Du Pont (DD 941) - Naval Cruise Book

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I E T 9o'r9MEDTIQ3 nEv.uI s oIO7-7os- ', Ee sv I , Yonrrvv Z I P R EC E' FLASH EMERGENCY IMMEDIATE P T Onzmws GROUP 'GCP DENCE XXXXX TT 3 0 1 5 0 9 Z NOV 67 AREZN - XXXXX J' OM: CGTTHTRD MARDTV . I TO: USS DUPONT EE E COMCRUDESEANT T COME iT I I, MAF 1 OOMSEVENTHFLT I CTG 79 FO: CG l Q53 ' TCLAS E F T O E ANO REGRET THAT WE TN THE 7 S wITH A MIXED FEELING OF PRTD A-I TT I ONE OE THE U S NAVYIS MOST EX 'PI MARINE DIVISION SAY GOOD-BYE TO ' ' E E I :I E I I ERS, AFTER TWO AND ON E ISI PERFORM ACCURATE AND DEADLY FIRE AGATNST it OF MORE THAN 20,000 ROUNDS OF A EESS 21 BE REMEMBERED FOR HER WTLLTNGN V. LONG , II 4 ENEMY USS DUPONT WILL THE EFFORTS TT , Y RESPONSE AND HER OOURAGE UNDER FIRE. TT HER SPEED I OT GO A A OF BATTLE HAVE N I' NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM TN THEEUEENEZEZUEEON EO EEEE EEEOET EE DUPONT UNNOT'CED BY OUR POE' NISH YOU FAIR WT THIRD MARINE DIVISION OUTSTANDING. WE OF THE EEY EOME BUT YE UR WELL DESERVED JOUR T AND FOLLOWING SEAS ON YO EEN EE EEE AT DEPARTURE FROM THE GUNLINE WTLL LEAVE A VOID THAT T' ONLY THE VERY BEST MGEN TOMPKTNS SENDS I' FROM: ADMTNO COMCRUDESLANT I I 'JI TO: USS DUPONT f USS NEW f USS EATON f USS WILLIAM V. PRATT TT M. INFO! COMDESRON 22 f COMCRUDESFLOT 8 21 November 1967 Commander R H Small Comminding Offic ,r USS DUPOIT QDD 941D FPO San Franci co 96601 De ar Captain ' Just a short note as we make our final preparations for the long trek to the Buy area to thank you for your kind message to PYRO :Ie have indeed enjoyed our close relationship ' with DUPONT, and it is easy to see why your ship has such a fine reputation and. sports her gold Es One of the many things that I learned in thi my first contact with the unrep busines sl ,.' T We had ample opportunity to see many mill boys alongside and as time went on we became experts at critiquing their sea- manship and handling performance I can assure you that no '. one was in'your league though m-my were excellent Lhis is not just my opinion, but the universal thou ht of my First Lieutenant and. his very critical petty officers I hope that you can convey this to your fine ships company, along with my ' mo t sincere well done PYRO officer and crew join me in voting' you our favorite JESDPAC cu. tomer 'md wish you Rnd yours the smoothest of ' sailings and the fairest of winds 'H Si cerely, EE J Johnson I Capta.in,US Davy Commanding Officer US BRO TAB 24, -.. IU r'T t GHT EI CTU SEVEN ZERO PT EIGHT PT NINE T UNOLAS E F T O , EN SHORE BATTERY ENGAGEMENT ET E UNOLAS E F T O 1 YOUR OOURAGEOUS AND PROFE Ei Ei ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR RETURN FROM SE ASIA, AS YOU POINT TOWARD ENEMY SHORE BATT SSIONAL CONDUCT UNDER THE FTREER 'v ER 'I. I HOMEPORT AND A MUCH DESERVED INPORT PERIOD I wISH TO OONGRATULATE EVEF TRIBUTE EO EEE E IES OFF CAP LAY ON 28 AUG STANDS AS Thu I' I E I2 MAN ON HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FINE RECORD ESTABLISHED. WHILE DIFFIOU 2. E DEEEEE EEEEEE TERMINED FIGHTING SPIRIT OF ALL IN DUPWT . TH . ET AND AT TIMES DTSAPPOTNTTNG, THE TASKS AOOOMPLISHED OFF VIET NAM ARE WOUNDING OF NINE E LOSS OF FN FRANK L BELLANT AND THEET 3 ARY, AND THE SACRTFICES WORTHY OF THE RENARD. WELL DONE. My SENEEEE EEEEEEOTHER MEN DURING THE AOTION PLEASE EEEQJ E ,T I ENOES TO FN ' .H 'I T ,I .T BT TO USS DUPONT VADM JOHN U. HYLAND, USN O THE WOUNDED' LHR 1 INFO: CTG 70.8 LET MT UNCLAS E F T O fi T 1. SINCE AUG 6 I HAVE PERSONALLY OBSERVED THE DILIGENT 53 E PROFES IONAL FFORTS OF YOU AND YOUR CREW IN AOOOMPLISHING ,N N AN OUTSTANDING JOB TN SUPPORT OF IN-OOUNTRY FOROES OFF THE uw N DMZ. HAMPERED ON OCCASION BY MATERIAL FAILURES AND CASUALTIES, fN N A DIRECT HIT BY ENEMY GUN FIRE WHICH DAMPENED SPIRITS BY THE EQ T LOSS OF ONE OF YOUR SHIPMATESQ THE PERSONAL HARDSHIP ACCEPTED 'E My BY YOUR CREW AS A RESULT OF INTERIOR GUNFIRE SHOOR DAMAGE AND A N I , THE COMPLETELY SHRAPNEL RIDDLED AFTER HEAD AND ADJACENT AREASQ jg I AND TOWARDS THE END OF YOUR 34 DAY GUNLINE TOUR BY THE FRUSTRATION N I OF HAVING YOUR TWO REMAINING GUNS ALMOST DROOPING FROM WEAR AFTER AR' I FIRING OVER 8500 ROUNDS3 YOU HAVE WITH OHEERFUL DETERMINATION E WI CARRIED ON BEYOND THE ENDURANCE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT. fy T 2. PLEASE ACCEPT MY HEARTFELT SYMPATHY ON THE LOSS OF YOUR SHIPMATE fn T AND A WELL DONE FOR THE MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE OF DUPONT ON THE Q A GUNLINE. COMMODORE CORNWALL. ' ,I, 5 II -L-fl A EI ' TT .If ,T :Z I T ' ,T I I T. I I T I T IN 'Wo EEE PHONE EXT NR FAGET T E EDRAFT OE 3 cus BY I Q6 TOIQEIJ av CW L E E ' OPERATIONAL mom, TIQUTINE NE TIF X O O T T I I 'T C' . .Ty TW HALF MONTHS ON THE-GUNLTNE AN was that the unrep ship is only as effective as the customer, TJ' l s E T T' N ll J' ' T Y . 4 J K' I n . ,. T S J T T I ' fs I E 3 0 EE E II EE 41 I I E I . ' 2 . TT T 4 T BT E Q J 11 N w L,-I K I A R BT T T L BT . I Ki I T I O Q 4 T 5 I 3 BT T IJ' 3

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