Forrest Royal (DD 872) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1951

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Cuba; Mobile, Alabama (to participate in the annual Mardi Gras festivities); Corpus Christi, Texas; Key West, Florida; Galveston, Texas; Panama City, Florida, and Beaumont, Texas. On 23 March 1950 the FORREST ROYAL concluded her duty at Pensacola and proceeded to Portsmouth, Virginia, for a shipyard overhaul which ended on 16 August. HISTORY OF THE USS FORREST ROYAL (DD 872) OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST 28 OCTOBER 1950-6 JUNE 1951 After a short readiness for sea period the USS FORREST ROYAL (DD 872) departed Norfolk, Virginia, August 24, 1950 enroute Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she underwent refresher training until September 26, 1950. She then proceeded via the Panama Canal; San Diego, California; Pearl Harbor, T. H.; and Midway Island, to the Far East to join the United Nations Forces in action against the Communists in Korea, arriving at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan a month later. WfaW ]W CStr JNfc f -i. : ?Jfe - 7 -

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HISTORY OF THE USS FORREST ROYAL (DD 872) The USS FORREST ROYAL was built by Bethlehem Steel, Shipbuilding Di- vision, Staten Island, New York. The keel for this new 2250-ton class de- stroyer was laid on 8 June 1945 and she was launched on 28 June 1946, spon- sored by Miss Katherine Knight Royal, daughter of Rear Admiral Forrest Benton Royal, U. S. Navy, in whose honor the ship was named. Admiral Royal died in the Asiatic Area of coronary thrombosis on 18 June 1945. He was posthu- mously awarded the Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal for his exceptionally meritorious services in amphibious operations against the Japanese in the Central and Southern Philippines, the Sulu Archipeligo and Borneo . After the ship ' s presentation ceremony the ROYAL was moved to the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Brooklyn, New York, and commissioned there on 29 June 1946. After being fitted out she departed New York on 15 August 1946 for her shakedown cruise at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The ship returned to New York on 22 October 1946 for a post-shakedown availability and left again on 2 December 1946 for Guantanamo Bay. During this tour of duty the ROYAL conducted a series of special tests of a confidential nature for the Bureau of Ships. The tests were satisfactorily completed on 14 December 1946 and the ship returned to New York City, New York, for the Christmas holiday period. The ship left New York on 10 January 1947 and again proceeded, via Norfolk, to Guantanamo Bay, where she spent the following two months as escort for the aircraft carrier USS VALLEY FORGE, during that ship ' s shake- down cruise. . . The ROYAL departed Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 18 March 1947, and ar- rived in New York 22 March, remaining there until 21 April 1947. Upon leaving New York 21 April 1947 the ROYAL participated in shore bombardment exercises near Norfolk, Virginia, and in the Caribbean Area until her arrival on 15 June at Pensacola, Florida, where she operated for almost all of the next three years as escort and plane guard ship for aircraft carriers. Dur- ing these three years she departed Pensacola for several short periods. She underwent her first shipyard overhaul at Boston, Massachusetts, from 16 June 1948 to 2 September 1948 and then had ten days refresher trainingat Guantanamo Bay. She visited various Caribbean and Gulf Coast ports including Havana, -6-



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The ROYAL saw her first action against the Communists forces as flagship and support ship for the Mine-sweeping forces engaged in cleaning the harbor and adjacent waters of Chinnampo on the northwest coast of Korea. During the Red offensive in the latter part of November the ROYAL and five other U.N. destroyers, in response to an urgent message that redeployment of United Nations Forces at Chinnampo had started earlier than expected, made the hazardous night passage up the Taedong River to the besieged city. With the redeployment of U. N. personnel completed the ROYAL re- mained in the harbor over night completing the demolition of military installa- tions abandoned by the U.N. forces leaving the port area ablaze. She then returned to Sasebo, Japan for upkeep after having operated for over 40 consecutive days. After a week in Sasebo the ROYAL proceeded in- dependently to the east coast of Korea near the port of Samchock to act as fire support ship in an amphibious redeployment of U. N. troops from Hungnam. This operation completed successfully, she joined the rest of Destroyer Squadron Sixteen to support the redeployment of friendly personnel from Hungnam, Korea . The ROYAL conducted effective fire here successfully holding the Reds back and permitting the evacuation of valuable U. N. forces and equipment. Upon completion of the evacuation she commenced an effective blockade patrol off the Northeast Coast of Korea, patrolling as far north as Lat. 41° 38 . During the next month the ROYAL operated with U. N. Blockading and Escort Forces on various assignments of patrol ling, interdiction and harrassing fire, providing fire support against enemy forces during the salvage operation of the Thailand Corvetti, PRASAE, and in support of U . N . troops at the front lines. The month of February the ROYAL spent screening the USS BATAAN in the Yellow Sea while her planes conducted air strikes against the Communists on the Korean West Coast . The FORREST ROYAL returned to the blockading forces on the east coast for the months of March and April moving into the enemy held harbor of Wonsan first and remaining eighteen consecutive days on the firing line. During this time enemy shore batteries attempting to shell the ROYAL were silenced before getting on target, by counterfire from the ROYAL and other U.N. ships in the harbor. She spent the remainder of these months providing fire support for the ROK 1 Corps at the east coast front lines. After six months of close in operations with the U. N. Blockading and Escort Forces the ROYAL with the rest of Destroyer Division 162 was relieved and joined Task Force 77 as a part of the fast carrier screening force. She com- pleted her eight months tour of duty in the Korean combat theater with this force and was relieved in early June to commence her voyage home. During her tour of duty in the Far East the ROYAL operated a total of 150 days in mineable waters and was subjected to sustained intense, enemy mine warfare efforts. She expended over 7500 rounds of main battery ammunition in round-the-clock bombardments and steamed over 36,000 miles without a breakdown . - 8 -

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