Charles P Cecil (DDR 835) - Naval Cruise Book

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ii ' -« ISS CHAKLliS P. CECIL (UDR 835), built liy the i ' uili Iron Works. I ' .alii vininc, was nameii for Uear Auiniral Charles P. Cecil who died in a plane crash in the Pacific in l ' M4. Uhen C ecil was laiincneo on 22 April l ' )45, Mrs. Charles P. Ce cil christened her. Two month, ' - lator, on 2!) June, LSS CliAI Li;S P. CI-.CTL (ODS io) wa.s tommi.ssioned. After her shakedown crui.se at (luanlaiianlo I ' .ay, ( uba and brief visits alonu the Kast Coast. Cecil lieiian her tour of active service which ha.s earned Ivor to almost ' ery part of the t;lohc. On 6 November, 194.5, she pasaea throu.Hii the Panama Canal into tlie Pacific. While arrivin-j too late to partici- pate in tnc war, Cecil was present in Tokyo ' - ay for tlie Japane.se surrentler ceromonip.s. Durint: this tour the ship visited many Japanese ports as well as I ' .newetok and the iarshall Islands. After two inontiis in Pearl Marbor Cecil went to Kwajalein anci then to I ' ikini Atoll for both Atomic ' omli te.sts. Upon cohipletion of lier first yard period in San Francisco in .August 1047, stie was deployed to .the Western Pacific for eif ht months. I urinu luis periou, S35 has visited such ports as .Shant;hi, ioiijkoni;, Yokosuka, Okinawa and Pearl ilarbor.

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mmwi • i m i-XtadJLi-Ll 1 1 1 t i e?sion IQ ,be ing air attacks,. Cecil ' s Ourinsi her next year of operations aloiit; picket destroyer. Especially equipped for loim raiisje dcteci Value to the fleet was greatly increased. 7 « w «. ■ . » lju„j„i- In pril 1949, C11 RL1CS P. CKX ' IL returned to the .Atlantic Fleet. Making hei l.olll it in Newport, Khode 1 ., she left for her first Mediterranean Cruise in September 1949. .- fter her second Med. Crjyse in 1050 she can,e to her new homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. . ' ,. Since coming to the Atlantic Fleet, Cecil has nade nine deployments to the bixth Heet m the .mediterranean in addition to participating in various second fleet ana NATO operations. For the years 1955 and 19o7 Cec.l won the -lattle Kfficiency K award. New electronic systems for anti-air warfare have been developed by the Navy, Cecil has been receiving them. ,,.,... j.. j • x- In May 1963 Cecil is scheduled to enter the shipyard to undergo the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization program! When she is recommissioned ih 1964 CHARLES P. CKCIL will again be DD 835 with a new primary mission of Anti-submarine warfare. ns. For the years 1955 and 1957 Cecil won warfare have been developed by the Navy,