Arnold J Isbell (DD 869) - Naval Cruise Book

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D. T. Sacco 1 C J. R. Simpson 1 C R. R. Smith 1 C S. E. Springer 1 C W. G. Wagner 1 C R. S. Runnion 2 C D. M. Davis 3 C D. R. Edwards 3 C D. L. Miller 3 C W. C. Wagner 3 C W- w w W. J. Wilkie 3 C R. E. Witkowski 3 C W. A. Young 3 C 53 ■aVMWKPlSHt

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52 USS PARSONS DDG32 N. J. Dilloff 1 C R. A. Manekin 1 C W. F. Pain l C P. N. Richter 1 C The USS PARSONS is a DE- CATUR Class guided-missile destroyer named after Rear Ad- miral W. S. Parsons. Commis- sioned in 1959 she displaces 4000 tons and has a crew of 320 of- ficers and men. The ship is 418 feet long and 45 feet at the beam. Her armament includes one 5 54 gun. anti-submarine rocket- thrown torpedoes . Terrier missile systems, and a drone anti-submarine helicopter. The flagship of Destroyer Squadron 31, she was converted to a guided- missile destroyer in 1966, with 90 percent of her original super- structure removed. ' T

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J, M, Carney 1 C S. M. Chandler 1 C P. O. Dunn 1 C E. J. Fahy 1 C T. C. Macnamara 1 C H. A, Skinner 1 C .f-J iW m ' USS SOMERS DDG34 The USS SOMERS is one of four FORREST SHERMAN class destroyers to be converted to a guided-missile destroyer. She has a medium-range surface-to-air missile, an anti- submarine rocket and a rapid-fire 5 54 gun mount. She is 418 feet long, 45 feet across the beam and has a displacement of 4000 tons. The crew consists of 320 officers and men. r iJ ,«- W5 . •- . V . 54