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Uintorff o Ihp II S S« «ii K A . D r A . Y O . ( A D - 2 « ) The GRAND CANYON is a dastreyar tander of tha AO-Sd class, named after the beautiful wattern landmark. Autherixad 17 June 1943, the ship was built by tha lake Washington Ship- yard, Houghton, Washington. The keel was laid 23 November 1944. Under the sponsorship of Mrs. W. L. Mann, she was launched on 27 April 1945, and first commissioned S April 1946. The mission of the GRAND CANYON is to provide logistic support to destroyers. Under the command of her first com- manding officer. Captain H. D. HOOVER, the GRAND CANYON left Washington in June of 1946, for Son Diego and a brief shakedown period off the sunny coast of Southern California. In July, the ship was underway for Newport, Rhode Island, via the Panama Canal to start on her assigned task of keeping destroy- ers in operating condition. September of 1946, saw the start of the first cruise to the Mediterranean. The itinerary included o short visit in Palermo, Sicily, followed by a four and a half giving 1949, saw the GRAND CANYON back in Norfolk until tha end of February 1950, when a run was mode to Key West, Florida to render tender services to the destroyer-escorts based there. From the beginning of May until the middle of July, the GRAND CANYON underwent its second yard overhaul at Boston, Massachusetts. While in the Naval Shipyard in Boston, Captain CONNELLEY was relieved by Captain FEE on the 7th of June. Then, except for a short period of Individual Ship Exercises, the ship remained alongside the dock at Norfolk until departing once again in October 1950 for Mediterranean duty. The GRAND CANYON ' S log shews that she visited Italy, Greece, France, Gibraltar, Crete, Sicily, Turkey, and North Africa. The vessel touched at such historic ports as Naples, Athens, Augusta, Ismir, Bixerte and Oran. Once again, the GRAND CANYON returned to Norfolk in March 1951, after successfully completing her Mediterranean mission of Good Will and defense. During the stay in her home port, the tender was honored with the award of the Navy BoHle EfRciancy E , issued by Com- mander Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet on IB August 1951. While she won awards for hard work, the ship proved she could also sustain herself in the field of athletics. Her crew won tha Atlantic Destroyer Force Softball Championship at Norfolk, 16-20 August 1951, and then went on to finish runner-up in the Atlantic Fleet Championships. The GRAND CANYON also presented tha Destroyer Force with the runner-up cup in the Atlantic Fleet swimming meet, held at Norfolk, 9-10 July 1951. On 7 September 1951, Captain G. E. FCE, USN, was relieved by Captain J. D. SWEENEY, USN. In February, the GRAND CANYON returned to the Mediter raneon with her new Captain and her new laurels. Since her arrival at Naples, Italy on II February 1952, the ship has sailed
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month stay at Naples, Italy. The return trip included the ports of Gibraltar, Tangiers in North Africa, and finally NOB, Norfolk, Virginia, where she arrived the first of March 1947. At the end of June, Captain E. R. SPERRY reported aboard to relieve Captain HOOVER. In November, with the new skipper and many new faces in the crew, the GRAND CANYON commenced her second Mediter- ranean cruise with the Sixth Task Fleet. This lime, the ports of call were Gibraltar; Naples, Italy; Augusta, Sicily; Tarento, Italy; and Algiers, North Africa. Early in March 1948, the GRAND CANYON again took leave of the European Theater, this time for the Boston Naval Shipyard for regular yard availability. Not long after reaching the home port of Norfolk in July 1948, Captain COFER relieved Captain SPERRY as commanding officer. The GRAND CANYON ' S return for Mediterranean duty came up in August and lasted through the month of December. Except for the always visited port of Naples, the route covered some new spots, Golfe Juan, France; Argostoli, Greece; Athens, Greece; Sfax, Tunisia; and Bixerte, Tunisia. The stop at Golfe Juan en- abled those who desired to make side trips to such famous places OS the French Riviera and Paris. Before leaving for Norfolk in December, Michaelangelo ' s Statue of David was placed aboard by Professor Bruno Malejole on a six month loan to the United States from the Italian Government. At Norfolk, the statue was placed ashore and once again the ship went back to its un- glamorous job of tending destroyers. In June 1949, Captain COFER was relieved by Captain CON- NELLEY, and in July the GRAND CANYON headed back to Naples to return the statue of David. The other Mediterranean ports visited were Gibraltar; Athens, Greece; Golfe Juan, France; Argostoli, Greece; and Suda Bay, Crete. In addition, those inter- ested were able to make tours to Paris and Pompeii. Thanks- the Mediterranean as the flagship of Commnder Service Force, SIXTH Fleet. During this period, she has sailed from Istanbul to Gibraltar; from Cannes to Bone and has touched three continents and four countries. The ship ' s repair force has continued servic- ing destroyer units of the SIXTH Fleet in the same manner in which she so successfully carried out her assigned mission in Norfolk. In addition, the Repair Department has undertaken the more difficult task of serving submarines and larger units of the fleet. As a unit of Service Force, the GRAND CANYON has learned to play the role of a service unit underway and has par- ticipated in some of the largest peace-time service operations undertaken to date. On 9 June, 1952 the GRAND CANYON sailed for heme once more to resume her ' normal tasks with Commander Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. i
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