Goodrich (DDR 831) - Naval Cruise Book

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M'-.U U5il5..,, f 5 ..-15,4--' 3-2- 'W -P- Shlp s Histor The destroyer GOODRICI-l was built by the Bath Iron Works Bath Maine during the later part of 1944 and early 1945 She was named for Rear Admiral Caspar Frederick GOODRICI-I USN Former Commander-in-chief of the Pacific Squadron and Commandant of the First Naval District and his son Lieutenant Caspar GOODRICH USN who lost his life in a turret explosion on board the USS GEORGIA Thekeelofthe destroyer was laid on 18 September 1944 She was launched on 25 February of the following year with Mrs Caspar F GOODRICI-I widow of the late Rear Admiral GOODRICI-I serving as sponsor The GOODRICI-I was commissioned on 24 April 1945 in the Boston Navy Shipyard and received her shakedown training at Guantanamo Bay Cuba She then was sent to the Pacific Theater where she participated in operation ROADS END and assisted in the sinking of 24 Japanese submarines The remainder of the Ship s operations under Commander Naval Forces Japan consisted primarily of displaying the flag in various ports inspection of JapaneSC shipping and assisting in air-sea rescue operations On 6 january 1947 the ship steamed to the east coast of the United States and commenced operating under Commander Destroyer Force U S Atlantic Fleet in Newport Rhode Island Since that time the GOODRICH has served with the SIXTH Fleet in the Mediterranean on eight different occasions The eighth being the one ju t complet Cl The sixth cruise was especially noteworthy in that the ship spent the last portion of her cruise on a good-'will tour of the Red Sea visiting Port Sudan Sudan- Djibouti French Somaliland- and Jidda Saudi Arabia Other cruises have carried the GOODRICI-I into Caribbean waters, Northern Europe, and various areas or the North Atlantic. In the Caribbean Springboard operations of 1954 and 1955 the ship visited such ports as San Juan, Puerta, Ricog St. Thomas, Virgin Islandsg and Cuidad Truijillo, Dominican Republic. In the summer of 1956 OH iIS 5600510 Midshipmen Cruise, the ports of Goteborg, Swedeng Hamburg, Germany and Bremerhaven, Germany were visited, The GOODRICH is designed primarily for radar picket and anti-aircraft duty. She is equipf ed with six five-inf dual purpose guns mounted in three t fire guns mounted in the same manner. The 390 foot long GOODRICH has a top speed of over 30 knots, and is equip, A w' h h ' - it t e most modern fire control and search radar. Her beam is 41 feet and her full displacement is 3400 tons. win type mounts. To augment the main battery there are six three-inch . 1. 2