Barry (DD 933) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 62 text:

em waz ww A 4 525 , V 6 . as X K ,, -xl 1 X T 'N X . 5 Q., . W - fffxx , Q .K N LA K

Page 61 text:

Seriiries Captain welcoming aboard isr Air Cavalry. Two Navies make friends. Junk Parrol The iurik farce. ,f if 4, yuuyf, Q, -f fi , W ig? 5 R r w, ff' 4:94. .rw iv Righi full rudder. Cigareiie

Page 63 text:

WS SX ' . ' . ...-. Y , 'li gm ,. it xl s.. ixfi. X ig X sf if js' X ,, f we i t ,s.,1x1X'1gc 1 pk Q-w.Q,sjgXs s sf ,1 fl fy' ss gig X x I , fyy X Sissy -tis? 54-sisiss ,, f 'ASQ 'XTR y QsXQsXt1-sw -SX-S f X, gy. t skxfs 5 Nbgm LX, X Z X xs , A X Q X XXRXXXXXXXX .X X , ' Q r X? X'-NS sXX?' wx? s if s X ,X X mf, - Xxx, ,NNWXX X sxo N so f, Xf ,f fff, f. ' NsXsXsNssSfoSXS:fs My ,Z Xf 0.1 U ? Q hbmk- Q, ?fi:'E17g, . ' , ' , .t.,,ysX.N,s,,s5XssXsi,X.XX QXXCX X X - X A . ,,LLL , ,,A.L ,, mfL,L X ,, LL,, Xfwff, f . . ,, , , , , . , , X M Q-,gjygg X f - , 1. f f f ff , ,. ff X f , , A Agia- Y- - K 1. XX W LX-NEMXQQXXX'Stfs:iXsX?Xs'.f.sfi-X ,. X . X - , -- - ........ ' - - -. - ',,, - 6 . f - ':---.f-A -r-:F ,-----X - E ' - - 1 . - - ,. s' X ,- , S A., A - - -2- - -- - 37 . . is-as -- 'ff' - - -- '5 it BARRY . . . . . . T ay -T J arrived at Subic Bay in The Philippines on I7 January l966 after 118 straight days of ' naval gunfire support missions and over 3000 combat air-strikes sortie Operations with the USS -5 4 - ENTERPRISE. A few needed repairs were scheduled to be accomplished by the destroyer tender P r l - I. e fully expected to spend the better part of a week at Subic Bay and to , later aftord the crew some hard earned liberty at Hong Kong. The very next day, however, we X i- . - - - I' learned that BARRY was scheduled to get underway in 36 hours for special secret operations X I rf fwstwr 51-ss evTQs5?s5gXzTwi-4i4+fTsf , - . . . . . . . - fxavv involving amphibious forces. The obvious urgency of the situation meant a rapid reassembly of at as ff. wwf r - 4 . . Wi many pieces of equipment and machinery that had been dismantled for repair work. ln the true X spirit of Navy tradition, BARRY and PIEDMONT sailors labored through two straight nights and T V i one day to make the ship ready to steam again. At 0600 on 20 January BARRY departed Subic Bay, .. wi X Q. exact destination unknown - for four hard weeks of gunfire support and amphibious operations off L- X X X the coast of South Vietnam. , -' The specialised Task group to which BARRY had been assigned consisted mainly of specialized -5 A 4 amphibious ships. Included were several attack troop transports QAPA sl, several landing ship ,g - ..-ZZ' tanks lLST'sI, a number of landing ship docks lLSD'sI, the helicopter assault carr1er,USS VALLEY xll flliiil , --f FORGE CLPH-83, and a formidable force of United States Marines. We were to be loined by nu- , Q X X ,,,X . - - - ' t t merous other amphibious units later. As we watched OPERATION DOUBLE EAGLE develop, f 3 , ti .