Dennis Buckley (DD 808) - Naval Cruise Book

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CRUISE SUMMARY V ' titrv tr% The USS DENNIS J. BUCKLEY departed San Dibgo on 5 February 1971 to commence its fifth Western Pacific dejjloyment since its Fram I conversion in 1964. The ship transitted in company with USS FLOYD B. PARKS DD-884 and USS H ANSON DD- 32 via Pearl Harbor, Midway and Guam, arnving|at Subic , ' n Bay on 26 February. On 2 March, the BUCKLEY celebrated its twenty-sixjth birth day by commencing fifteen days of Naval gunfire support duties off the coast of Vietnam. The ship returned to Subic on 20 March for five days of upkeep. On 25 March the hip arrived at Manila, P.L in prejparation for the SEATO exercise SUBOK which included Australian, United Kingdom, and Philippine units. BUCKLEY was one of two TJ.iS., destroyers participating in this exercise which consisted of ■ ;„, j3fOtftctin a amphibidus convoy in a multi-threat environni J At the conclusion of this exercise BUCKLEY vetuvn M S S ■ pnQF - ' |p,43roceeding o ,the Tonkin Gulf for escqrl,-4lrty jS l{ the carrtei SlFCrTTY HA Vk.v FrorriT ' t ; ;6 Ap al the smp Dl »€Cgaarded for the cOTrier and then transitted {5 ' F|B4iC:; £i;; a on 27 ApriL,|ffl|r,,,,3ljmost three weeks of duty as sta|ia hip. , »• .] j ' - ' j ' ! ' J!ii, , BUCKLEY returned H;V ' Q;c,,,on 16 M ' ter 5 day| upkeep - -j;, before proceeding to PIRAZ Station as sTOrt for the nuclear powered ' -giiided missile frigate USS TRUXTUN DLGN-35. On 30 May, Admiral Zumwalt a ddressed the sftip ' s company from the Truxtun while both shi{)s steamed side by side. BUCKLEY departdd PIRAZ on 31 „May for naval gurfire sup- port commencing on 2 June. For the next thirty-nine dlays the ship provided support against enemy targets from the hjorder of Cambodia to the vicinity of the DMZ. After upkeep in Subic, BUCKLEY departed on 18 July for San Diego via Guam ' aTjd Pearl Harbor, and arrived in Ssin Diego on 4 August. V L»« Aug, - 1 - Oidra X t:i i , fe «% «- 8- I1IOKKIX ' L.i .•mini ' Hlll ' .lll rHioiiivB. ■.AM ' IA 1SI.ANII? ' •; ' --;: -. .. ' ,r . • t I, ....... III..X. , «n«»V 1U1II X — -- ' .V ,.- . ...- 1..— ' , ■ ' . ■,.,..„ - ' ■ ■ ' ' 1 ' . I „.....,... M,

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