Cony (DDE 508) - Naval Cruise Book

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.:'! -rf v -r ., 'A V -7 M! ., .. Q Q,-f USS CONY DDE 508 The USS CONY was named for Joseph S. Cony, Acting Master, U.S. Navy, who went down with his ship, a Mer- chant vessel, off Cape Hatteras in 1867. Two months after commissioning in Boston, the CONY sped to the Pacific in December of 19412 where she par- ticipated in many battles and earned 11 battle stars. She was huilt at Bath Iron Works in Maine and was launched on 30 August 1942. She was inactivated at Charleston Naval Shipyard on 1 January 1947. In 1951 she made a world cruise and in 1952 she Won her Battle Efficiency En, After a period with the Sixth Fleet, the CONY returned home and was active in Anti- Submarine operations and type training. In 1957, she again joined the Sixth Fleet and took part in NATO exer- cises. Since '58, when she joined famed TASK GROUP ALFA, the CONY has been actively engaged in intensive ASW training and operations.

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fwng,,.' - ':, f A , dn , 'C .riff Q7 5 ' ' W ' . I 4 F CDR Dunham relieves CDR Glendinning at Change of Command Ceremonies aboard CONY. RADM Hilles, seated, listens attentively to CDR Dunham's remarks. CHANGE or COMMAND In ceremonies attended by RADIVI F. V. H. HILLES, USN, COMDESFLOT FOUR, and RADM .I. E. CLARK, USN, COMTASKGRUA-LEA, Comman'der Frank C. DUN- HAM, Jr., U.S. Navy, relieved Commander B. E. Glendin- ning, U.S. Navy, as Commanding Officer, USS CONY QDDE 5081 on 8 August 1960. Commander DUNHAM reported as Commanding Offic- er, USS CONY from the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., and Commander GLENDINNING departed for a course of instruction at the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virgin-ia. 2 Bruce Edmond Glendinning UNITED STATES NAVY Commander Glendinning was born in Rahway, N. J. on March 7, 1921 and is the son of Mr. Sz Mrs. .Iohn Edmond Glendinning of Norwood, Ohio. He is married to the former Crissie Joyce Cannon of Monticello, Georgia. They have three children ages 11, 8, and 4. After graduating from Morristown High School, Mor- ristown, N. J. he attended Drew University for two years and entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940. He grad- uated in 1943 with a Bachelor of Science Degree and was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy. Sub- sequently he attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, and received his Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon being commissioned in 1943 CDR Glendinning reported to the USS ANDERSON IDD 4111 in the Pacific Fleet. He served in various departments including assign- ments as Chief Engineer, Gunnery Officer and Executive Officer. During this period the ANDERSON participated in the amphibious landings at TARAWA and KWAJELEIN and operations in NEW GUINEA and the liberations of the PHILLIPINE ISLANDS as well as bombardments in the KURILE ISLANDS. For performance of duty in the Engineering Department when the ANDERSON was struck by a Kamikaze aircraft he was awarded the Navy Com- mendation Ribbon by Commander Seventh Fleet. He par- ticipated in Operation Crossroads as Executive Officer of the ANDERSON until that ship was destroyed in the first Atomic Bomb Test at BIKINI ATOLL. From 1946 to 194-9 CDR Glendinning was assigned to the staff of the Fleet Sonar School in Key West, Florida as an instructor in Anti-Submarine Warfare. He worked principally as an instructor in tactics for the C4O'fXO course in ASW. In 1949 and 1950 he served as Operation and ASW Officer on the staff Commander Destroyer Squadron 8 during which time the squadron was employed as part of a permanent Hunter Killer Group working in Anti-Sub- marine Warfare. After completing postgraduate work the served as ASW and Gunnery Officer for Commander Destroyer Flotilla Six from 1953 to 1955 conducting various Anti-Submarine and other destroyer type exercises. In 1955 he acted as Operation Officer during the planning and execution of several large scale intertype Air Defense Exercises. Prior to reporting to CONY CDR Glendinning was the Program Officer for Turbines and Gears at the Naval Boiler and Turbine Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pa. and was engaged in the full scale testing and development of main. propulsion machinery for all types of naval vessels.