Dashiell (DD 659) - Naval Cruise Book

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Received in Service Aboard the U, S, S, DASHIELL Occupation of Mindoro, December 1944. COMMANDER DOUGLAS L. L. CORDINER Anti-aircraft Action in Leyte Gulf, 20 December 1944. ANDRES, GUS, Jr., Cox BURNSWORTH, CHARLES W., Slfc HICKS, ALVIN A., GM3fc JOHNSTON, PAUL H., Slfc RALPH, GEORGE F., Slfc WICKLIN, ROBERT E., Slfc Anti-aircraft Action off Okinawa, 6 April 1945. COMMANDER DOUGLAS L. L. CORDINER Anti-aircraft Action off Okinawa, 14 April 1945. COMMANDER DOUGLAS L. L. CORDINER LT. COMDR. MICHAEL J. HANLEY LT. JOHN F. THOMPSON LT. FRED M. WRIGHT LT. RICHARD W. BALDWIN LT. fjgl JOHN S. MONSOS ANDRES, GUS, Jr, cox AYERS, GERALD E. SK1fc CUTRI, MICHAEL R., GM2fc MURPHY, JOSEPH J., sm SMALES, WILLIAM C, CMM WHITE, ELMER G., FC3fc Bronze Purple Purple Purple Purple Purple Purple Star Heart Heart Heart Heart Heart Heart Silver Star Navy Cross Legion Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze I Third Fleet Operations against Japan, July and August 1945. COMMANDER DOUGLAS L. L. CORDINER Bronze of Merit Star Star Star Smr Star Star Star Star Star Star Star

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. S. . 2265? BUILT-Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Keamy, New Jersey. KEEL LAID-30 September 1942 LAUNCHED-6 February 1943 COMNHSSIONED-Brooklyn, New York, on 20 March 1943 HOME YARDS +- Brooklyn, N. Y., March 1943 to July 1943 Mare Island, Cal., July 1943 to Sept. 1945 Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1945 CAMPAIGN BARS American Theater Philippine Liberation Asiatic Theater World War I1 Victory Medal STAR ENGAGEMENTS Marcus, Walce,Tarawa Raids Philippines fLeyte1 Tarawa fOccupation1 Philippines fMindoro 81 Lingayen Western New Guinea Campaign fHol- Gulf Landings1 landia Sz Morotai Landings1 Okinawa Marianas fCapture and Occupation Third Fleet Victory Strikes against of Guam1 Japan ' Shore Bombardments--Tarawa, Kavieng, Miles Steamed-200,636 Guam, Luzon, Suruga Wan QHonshu1 Longest Period at Sea-68 Days ll July - Times Under Air Attack-412 6 Sept. 19451 Planes Shot Down-9 Equator-18 Crossings Ships Sunk-5 lnternutional Date Line-10 Crossings American Airmen Rescued-5 Panama Canal--2 Transits . Floating Mines Destroyed-14 X' DESTROYER SQUADRON 25 Destroyer Division 49 Destroyer Division 50 U. S. S. John Rodgers QDD 5741 U. S. S. Ringgold QDD 5001 U. S. S. Harrison QDD 5731 U. S. S. Dashiell QDD 6591 U. S. S. Kimberly IDD 5211' U. S. S. Schroeder fDD 5011 U. S. S. Little QDD 8011 U. S. S. Sigsbee CDD 5021 U. S. S. McKee CDD 5751 U. S. S. Murray fDD 5761 U. S. S. Stevens IDD 4-791 ' ' After 15 May 1945. After l March 1945. Sunk by 4 Kamikazes 0B Okinawa on 3 May 1945. ' Until 1 March 1945. Message sent by Commander Third Fleet to ComDesRon 25, with information to Des- Ron 25, following Squadron's sweep into Suruga Wan - 31 July 1945 -- LOUD APPLAUSE TO YOU AND YOUR BOYS FOR A WELL PLANNED SWEEP CONDUCTED IN THE BEST DESTROYER TRADITION X YOU HAVE BEEN ENROLLED ON THE g EMPEROR'S BLACKLIST X HALSEY i'ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR ROBERT BROOKE DASHIELL, USN, inventor of im- portant ordnance mechanism and authority on dock construction, was born near Woodviue, Rappa- hannock County, Virginia, July 29, 1860. He died in Washington, D. C., March 8, 1899.

