Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Destroyer Squadron THIRTY-THREE CAPTAIN JOHN A. BALDWIN, UNITED STATES NAVY df, . 5 5, I A MA eiirr I .M 1 1. XE. Y 0' X 1' ' I 5 ., 1 a L to R - T09 Fbl: LCDR l.H. LEVINGS, III, USN, LCDR J.M. JAROS. USN. C-APT J.A. BALDWIN. USN. LT T.A. POWERS. WI. USNR. LT M. PETERS. CI-IC. USN3. 15 K.A. CLARK. USN. B-Ohorn Row: LT M.C. MORGAN. USN. M51 G.P. LTU. USN. YNSN J.F. UUMAY. USN. YN1 J.D. WALKER. USN. I

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A 5hip's History USS GRIDLE Y ICG-2 ll, the third man-of-war named for Captain Charles V. GRIDLEY, has a great reputation to uphold The name GRID'-FY IS noted both for Captain GRlDLEY's honor, bra very and devotion to duty and for the distinguished records of two previous ships which bore the name, The present GRIDLEYICC-21l. was commissioned May 25, 1963 at the Puget Sound Na val Shipyard Bremerton, Washington, and was assigned to the U. S. Pacific Fleet. In March 1964, GRIDLEY deployed to the Western Pacific as a unit ofthe U.S. Seventh Fleet, and was part of Task Group 77. 6 during the Gulf of Tonkin crisis in August of that year. She was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation for service in gupport of successful air strikes and counter attack operations against North Vietnamese torpedo boats and supporting facilities. As a unit of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, GRIDLE Y again deployed to the Western Pacific in 1965, 1966 and 1968 where she served in the South China Sea and the Tonkin Gulf. On July 22, 1968, GRIDLEY departed her homeport of Long Beach, California, bound for the Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, and decommissioning incident to undergoing an extensive anti-air warfare modernization conversion. During her shipyard period, GRIDLE Y was fitted with the Naval Tactical Data System INTDSI which provides rapid communications and information displays, enabling ship and force commanders to make decisions in countering hostile threats in today's highspeed warfare. After commissioning on January 17, 1970, GRIDLE Y returned to her homeport of Long Beach. California. From November .1970 to May 1971, GRIDLE Y again served in Japanese and Vietnamese waters. During 1972, GRIDLEY underwent a conversion to Navy Distilate Fuel and completed another successful deployment to the Western Pacific. In February of 1973, GRIDLE Y entered Hunter's Point Na val Shipyard San Francisco, California, for a complex overhaul. During this period she received an Anti-Missile Defense System and was outfitted with highly sophisticated electronic equipment to help her meet her continuing operational committments. GRIDLE Y sailed to her newhomeport, San Diego, California, in December of 1973. There she was outfitted with a closed circuit Shipboard Information, Training and Entertainment lSlTEl Television System. ln 1975, GRIDLE Y again deployed to the Western Pacific as a unit of the U. S. Seventh Fleet and Task Group 71.5 During this seven and one half month deployment, GRIDLE Y visited such foreign ports as the Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore and Western A ustralia. As well as providing air traffic control and on station support during Operation Frequent Wind the evacuation of persons from South Vietnam, GRIDLE Y also was on station as air traffic controller during the MA YA GUEZ incident off the coast of Cambodia Since her commissioning in 1963, GRIDLE Y has had a total of nine commanding officers who have carried on the famous Captain Charles V. GRIDLE Y heritage and tradition in commanding this United S tataes Ship named GHIDLE Y. Ship 's Characteristics COMPLEMENT .... . . 25 OFFICERS and 379 ENLISTED MEN LENGTH ......... 533 FEET BEAM ............ 54 FEET I0 INCHES DISPLACEMENT .... 8.260 TONS DRAFT ........... 20 FEET 3 INCHES BOILERS ......... 4-1200 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH 'D' TYPE MAIN ENGINES ....... 2 STEAM DRIVEN TURBINES GENERATORS .......... 4-I500 KW STEAM TURBINE DRIVEN SERVICE SHAFTHORSEPOWER ... ... asooo SHAFT HoRSEPowER.42,soo SHP PER SHAFT TOPSPEED ........... ... IN EXCESS or so KNOTS ARMAMENT .......... 2 TWIN RAIL TERRIER MISSILE IAUNCHERS 1 ASRoc LAUNCHER 2 TRIPLE MOUNT MK 32 TORPEDO TUBES 2 TWIN MOUNT 3 INCH so CALIBER GUNS FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS .... MK 76 Moo 6 GUIDED MISSILE CONTROL SYSTEM ' ' MK Isa Moo 28 GUN FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM I - MK 114 UNDERWATER BATTERY FIRE CONTROL SVSTEM SONAR .. AMS?-23D RADARS . . . AN1'SPS-10 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR ANXSPS-43 AIR SEARCH RADAR ANlSPS48A AIR SEARCHIHEIGHT FINDING RADAR

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from the Commanding Dfficer... 21 December 1976 Our return to San Diego on 21 December marked the termination of another highly successful WESTPAC deployment for the USS GRIDLEY and her crew. For many of us this constituted the second such deployment within a period of two years. This cruise book has been compiled to provide a tangible means of recalling old friends and faces, as well as the events which occurred, and the places that we visited during the past six months. On behalf of all GRIDLBY crewmembers, I would like to express our appreciation to the editorial staff and photographers who expended so much of their personal time and effort to produce this book. During the deployment we participated in several Seventh Fleet exercises and we served as a member of the MIDHAY Task Group CTG 77.41 throughout the Korean Augmentation operation in September - October l976. The number one goal of our Fleet Comnander is readiness - and I was particularly proud of GRIDLEY's ability to respond immediately when called upon during the Korean crisis. We paid port visits to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and also stopped briefly in Guam and Hawaii during this cruise. Wherever we went, the men of GRIDLEY served as goodwill ambassadors for our nation and the Navy through their conduct and the hospitality which they displayed. The sh1p's success in fulfilling its mission on a deployment such as this is dependent upon a team effort. Each department is inter related with all of the others: each individual makes his personal contribution toward the departmental result. Every member of the GRIDLEY crew, whatever your future occupation, may look back upon this period with pride and know that you served your country well. That's what this book is all about. C. W. STREI I Captain, U. S. Navy Commanding Officer .y .,