Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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ERBURN was commissioned on 9 March The USS VVEDD 1944 at San Francisco, California, and named in honor of the memory of Charles Foster WEDDERBURN, Lieutenant junior Grade, U.S. Navy. LTJG WEDDERBURN Was killed in action on the USS CHAUNCEY while on European patrol in November 1917. During World War 11, the WEDDERBURN supported the d occupation of Guam participating by shooting down landing an , three enemy planes with another three or four possibles. She supported the landings on Leyte and took part in the Battle of She was in the first strikes on Formosa and the Cape Engano. R uk u Islands and later supported the Lingayen Gulf landings, Y Y ' ' t d in raids on Saigon and on .ldpanese shipping, She participa e M She supported the landings on Iwo Jima and strikes on Tokyo, h b mbarded Okinawa During the last stages of the war Later s e 0 . she served as a radar picket for Task Force 38. After the war, ' ll d ' M WEDDERBURN joined the reserve fleet but Was reca e in ay of 1950 for reserve training duty. She was recommissioned on 21 November 1950 and joined the Destroyer Force of the Pacific in january 1951. , ' ,ewulifm , X qw 4 3, . iq. , -f'

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an United States for In june of 1951 VVEDDERBURN left the -her first tour of duty in the Korean Theater under the operational control of Commander United Nations Blockading and Escort Forces. She served with Task Forces 95, TT, and 72 acting as ' ' ' tinent activities during tcket. Her most pron plane guard and radar p this tour, however, were her shore bombardment ing anywhere from one to two miles otif the d ' nd night shore homhardment on selected ay a ' ' r i' and Nlurirtc Shore classihed hy the lub. ftrrnt. as one of the ht-st shouting flcstruyers they during the Korean Cantpaign. llt-r rt-eorti of cltcrl murtzirs, caves cmplacvnients, mines, villagt-s, ittticliine guns, 1 ri'-f r ii3ll tftttitttf: , ttitttit-ls, surttptttts tour inclu missions. Uperat- CULISI. she kept up targets. She was Fire Control Units had worl-:ed with targets during this , sltofc l.b:.tttCflL'5 Llfld trucks, ammunition pt-rsottxtel t-ttsttttlties. and fuel dumps, :ill tutztlittg After zi pt-rincl stu-nt on the lfortttwstt Patrol Wt-IllllliRlll'RN t'I:turm'tl tu tht: linitt-tl Ftatvs iii l'it'ltfL1tl!'f.' lH.'iI. Unct- ztgttitt in .Xtttgust nl IWHI, XN'lilllll'ilil'mla'lQN returned tu Kurt-at. Hun- zttgtitn slum- lioiiiliartlmt-tit gttitl scrt-extiiig were her primary ztssigtittivttts. .Xttvr rvtttrtiitttg tw tht- lhitt-tl States fur tt period uf t-ight ntoittlis Wl QlJlll'QlQlSl,'lQN lt-it tor her thirtl tour . ,A of tlttty with the l'nitt-tl Nutiutis l-'m't't's in tht- l-'ar ligist. a lirom lflfwfm tn liltil, WlflllPlilil5l,'lQN p:trtit'iptttetl in four six-month tours in the Wt-stertt l'.tt'ititi Hit lil Ntivt-ttiltt-r lENi tl ht-r liotttt' tru' tit Sm llit-git lair ht-r Wlil3llliRl5l'liN tlepatrtt' eighth tour tu Wl'iS'l'l'.Xli. 3-Q--4 A f if ' ,,, -r ' ,,..-X Q-fb gnc-. I v-ni ....,-N' 1 . 'Aon Q . I . ,, t,,,...vf,-...nil N ..- my up A ,,ov' .1 I i '0 ,- M ' na- tn' ,W it 1- .dv- . ' 4, , .f-V ' it ,. W,- .. if ,pure ' t,. ' 3 ,, 0 -i ,pr-H t :bln fini'- A 4.4, - mt, , au, g,i f'l.'t '. , ' luv-. ' . M- ,ga-f :J , ,A 4' - ., V N -.qi www. will ' , ,V NP:-if