Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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COMMANDING OFFICER Lewavne THOMPSON was born on 17 October 1925 in Long Beach, Californiaf the son of Charles VV. and Amy THOMPSON. He attended I ting Beach City College in 1943. He enlisted in the Navy V-12 Frogram in 19133 and attended the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota until November of 1944. He was commissioned in March 1945 at the 1'.S.N.R.RI.S.. Ft. Schuyler, N.Y. as Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Commander THOMFSON'S sea going naval career commencedaboafd 1'.S.S. ATR 16, where he served as Executive Officer, Commun1Catl0f15 Ollicer, rnd Navigator. In February 1947, upon augmentation to the U5- Navy. he reported to the Naval Communications Station on Guam where he served in General Communications. ' From February 1949 to February 1952 he served in the Operations and Gunnery Departments on board the Heavy Cruiser U.S.S. TOLEDO CCA-1331. During this tour he was awarded both the Navy CommenCl21t10U Medal and the Navy Commendation 2nd Award for action in Korea. LT- THOMFSON then proceeded to Post Graduate School at Monteray f01' General Line where he studied until December 1952. The years of 1953 and 1954 found him serving a two year tour 215 head of Administration Department of Sub Group One, Pacific RCS?1'Ve Fleet. in San Diego. California. ln March 1955 LT. THOMPSON received his first command which was the U.S.S. ORANGE COUNTY QLST-10681 lt was during this tour he became Lt. Commander. LCDR. rHoMPsoN served as Plans Officer on the starr of C0111- mander Naval Base, Los Angeles, California, from March 1957 to March ietso. when he was transferred to the U.s.s. PRITCHETT CDD-5515 es Erfwfive Oflicer. Viihile on board are PRITCHETT he received hw flllfdvsffipe and in December 1961 as Commander he took command of the 'L-.S.S. YVEDDERBURN CDD-6843.