DeHaven (DD 727) - Naval Cruise Book

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DE HAVEN's first crew practices on mockup of ship which was then under construction. On l February 1960, the ship entered a FRAM II QFleet Rehabilitation and Moderniza- tionb overhaul at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. After seven months in the shipyard DE HAVEN could hardly be recognized. She now sported the latest sonar and radar, a new bridge, ' new masts, and superstructure, plus a flight deck and helicopter hangar. t y V DE HAVEN received her first drone anti- submarine helicopter QDASHJ aboard l October 19603 a milestone in her long and eventful career. ' On the 15th of September 1962 theiship steamed towards Chinhae, Republic of Korea QROKJ for a week of indoctrination and opera- tions with units of the ROK Navy. January 1963 found DE HAVEN conducting operations with the carrier USS YORKTOWN. When spring came, the ship had completed Project 'Mercury' briefings and practice re- hearsals of capsule recovery. On Maya 9 DE HAVEN was on station off Okinawa in the emergency recovery area,fand on May3l7 As- tronaut Cooper .made his successful flight. Later that year the ship' participated in' ASW operations with the .Chinese Navy inthe Taiwan area. .. , -, , .1 3 N FW' m '4'i:El l4'ft 4If'A'Q ' 'LFC 4''rf-Sh,-.l6?'I.1:iJ1-'5,z'f'5jQ '2f1C'iJ5''fZ,.3'r5PE3:'.:7,F-:'75!:Q'.?22i'fQjLL ?33'fL1QTfA,?Q47lei3.- ',,'-'-TZ, IjQi-'.E.:,11- ' .:. 41, Tw'-rs-1: gg2.,'p:3'-,f--gf.-?,:.'g-ga v:uz1r f...f V ' Xxx . N. rp. ,I -3-L1 ,W W K ,-7 ha, ay- 1 . if-f',L,-5-,.95:g-U ,T-wry, .A ,,:.I51,1m.aj, Q .faqs-5 wg:--5 -:jig .MQ 1 -1- sajfwt,.,3.+.5?15,my,mz?- F5 ..11.g..:-:.. ww-an ,-.gg,,AJ3.,i V EA ,.,2i., -, -1 4, , if I 1 . f'W ?.U, ,g1fv',,f15g'ffmfI!17f55gfg? ' .4 f,1I1Gif'fii'I'?L'Z 5CS'?'7W1 Ff'5'Fl7'fff:Z'.Y'57b'f'iIii3:,iI'Z2gT 5 I-:f'Tff737..9?Jli:,1'fTfffT '7f.TlfiQTL? 4 'Z 'L S193 fi? , ' T ' ' ' ' ffffiilil-El'.T E1'5'.':'f

