Arnold J Isbell (DD 869) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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USS BRINKLEY BASS DD887 The BRINKLEY BASS is a GEARING class gen- eral purpose destroyer that was commissioned in 1946. She underwent the FRAM conversion in mid 1961 and afterward has been in- volved inmany varied tasks and exercises. In August 1968, two days after a change of command cere- mony inthe Philippines, the BRINKLEY BASS rescued a pilot from the carrier HANCOCK. Since that time, BRINKLEY BASS has participated in a variety of duties and tasks off the coast of Vietnam with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. The BRINKLEY BASS has a compliment of 290 men. R. B. Colquhoun l C E. J. Dee l C L. F. Mclntyre 1 C R. B. McPhail 1 C S. E. Rasmussen l C J. T. Shannon 1 C G. W. Cantwell 3 C 56