Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEPARTME T UQ'- . M I'AIIHYI'1I . IT H. JA IIOI I I AY MH WHA! ONS 0FI Il'I-III 0I'FIIA'I'lONi OI' I' ICF R tip., LTJG .LJ YLFERTS NAVIGATION OFFICER

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Histor of USS WEDD N. ' 'tselaqx y ERBUR QDD-684i THE L'SS WEDDERBVRN. za Fletcher Class De- stroyer. was built in 1943 and commissioned in 1944. She was named in honor of LTJG CHARLES FOS- TER WEDDERBIJRN who was killed in action on L'SS CHALNCEY while on European Patrol on No, vember 19. 1917. During World War ll Wt-Illlll1IRBl'RN saw her fair share of action in the Pacific Theatre and was credited with shooting down three enemy planes. She also assisted in the strikes on Palau. Mtndoro, Luzon and the Yisayan areas supported the landings on l.eyte, tiuam and Nlindoro, and took part in the Battle ot' tkipe l-Ingano Wlrllllli-IltBt'ltN later took part in the Liu tlayeu tlull and lwo .lima landings and supported the strikes on the ltyukyus and Tokyo Shi- t'ttlt't't'ti tht' Ht'St'fVt' Fleet In 1946 but ivan recoiuiiitssionetl in ltifitl in time to serve with di-tincttou in Korea while supporting the . U'tllj' and Nlarities ts ith shore hotiihardiiient ln lim. lk l-Ililll-Iltl!l'ltN di-parted on tier lirst cruise in support ut opt-rationk in Yietnaim She has since tiude ttso otheix rettirnint: from the latest in early tlctoher lim? .titer liaving lultilled practically every mansion that can he .iwigned to qi l' S Navy Des- troyet' lrom short' bombardment to plane guard and pilot ri-Ni-ue dutxt with our giant attack aircraft carriers Spending nearly twoethtrds of her six month de- ployment .it sea, Wiililll-Zltlll'RN steamed roughly forty thousand miles and participated in fifty-four underway replenishments ln three separate mis- sions on the South Vietnamese gunline . She hurled more than four thousand three hundred pro- jectile-s at the enemy both day and night from guns that Seldom had time to cool Her career has in- cluded thirteen WESTPM' cruises which have earned her the same number of battle ribbons.

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