DeHaven (DD 727) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ship's History V Captain and Executive Hawaii, Nov, 19-21 Officer Journey,Across, Nov. 22-Dec. 2 Philippines, Dec. .3 -6 Yankee Station, Dec. 8-16 Kaohsiung, Dec. -20-25 Gunline, Dec. 28-Jan. 8 Hong Kong, Jan. 19-Feb. 5 Gunline and Piraz, Feb. 7-Mar., 10 Singapore, Mar. 13-16 Penang, Mar. 17-19 Subic Bay, Mar. 22-30 Yankee' Station and Pir , J Division, Pictures , Personnel Roster . k f az, Apr. 1-18 CCJNTENTS

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USS DE HA VEN 1970-1971 WES T PAC CRUISE PAO EDITOR ASST EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR LAYOUT-COPY EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF LAYOUT - COPY STAFF BUSINESS MANAGERS A RT ISTS STAFF Dewitt T. Smith, ENS Lawrence F. Asma, SN Leonard R. Loerzel, YNSN Alexander Williams, MM3 Douglas McNeil, SN Edward J. Osmar, ETN2 Michael T. Langley, SA David C. Miller, FTG3 Robert T. Mellentine, SN Steven J. Bradford, EM2 Bruce J. MacLellan, STG3 Paul J. DeMaria, YNSN James A. Luke, Illg ETN2 Joseph Lawe, GMG1 A Daniel P. Swift, FTG3 622.5 I- 'lv' I Q5 f'1 f 5 , f fqf' I I 2'

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gi-glzfx, gi . F., 1 .QSY 5. v f 'W kj- - Q .. 'X ... 4.,,.,. at E-l : A g i 557 DE HA VEN HIGHLIGHTS ff ' DESTINED TO participate in no less than five operations during World War II, to receive the second Navy Unit Commendation awarded - Jia uf , .. r.. I 1..- during the Korean Conflict, and to support friendly troops in Vietnam, USS DE HAVEN plunged into the waters of the Kennebec River for the first time on 9 January 1944. Her keel had been laid just six weeks before at the Bath Iron Works, on 23 November 1943., DD 727 was the second destroyer to bear the name of the famed marinerand Arctic ex- plorer, Lieutenant Edwin Jesse DeHaven, USN. In February 1943 the first DE HAVEN' QDD 4695 went down fighting near Guadalcanal under the blows of Japanese dive bombers. Her fight- ing days hadlasted but a few months. ON 5 JULY 1944 DE HAVEN reported to the training command at Norfolk where she acted as instruction ship for new destroyer crews for a week and conducted high speed fueling exercises at sea. On 9 July DE HAVEN joined USS RANGER for the first of many flat- top escort assignments. After several months DE HAVEN was as- signed to operate with the fast carrier Task Force 38 as its planes hit the island bastions on the road to Tokyo. She sortied with the force on 2 November, and for the rest of the month screened their movements as they prowled just off the Philippines, attacking shipping and air- fields on Luzon and Leyte in support of the initial invasion. On the 14th she rescued a downed pilot from USS HANCOCK. Another operation was underway before the beginning of 1945 - this time a landing on the west coast of Luzon, and the fast carrier task force was again deployed to knock out enemy air opposition and shipping. In quick succession carrier planes hit Formosa, Luzon, and For- mosa again. At high speed the mighty force steamed into the South China Sea through the Bashi Channel just north of Luzon - the first U.S. surface vessels to enter those waters since the beginning of the war.