Briscoe (DD 977) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1993

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BRISCOE: A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE A native of Centerville, Mississippi, Admiral Briscoe was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1918. During World War I he served in the battleship ALABAMA of the Atlantic Fleet, and In the destroyer ROE, operating from Brest, France. At the end of hostilities, he made the first postwar Midshipmen cruise in the USS KEARSARGE and in 1919 returned to destroyer duty as Engineer Officer of the USS HUMPHREYS, stationed in Near East waters at Constantinople. During the Turko-Greek fighting in 1920-1921, he commanded a Naval landing force at Derindge, Turkey. After further destroyer duty In the USS FLUSSER and USS HENDERSON, and recruiting- duty at Little Rock, Arkansas, he served as Senior Assistant Engineer of the battleship WEST VIRGINIA (1926-1929), then returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor in Mechanical Engineering. In 1931-1933 he was on China Station, assigned first as Executive Officer of the USS EDSALL, on Yangtze Patrol during the Japanese occupation of Woosung and Manchuria, and later as Communication Officer of the USS HOUSTON, flagship of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet. He again returned to the Naval Academy in June 1934, and for three years served as Head of the Department of Chemistry. Sea duty as Navigator of the battleship MISSISSIPPI preceded a tour during the prewar period as Assistant Director of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Navy Department Liaison Officer with the National Defense Research Committee. He has been identified as one of the pioneers of modern electronics development in the Navy. In May 1942 he assumed command of the USS PROMETHEUS, a recommissioned World War I repair ship. Under his command she joined the THIRD Fleet at Noumea, Caledonia, where he was detached to command Destroyer Squadron 5 and operated as escort commander for Task Forces 67, 68 and 10. In the Intervening periods when the battleships and cruisers were not at sea, Admiral Briscoe operated Commander Task Group 67.5 (Cactus Striking Force) in Guadalcanal waters. He was transferred to command of the USS DENVER in July 1943, and returned that cruiser to the United States after she suffered severe battle damage off Rabaul in November 1943. In February 1944 he Joined the Staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, in Washing- ton, as Head of New Developments, and with his promotion to flag rank in April 1945, assumed command of Amphibious Group 14. V-J Day found him in Manila, working on plans for the invasion of the Japanese homeland. In September 1945 he took command of the Operational Development Force, Atlantic Fleet, with headquarters at Norfolk, Virginia. After two years there, and a tour of duty as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Readiness), he became Commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, on November 1, 1950. Ordered In January 1952 to command the SEVENTH Fleet in Korean waters, he retained this command until designated Commander Naval Forces, Far East, in June of that year. Two years later he reported as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, for Fleet Operations and Readiness, and on July 2, 1956, became Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe. For exceptional meritorious service (in that capacity) from July 2, 1956 to December 31, 1958 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. On January 1, 1959 he was transferred to the Retired List of the U.S. Navy. He died on October 14, 1968 in Liberty, Mississippi. ADMIRAL ROBERT PEARCE BRISCOE Strike Destroyer USS BRISCOE (DD-977) was commissioned on 3 June 1978 at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Facilities in Pasca- goula, Mississippi. The fifteenth destroyer in a series of thirty- one SPRUANCE CLASS destroyers, BRISCOE bears the name of Admiral Robert P. BRISCOE, U.S. Navy. Although orglnally developed as an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) destroyer, BRISCOE was transformed into a Strike De- stroyer with the installation of a 64-cell Vertical Launch missile System (VLS). As a Strike Destroyer, BRISCOE possesses the most sophisticate i and lethal weapons in the US arsenal includ- ing Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles. Since commissioning, BRISCOE has deployed to the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic, and most recently, to the Red Sea. The ship has served as a member of the Standing Naval Forces Atlantic, sailed around South America during Uni- tas XXX, participated in the liberation of Grenada, served in the Multi-National Peacekeeping Forces off the coast of Lebanon, and also served as a member of the United Nations multination- al Maritime interception Force (MIF). USS BRISCOE (DD 977) (1978-1990) USS BRISCOE (DD 977) (1991-PRESENT) J

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF BR ETCM (SW) Edwin D. Anderson was born in Slocomb, Alabama on 30 July 1941. During his high school years, he learned radio tv repair through the Devry Technical Institute. Upon graduation from Slocomb High School in June 1959, he relocated to Tallahassee, Florida, where he worked in radio tv repair until enlisting in the U.S. Navy on 13 September 1965. He attended boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. After graduating from Great Lakes, he has served at the following stations: USS Stoddard (DD-566) (1965-66), ET A school Great Lakes, IL (1966-67), USS Algol (LKA-54) (1968-69), Naval Air Station Pensacola Ground Electronics (1969-71), ET B School Great Lakes, IL (1971-72), USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) (1972-74), USS Spruance (DD-963) (1974-76), Oliver Hazard Perry Land Based Test Center (1976-80), USS Kidd (DDG-993) (1980-83), COMPHIBRON TWELVE (1983-87), USS Shreveport (LPD-12) (1987-90), USS BRISCOE (DD-977) (1990-Present). . During Master Chief Anderson ' s career he has earned six Good Conduct awards, two Battle Efficiency awards, four Sea Service ribbons, two Meritorious Unit Commendations, one Navy Commendation medal, and two National Defense Medals. He is married to the former Dorothy M. Frey of Marion, Illinois. He has two sons, Dewey and Ryan, and one daughter, Rene. He currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia.



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DEPARTURE FROM NORFOLK JULY 13, 1992

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