Arnold J Isbell (DD 869) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS PORTERFIELD DD682 The USS PORTERFIELD is a later FLETCHER class gen- eral purpose destroyer com- missioned in 1943, Her anti- submarine capabilities include depth charges, hedgehog rockets and homing torpedoes. She is also armed with surface and anti- aircraft weapons. The ship is 376 1 2 feet long and 39 1 2 feet at her beam. She carries a crew of 17 officers and 250 enlisted men. The ship has served in carrier screening duty at New Guinea, the Marianas, and the Philip- pines. She served gunfire support at Iwo Jima and more recently in the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts. ■ r f( T . ' J. C. Tuttle 3 C J. W. Waddell 3 C D. G. White 3 C S. W. White 3 C 69 mm ll|ll | | i|l| l| l! I J l!l | l l l j| l |ji}P| l |j l | l | | |i! j jy im i ij|Mtfi i i! it:f:;sH!! ' y;. H«rw iMuittiiii ! ij!i | Htiiia| MidiiiiMiiaaiBiiiiiiiaiiii

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TURNER JOY is a general purpose destroyer of the latest post-war class, named in honor of Admiral C, Turner Joy, She is 418 feet long, 45 feet across the beam and displaces 3900 tons. Her firepower consists of three 5-inch dual purpose guns and one twin 3-inch rapid-fire mount. She also carries modern anti-submarine weapons. In the summer of 1964 in the Gulf of Ton- kin, TURNER JOY was one of two ships attacked by the North ' ietnamese tor- pedo boats while on patrol in International waters off the coast of ' ietnam. USS TURNER JOY DD951 R. K. Chamberlain 1 C J. J. Dibernardo 1 C P. W. Ehmcke 1 C G. C. Koons 1 C J. R. Cakes 1 C T. C. Stente 1 C 70 ■!«■ i | ijiii i i Mmif« i i mn ii|i i i