, who was COMDESDIV 132 from June 1965 to July 1966 Q 6 ' Q f a ,, I

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U S S WADDELL is the first ship of the Navy to bear the name of James lredell Waddell Lieutenant, USN and CSN James Iredell Waddell born ln Pittsboro North Carolina on I3 July I824, was appointed mldshlpman on IO September I84I and as signed duty on Ship of the llnePENN SYLVANIA He took part in the blockade of Vera Cruz on board U S Brig SOMERS during the Mexican War followed by sea service on board PREBLE GERMAN TOWN RELEASE ALLEGHANY SAGINAW JOHN ADAMS and duty as an Instructor in navigation at the United States Naval Academy Waddell resigned I8 January I862 after the outbreak of the Civil War. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the Con- federate States Navy on 27 March I862, he served in CSS MISSISSIPPI onthe New Orleans station, with the batteries at Drewry's bluff and later those t Charleston, South Carolina. On I9 October W4 I864, he took command of the new India man, SEA KING, and transformed her to CSS SHENANDOAH. Purposing to destroy the untouched New England whaling fleet, he cruised In Pacific waters, sailing to Australia, north through the Sea ofOkhotsk, and into the Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean, capturing 38 prizes. While steaming along the West Coast of the United States, on 28 June I865 he learned of the collapse of the Confederacy After altering the physical appearance of his ship to resemble a merchantman, he sailed her to Liverpool, the only vessel to have curcumnavigated the globe under the Confederate flag. He turned SHENANDOAH over to British authorities and after am- nesty was offered in I875, became Captain for the Pacific Mail Company. Waddell died at Annapolis in I886 while commanding the Maryland State Flotilla, for policing oyster beds. JAMES IREDELL WADDELL

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CHANGE OF COMMAND 1966 CDR. G.J, Walker relieved CDR. C.J. Boyd as WADDELUS Commanding Officer on 25 January 1966. CAPT. H.D, Johnston relieved CAPT, F?,J. Norman as Commander, Destroyer Divi- sion 132 on 29 July 1966.