Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS GRIDLEY CCG-215 WESTPAC 18 OCTOBER 1984 - 24 MAY 1985 1

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lf-P-m t I Q I 1 i 1 Y i I 1 1 I 7. x ! 4 I ! 4 I 1 ,-1 I I f..k, Pi . '54 . dd sian' 1 ....-q.a-',...v-..o-.-,...--- .--V USS GRIDLEY CCG-2 U USS GRIDLEY QCG-213, THE THIRD MAN-OF-WAR NAMED FOR CAPTAIN CHARLES V. GRIDLEY, HAS A SUPERB REPUTATION TO UPHOLD. THE NAME OF GRIDLEY IS NOTED FOR BOTH CAPTAIN GRIDLEY'S HONOR, BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY AND FOR THE DISTINGUISHED RECORDS OF TWO PREVIOUS SHIPS WHICH BORE THE NAME. THE PRESENT GRIDLEY QCG-21D WAS COMMISSIONED ON MAY 26. 1963 AT THE PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, BREMERTON, WASH- INGTON. AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC AS A UNIT OF THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. IN MARCH OF 1964. GRIDLEY DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC AS A UNIT OF THE U.S. SEVENTH FLEET AND WAS AWARDED THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL AND THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION. AS A UNIT OF THE U.S. PACIFIC, FLEET, GRIDLEY 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, 1969, GRIDLEY WAS DECOMMISSIONED PRIOR TO UNDERGOING AN EXTENSIVE ANTI-AIR WARFARE MODERNIZATION CONVERSION. DURING HER SHIPYARD PERIOD, GRIDLEY WAS FITTED WITH THE NAVAL TACYTICAL DATA SYSTEM CNTDSQ AFTER COMMISSIONING ON JANUARY 17, 1970. GRIDLEY RE- TURNED TO HER HOMEPORT OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. FROM NOVEMBER 1970 TO MAY 1971 AND AGAIN DURING 1972, GRIDLEY SERVED IN JAPANESE AND VIETNAMESE WATERS. IN FEBRUARY 1973, GRIDLEY ENTERED HUNTER'S POINT NAVAL SHIPYARD, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FOR OVERHAUL. DURING THIS PERIOD SHE RECEIVED AN ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. GRIDLEY SAILED TO HER NEW HOMEPORT, SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA, IN DECEMBER OF 1973. IN 1975, GRIDLEY AGAIN DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. DURING THIS SEVEN AND ONE HALF MONTH DEPLOYMENT, GRIDLEY PROVIDED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ON STATION SUPPORT DURING OPERATION FREQUENT WIN D , THE EVACUATION OF PERSONS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM. AFTER A SHORT 10 MONTHS BACK IN HER HOMEPORT. GR-IDLEY RETURNED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC IN JULY OF 1976. IN MARCH OF 1978, GRIDLEY ENTERED LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD FOR UPDATE AND REPAIRS TO HER MISSILE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AND INSTAL- LATION OF THE HARPOON CRUISE MISSILE. HER ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS SUITES WERE ALSO UPDATED AND REPAIRED. UPON COMPLETION OF THE YARD PERIOD, GRIDLEY RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO AND UNDER WENT REFRESHER R NING IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT. IN 1979. THE GRIDLEY DEPLOYED TO THE FAR EAST AND AS A RESULT OF THE IRANIAN CRISIS PARTICIPATED IN INDIAN OCEAN CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS UNTIL MID 1980. GRIDLEY RETURNEDTO SAN DIEGO IN JULY 1980 AND PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAINING OPERATIONS UNTIL ALMOST 1981 WHEN SHE RETURNED AGAIN TO WESTPAC. DURING THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS GRIDLEY PERFORMED AAW PICKET AND AAW COMMANDER DUTIES WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE CORAL SEA BATTLE GROUP. SHE AGAIN OPERATED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND WAS CALLED UPON TO PERFORM VARIOUS TASKINGS IN THE NORTHERN SEA OF JAPAN. UPON RETURNING TO SAN DIEGO IN MARCH 1982, GRIDLEY WAS ONCE AGAIN OPERATING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS, UNTIL OCTOBER WHEN SHE RETURNED TO LONG BEACH. NAVAL SHIPYARD FOR AN EXTENSIVE UPDATE OF ALL FIRE CONTROL AND SEARCH RADARS, INSTALLATION OF NEW ANTI-MISSILE CLOSE IN WEAPONS SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND COMMUNICATIONING SUITES, AND OVERHAUL OF ALL THE ENGINEERING MACHINERY. IN OCTOBER OF 1984 GRIDLEY DEPLOYED FOR THE ELEVENTH TIME IN 21 YEARS. 8 ,.....-......-. ..,- --I.--M