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Y Cont1nu1ng 1nto enemy ter r1tory the Th1rd Fleet swept southwest toward French Indo Chlna Wlth an eye on Camranh Bay and then down the coast through a monsoon str1k1ng Cam ranh Bay Sa1gon Hong Kong and Ha1nan On the 20th the force steamed northward out of the Chlna Sea 1eav1ng beh1nd 41 ene my shlps sunk and 31 dam aged 112 enemy planes de ,Z stroyed and dock o1l stor age and a1r f1eld fac1l1t1es heav1ly damaged DE HAVEN brought down several enemy planes dur1ng the rest of the war When the Commun1sts 1nvaded South Korea on 25 June 1950 DE HAVEN was moored at Sasebo Japan At 0540 the next day she sa1led to escort the Norweglan Shlp REINHOLT evacu at1ng U S dependents from Inchon to Fukuoka On the 27th DE HAVEN recelved orders to pa trol the eastern coast of Korea Command1ng the sea approaches to Inchon was the heav1ly fort1f1ed 1s1and of Wo1m1 do No Shlp could enter the t1dal bas1n the 1nner harbor or translt channel w1thout com1ng under f1re from the lsland s guns SIX destroyers and four crulsers were ass1gned the task of neu- tral1z1ng th1s form1dab1e obstacle DE HAVEN was one of them 1 Dur1ng the act1on of 13 and 14 September DE HAVENVrece1ved several 50 cal1ber h1ts wlthout serlous damage and when the destroy- ers left every gun on Wo1m1-do was Sllent The Inchon 1nvas1on was successfully ac- compllshed on 15 September 1950 DE HAVEN rendered gunflre support dur1ng the land1ngs and unt1l the 23rd ' ff? ' 1 S44 f 'V .1 ,Hr 1 '- if -- , . I I 4 f, Y V ,QNX ' V . A- 1 , , v fi a V, C444 , i r ' pei-1 ,ffm .1--ar .. 2 ' . ft' F ' ON THE NIGHTS of 6 and 7 October DE HAVEN gave her f1re support to two Br1t1sh Commando ra1ds on two ra1lway tunnels and one ra1lway brldge When one tunnel exploded the enemy opened f1re but DE HAVEN soon de stroyed the enemy guns She contlnued her rou t1ne patroll1ng on the Korean coast except for several task force m1ss1ons unt1l the end ofthe conf11ct 1 s .. . . . .,, .. . ,- Y , .1 ' A . ,Il I X'k E-. 2 . - ' 4 ' if I ' , , Q . Ji., . - A 1, d , L - Lf' A., ft x' N , ,L ,Z L- ' ' ' .. ,-4 -1' I .,,, , 'F - e-, . ul. v - Q V ', g 5, . 1: - j . , . . wa ' , -'1' r 1 1 in jflnllfkxnm. ff v ' - ' '-' .A i-'eq A . - '- vf,'r3 E2?p, g, Zll'rff1 .,l'xE-RRI ,..'hl, '. 'V -1 4 '7fy-- L , ' f - ' '- ' 'V'-9 ' -u.i'5 'f -' w a ,K . x . . ,-.-'r?,f'- 5' gf. 5, .. , J, xt. ,HA 'N 4- , - . :x 1 -- , , -- . - 1 J- S , .'. - ':- 'gf,,-ffgf... .- A . -4 , Y V . 1 Y -1 - . f - fg- - , ,. - 01:45 'f fl ' V 5'f' 1. f .E-gh A'-' ,ev-.r-q.v'9L7E'g TFf4.A'J Q- ' - ' - '. '-'-f. - '. .ff ' - V lf 1' Z- . r 1 . - - f- 5 ,,, ,,..g. . f ' -4'-1 ., Y -, -,Q -':- , .. , ' ' T: ' 5 ' -- - - f '5' A -1 4 wil' , f ' '.,.. :B ' A A ' V tl . ' . , 21 5- f- .'3 , ' ,lf-59 ' ' 7 1 bi 'Nu' -- .ri - 'lf' U. , , - .. .Y sq-,-42.4-inf'-. ' ri' uf' 1 ' r 'ELM' n m ' 3?-1-. L' ', ' Qs ' ' ,.SEf::f W.. 5X4 - V'-l..,l - 'P' 1-3. 1-.Q 4' - ' .1 a ,'-,T-Q,-'fi '-,- :U f 1 ,wif , ' - ' aft- f ---'-Q57-'aiQ.'f'1' JFS- 15411 . '5' Ffi Udyinlll 'ff' 'fl' X5 'T ' 'N' ' I A ' H . t 1' I lj :lf il- ymwtm-C31 I:glg,Z 4fQ3,5::!k!j - ... ,, 1' I - I '3 1, . , m y I ,:. Q... 5, , 4 --, , . -, ... 'I' ' , I, x. U ,,-' A., 1' 5.4--:gd . , I - , .. .u q -L .,- ' A. 1- f 2 ,. 2- 'ft fwfr:-i ' 1. . ' ,, .Y-4 fr -1 1 , , V H 0,4 14.1 ,, .1 . ,',.',.,, ,ixfivmw If H515 :QW LL ' K.: - ..- f - : ...... 4 -, , .. , i N1 .3 -A Ig Il 121511 'HM wif .xi Tis 'H F'-' , ' W -- - A ' - -s ' ' -ef-fi! .' ,' ' 'I ' ' A ' --Q. fl---' 1 ' N-L ,, , . Y D 0, ,. . vi I' AHgfQQMF.,,:, -V V ' . In JV, 4, 1-ff-fl ' '-,JY .- I' . Vtftf' , .g+ r-117 Q55-' l- ,. .rug-.. Y 1, A - . , V ' - X f- V 1 ' gg . ,.,l,g,,?sq. I ' ,...,. I, .3 21-HC 1, l Q lf. X is -X -Ex 4zfa...,.. ...,

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DE HAVEN spent the first months of 1964 in ASW training, gunnery exercises, task group operations and engineering drills with stops at Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, and Sasebo. All Polly- wogs were duly initiated into the Mysteries of the Deep as the ship crossed the Equator on its way to Australia in March. Her homeport was changed from Yokosuka to Long Beach. On Oc- tober 20 while steaming independently inthe San Diego Operating Areas, the crew spotted a pa- trol plane in distress. Proceeding at 25 knots, DE HAVEN arrived on the scene just minutes after the aircraft made an emergency landing and capsized. All nine crewmen were rescued and immediately whisked off the flight deck by rescue helicopter to their home base. Stateside life was not for DE HAVEN though, and by mid-1965 she was steaming in her old hunting grounds. On August 22, off the coast of Vietnam, she opened fire on enemy po- Leaving port for the war. sitions for the first time since the Korean War, From this time until her retirement to the re- serve fleet in 1971, DE HAVEN fired her guns, sometimes poking into the Saigon and Mekong Rivers, and acted as-plane guard and screen ship. Over 810 rounds of hostile fire were re- ceived on six different occasions but no damage was sustained by the ship. During these years, Electronic Countermeasures QECMb made up an increasingly important element of defense. DE HAVEN contributed on numerous occasions to this field as evidenced by the fifteen commenda- tions she has received. When the ship returned to Long Beach in September 1968, she termi- nated an absence of 834 days. DE HAVEN made two more cruises to WESTPAC, one in 1969-70 and the other in 1970- 71. The rest of this book documents the details of the 1970-71 deployment. I