Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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4+ C518 5' 9? ff quiz, HIRE f! N . is ' ? 1? .ff WF- VT'??!if'T -is V fins' Q. 4 -!1,..z'?X. .319 W., r-.1515 A ' he -,-li I 15. sb is . -, qgijzi '- SHIPS HI URY WA 2 'W 4 . Y.. 1' Q it .. .1 ' ' ' . .' ' ,,, , M ,Z -3, J Lt, . 1 ,nk ' J DM., V .I l Q . ' 'Y - Q-Q4-535.31 0 ' '1 ' Q . '- mi:-' I .530 ' ng, faq, M, 774414 gr' '21, gl QK J 9 'igskriilg 35,51- 7 KJ. ll A :I M The U. S, S, BRINKLEY BASS QDD 8871 was commissioned on 1 October, 1945, at Orange, Texas. The ship was named in honor of Lieutenant Com- mander 1-larry Brinkley Bass, U. S. Navy. Lieutenant Commander Bass, a naval aviator, was twice awarded the Navy Cross for heroic action against enemy forces during early World War Il, in the South Pacific. Other deco- rations included, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star Medal, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart. After reporting to Commander In Chief, Pacific Fleet, the BASS departed San Diego, in February of 1946, for her first Far Eastern Cruise. The ship spent a full year, in the Far East, visiting such ports as Shanghai, Tsingtao, and I-long Kong. She returned to San Diego, in February of 1947, and began extensive training off Southern California. Between the years 1948 and 1950 the BASS made two more cruises to the Far East. After the outbreak of hostilities in Korea the BASS was ordered to report to the Far East in November of 1950, and was given duty with Task Force Seventy-Seven. The first taste of combat for the BASS came in May, when she was ordered to Wonsan Harbor for shore bombardment, where she suf- fered her first battle casualty, as a result of shrapnel from an enemy 12.0MM shell, which was fatal to one man and injured ten others, On 17 July Destroyer Division FIFTY-TWO was relieved on station and departed for San Diego. The second combat cruise for the BASS began on 26 January 1952, and after a three week assignment with Task Force 77, she again went into the action at Wonsan Korea. During her two weeks in Wonsan this time she was taken under fire on eleven separate occasions, and on one of those occasions re- ceived a direct hit amidships, which caused injury to several of the crew and minor 'damage to the ship. After working with Task Force 77, again and another trip to Wonsan, she returned to San Diego on 26 August 1952. The third combat cruise for the BRINKLEY BASS began on 18 April 1953, and is presented in pictorial form in the following pages of this book ........ 3 .

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IIHIICAIIII We wish to dedicate this book to our ship mate John D. Bryan, Fireman Apprentice, U.S, Navy, who died on the 20th of May 1951 as a result of enemy gunfire in Wonsan Har- bor, Korea.

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. as iEE,Ei, ,,,,. g, js' A 3 -. f j-l 4v '-'V , , .A , 4' - 't- Osh F -f Q v2 4-,-.14- --'-' ' ! ! v- -Y 4' IZUMMANIIEH IIESTHUYIR ! 1 l I Captain Paul S. Savidge, Ir, , relieved Captain A. L. Gebelin as Commander Destroyer Division FIFTY- TWO on I7 September 1953, ' Captain Savidge entered the U. S. Naval Academy in 1930 from the state of Washington. Upon graduation, he served in the U.S.S. Tennessee, U.S,S. Jarvis CDD- 393 and U. S.S. Colorado, During the war he was navi- gator of the U.S. S. Massachusetts in the Pacific. He received the Bronze Star Medal with combat device dur- ing operations with the Fast Carrier Task Force. In 1946, Captain Savidge took command of U. S. S. Collett IDD-7301, and during this tour spent a year in the Far East. In 1947, he was assigned as Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Destroyer Flotilla ONE. From 1948 to I95I, he was on duty in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, and then attended the Naval War College at Newport, R. I. His present assignment was preceeded by duty as Direc- tor of Pl n ' a ning on the staff of Commander Western Sea Frontier, With such an impressive and well-rounded back- ground, it is apparent that the ships in Destroyer Divi- sion FIFTY-TWO can look forward to serving under a very capable and experienced Division Commander, IIIVISIII HHY-TWU Captain Albert L. GEBELIN entered the U. S. Naval Academy in 1930, and graduated with the class of 1934, Upon graduation, Captain GEBELIN was assigned to the U.S. S. WEST VIRGINIA where he spent four years. In June 1938 he was ordered to report for duty on his first destroyer where he served as Communications Officer and Gunnery Officer, and five months before the attack on Pearl Harbor he was assigned to the U. S. S. MAURY qDD 4011. After campaigns in the Pacific, where the MAURY received the Presidential Unit Citation, he was transferred to the Atlantic Coast where he reported aboard the U. S. S. DOYLE QDD 4941. In December 1943, Captain GEBELIN assumed command of the U. S. S. THOMPSON CDD 6271 and during D-Day Operations he transported Admirals KIRK and KING, and Generals EISENHOWER, MARSHALL, and ARNOLD to the Nor- mandy beach-head. For his performance in that cam- paign, Captain GEBELIN was awarded the Silver Star Medal, and the Croixe de Guerre. From November 1944 to March 1949, the Commodore received a variety of ship assignments, and then in May of 1949 he reported for duty with the Bureau of Naval Personnel, at Washing- ton, D.C. In August of 1952, Captain GEBELIN assumed command of Destroyer Division FIFTY-TWO. I Leadership and responsibility are common capa- bilities in Americans, but outstanding leadership and re- sponsibility are characteristic to only a few. Captain GEBELIN is one of those few. He is truly a credit to the great Navy of a greater nation.