Charles P Cecil (DDR 835) - Naval Cruise Book

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J ■4 LI ' m ir: =- 31? ' I 1 -I .rw. ' .i; ' - ' . CECIL (bl ' ; - .)5), built by the I ' lith Iron WorKs, liatli Mninc, was nain.?il for Kear Aamiral Charles P. Cecil who died in a plane crash in tlie Pacific in liM4. V i,( n C cil was launclieci on 22 April 1045, lrs. Charles P. Cecil christened her. Two mpnthf-- latPr , on 2!) June, LSS CU i Ll S P. Ci.ClL (DD- j. ' io) was commissioned. After her shakedown cruise at (iuantannmo liay, Cuba and brief visit.s alonu the l- ' a.-l Coast. Cecil bejan her tour of active service which ha.s earned her to alinosl f .-ry (lart of the t;lobe. On 6 November, i945, she passed throu.tdi the Panama Canal into the Pacific. While arriving too late to partici- pate in tnc war, Cecil was present in Tokyo ' - ay for the Japanese surrender ceremonies. Diirint: this tour the ship visileil many Japanese ports as well as l-.newetok and the -arshall Islands. After two months in Pearl Marbor Cecil went to Kwajalein anci men to I ' ikini . toll for both Atomic ' ' omli test.s. . pdn coiiipletion of her first yard period in San Francisco in August 1047, stie was ileployed to the ' Aestern Pacific for eij.;ht months. Durintz tais period, S35 has visited such ports as .Shant;hi, ionjkonii, 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,

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■ Mlll - ..U ■ r r jrsion lo become a ra ' ini air att.iCKS, Cecil n Newport, Khode Is.. e in 1050 she came to i)urin-. l.er next ve ar of operations alon picket iest ;oycr. Especially equipped for Ion. ran.e oe.... Value to the fleet was ' f f ' ' ' l ' , ,, ,„,„ed to the .Atlantic Fleet. V.akinu her hi ... L „;„incT th »m. . J ,1,- Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernizati pro.. ' ' hrshe i; recon .issioned Ih 1964 CHARLKS P mission of Anti-submarine warfare. Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization 1 again be DO 835 with a new primary