- T it became the most interesting and complex of all our assignments to date. s X X ff, After much preparation, the task group approached the obiective area near the beaches of 1 Z fr.. Quang Ngal Province in South Vietnam. In the grey dawn o - ay, anuary, s ipping in un er f , Q , s the cover of a moonless night, BARRY stood off shore within 2000 yards of the beachhead and X gg 'T waited while one wave of Marines after another moved ashore from the amphibious task group. OPERATION DOUBLE EAGLE, the largest amphibious landing since the lnchon landings in .X Korea, was directed against a hard core Viet Cong stronghold not far from Danang. Although X Initial resistance -was slight, Marine units gradually forced increasing contact with the enemy. ff X BARRY was called upon to provide gunfire support for Marine movements during daylight hours if f Q . X 3 ., and to provide harassing fire at night. During this period BARRY had a coastal iunk patrol under V 5 its command manned by South Vietnamese sailors and American advisors.. The punks were es , , A tablished into an infiltratefexfiltrate patrol as an extension of friendly front lines. . 5 M On 5 February BARRY was reluctantly detached to support the U.S. Army s famed First Cav- L alry - THE FIGHTING FIRST - in OPERATION MASI-IER and WHITE WING farther south. The ft' .,swt:2 f5 P, .fwlwr-wsffrsihsfzx . . northern sweep was planned to trap the VC between IST CAV and the Marines in OPERATION y MASI-I ER. With this mission the BARRY had fired and operated in all four Corps areas of Vietnam T and had participated in two of the biggest offensives of the Vietnam conflict to date. Her rep- utation was well established. The task group commander commented by me-ssage. U X I' BARRY's contribution to DOUBLE EAGLE deserves recognition. FIVIVIQ VISOVIY 700 Toimds 50 round-the-clock missions against enemy troops, installations, and assembly areas, rom' g... 4 -IUVTUUVY to A l:9b U0 Y, BARRY C1CCOUnTed for lmany successesl. . . As a resu-It o efxce enltl .fs , f P f x marksmanship, alert naval gunfire support communications and on-the-spot readiness or eac 4- f 4 mission, BARRY acquired an enviable reputation with each of the units supportegi. -I f S Th E. 5F'il 3i P From 5 Febfwfv to I5 Febfwfrf BARRY mftged 0'9nQ QU? liundmd and T' Ty TX et O of f gr: , 2? Vietnamese coastline, firing harassing missions against Viet Cong posxlons. dt one polln 4 6, ,. . f BARRY hosted on board, a Colonel and Mayor of the South Vietnamese rrtgy an Tsevergl .S flap! X ff -f Cavalry Officers flown out from the beach by helicopter. The reduced tempo o opera iorks urlEQ ,X , , kthis period allowed time for some much needed repair and upkeep work. For many O US, 9 Sfrgiung beauty of the Vietnamese coast will long be remembered. fl' - - .sf :iff W ' 6 f , -.-, ff' .vcr 1- zfdfff-fr-fqffffffg, 7 .wer f Q 4, '- -- '- 'A mal' TT- -- T 'T ini- l- - ,, - - ff 1-. A- ef- ft ve --sf-- f- off 'L'- 6' 2,771-L TZ .,,,- - L- T Q A f -s-- -M - Q A - if- s , A . - - - - -i ,sf , .i iw Xisr ' - 4' '- -.- D- ' ..-- - - -fm - -- - J , A-:L - , . fs: , , . -- A do A A ' - 3 , .- f X--- 'M f - - .- ,Pez -, -- M--- -A srs' 2 , gf, W , ,gf , ff . o X. -- .. , . A5 T ,Q A . , ,A ff A f' - , . A A A1 - 4 A -'L f if I riiii W .,. .. f. - - -A A .. - - '- --K - - - - - .. .sir XXX. .T X A s t J-I - + . M- f Q it f- ' , A if ' - ' Y . A V sf . - . 1 50' ' f' 'T' . , EJ'- i'Fffi'-'ld T T T 44: X A iv. T- . . X N ,frm ..,. - I 7 U 1 ,.- ,e,f- A : -' . M, -f ,,XX., X Q- , tl Xsst ' ,G - ,-'ff 1,42 Q.-. X 'rs ff f X ' .17 -1.4, Y f , ' Y, f f 071,31 - CM s f- 4 s' ,Sr MN ' ing, f X ff -' X' X. v fkf ' -if' .-f '1 5' ' 'Kass' - ,..- - ff., r.f , .fyf.',- ff Zi' -4 Qfiifxii .. . yffZ!iukf'fif ...- f I ,li ' Q' T65 f , .1 f Z . .fafif f Z A X . . f frf, f