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S L. E iz 1 I I .i 1. is IUC A f 6 I ,. .-11, 1 af Me 24456655 Ranks and Ratings As of Last Service On Board. OFFICERS ' LT. ROBERT D. ALLEN New Orleans, La. ' LT. Usb JAMES T. ANDREWS Georgia 1' LT. RICHARD W. BALDWIN Westfield, N. J. ' LT. COMDR. EUGENE A. BARHAM Oak Ridge, La. ' LT. LEO V. BILGER Kingfisher, Okla. if LT. tim FRANCIS M. Boom Midland, Mach. 1' ENS. ROBERT N. BOWMAN Los Angeles, Calif. ' LT. fjgl RUSSELL M. BRAGA Ann Arbor, Mich. 1' LT. HENRY M. CAMPBELL, III Crosse Point, Mich. COMDR. DOUGLAS L. L. CORDINER Benicia, Calif. ' LT. ARTHUR H. DAMON, Jr. Egypt, Mass. ENS. EDWARD W. DOHERTY Killdeer, N. Dakota ' BOS'N. HAROLD E. DUFFIELD Connecticut ENS. KENNETH B. DUKE, Jr. Leonardtown, Mil. 1' ENS. HARLEY E. ERICKSON Rockland,Wis. 1' LT. fjgl PAUL N. GARAY Trenton, N. J. ENS. EUGENE L. HAIDET Alliance, Ohio 1' LT. COMDR. MICHAEL J. HANLEY Palo Alto, Calif. ' LT. JAMES B. HICKEY Springdale, Pa. 1' ENS. JOHN W. HINKELMAN Williamsport, Pa. ' ENS. WILLIAM G. HUDSON Washington, D. C. ' ENS. LOUIS F. HYDE Unknown ENS. BRUCE JESCHIEN Berkeley, Calif. 1' LT. fig? LAWRENCE M. KANER Barron, Wis. MACH. PETER KOBRYN New Haven, Conn. ' 'Plankowners' lOn Board at Commissioningj ENS. ALAN S. LEE Scotia, N. Y. ENS. ANDREW A. LEMESHEWSKY Arlington, Va. LT. POWELL B. LOGGAN Bums, Oregon LT. HAYYVARD F. MANICE Old Westbur5', L. I., N. Y. MACH. GEORGE A. MARCOTTE Los Angeles, Calif. LT. THEODORE F. MARX Detroit, Mich. LT. fjgl THOMAS S. MCKINNEY Hackensack, N. J. COMDR. JOHN B. MCLEAN Boston, Mass. LT. ijgl EMIL L. McNEELY Kansas City, Mo. LT. ijgl DONALD C. MILLER Marion, Ind. LT. tjgt JOHN S. MONSOS Minneapolis, Minn. LT. tjgb RICHARD M. MORSE Greenwich, Conn. LT. THOMAS W. MURPHY Washington, D. C. MACH. ROBERT PUTNEY Lincoln, Neb. LT. ljgl GEORGE S. RAWSON Ionia, Mich. LT. FREDERIC B. READ, Jr. Providence, R. I. ELEC. ARCHIE W. RICE Richmond, Va. ENS. DONALD SPRARAGEN Scotia, N. Y. LT. JOHN F. THOMPSON Berkeley, Calif. LT. US? JAMES W. VARVEL Le Roy, Kansas LT. fjgl LESLIE A. WARNER Upland, Calif. LT. COMDR. JOHN E. WICKS, Jr. Rutherford, N. J. LT. FRED M. WRIGHT Floral Park, L. I., N. Y. ELEC. STEPHEN YUHAS Pittsburg, Pa. 1' On board at end of cruise, October 1945