Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS GRIDLEY ICG-217, THE THIRD MAN-OF-WAR NAMED FOR A ,CAPTAIN CHARLES V. GRIDLEY, HAS A SUPERB REPUTATION TO A UPHOLD. TI-IE NAME OF GRIDLEY IS NOTED FOR BOTH CAPTAIN A GRIDLEIFS HONOR. ERAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY AND FOR THE ' ' DISTINGUISHED RECO OF TWO PREVIOUS SHIPS WHICH RORE THE , NAME. I A THE PRQENT GRIDLEY ICG-my WAS COMMISSIONED oN MAY 29. 1999 AT THE PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, RREMERTON, WASH- F INGTON, AND WAS ASSIGNED To THE WESTERN PACIFIC AS A UNIT OF THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. IN MARCH OF 1994, GRIDLET DEPLOYED To THE WESTRN PACIFIC AS A UNIT OF THE U.S. SEVENTH FLEET AND 'WAS AWARDED THE ARMED FORCE EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL AND ' A ' THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION. A . I Q AS A . UNIT OF THE U.S. PACIFIC, FLEET, GRIDLEY AGAIN I HDEPLOYED TO TI-IE WES PACIFIC IN 1995, 1996 AND was WHERE SHE SERVED IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE TONKIN GULF, ' ON JULY 22, 1999, GRIDLEY WAS DECOMMISSIONED PRIOR TO W UNDERGOING AN SIVE ANTI-AIR WARFARE MODERNIZATION WITH THE NAVAL TACTICAL DATA SYSTE INTDSI . , AFTER COMMISSIONING oN JANUARY I1 1970. GRIDLEY RE- , 'I P TURNED To HER HOMEPORT OF LONG REACH, CALIFORNIA FROM NOVEMBER 1970 TO MAY 1911 AND AGAIN DURING 1972, GRIDLEY A SERVED IN JAPANESE AND VIETNAMESE wATERS. IN FEBRUARY 1979, GRIDLEY ENTERED HUNTERS POINT NAVAL I , SHIPYARD, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FOR OVERHAUL. DURING . THIS PERIOD SHE RECEIVED AN ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 11.4 A GRIDLEY SAILED 'IO HER NEW HOMEPORT. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, IN D MRER OF 1919. If A . DURING THIS SEVEN AND CNE HALF MONTH DEPLOYMENT, GRIDLEY M - A PROVIDED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ON STATION SUPPORT DURING EE ' T O ERATION FREQUENT WIND THE EVACUATION CFP ONS FROM I A 9 - SOUTH VIETNAM. ' A AFTER A SHORT Io MONTHS RACK IN HEP. HOMEFORT, GRIDLEY ' A I I ' I RETURNEDTO THE WESTERN PACIFIC IN JULY OF 1979. IN MARCH OF I . I A . 1919, GEIDLEY ENTERED LONG REACH NAVAL SHIPYARD FOR UPDATE I . AND REPAIRS To HER MISSILE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AND INSTAL- P A , LATION OFTHE CRUISE MISSILE. HER ELECTRONIC AND J 1 . COMMUNICATIONS ISUITESWERE ALSO UPDATED AND REPAIRED. I ' - ,UPON COMPLETION OF THE YARD PERIOD, GRIDLEY RETURNED To g, A, SAN DIEGO ANDAUNDER WENT RE R R NING IN PREPARATION .,', 4 FORQTIIE NEXT WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT. ' A ' .m,1979.-THEGRIDLEY DEPLOYEDTO THE FAR EAST AND AS A 'q 'RESULT' OF THE IRANIAN CRISIS PARTICIPATED IN INDIAN OCEAN Ii Q , wjCONfI'INGENCY.oFERATIONs UNTIL MID 1990, GRIDLEY RETURNED TO W 1' A A I SAN DIEGO' IN JULY 1990 AND PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS SOUTHERN 7 gf 'J QCALIFORNIA TRAINING OPERATIONS UNTIL ALMOST 1981 WHEN SHE Q- A . -AZFA , RETURNED AGAIN TO WESTPAC. L P A A Q, DURINGTI-IE NEIIT SEVEN MONTHS GRIDLEY PERFORMED AAW Q j . ,PICIIETAND AAW COMMANDER. DUTIES WHILE ASSIGNED To THE I SEAEATTLE GROUP. SHE AGAIN OPERATED IN THE INDIAN A AND WAS CALLED UPON To PERFORM VARIOUS TASIIINGS IN -,V, + '3f'EHEgNOETmRN. SEA OF JAPAN. I .I.'I EETURNING To SANDIEGO IN MARCH 1992, GRIDLEY WAS Q ONCE OPERATINGIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS. UNTIL A P , To LONG REACH. NAVAL SI-IIPYARD OF ALL FIRE CONTROL AND SEARCH IIQTALLATION OF NEW ANTI-MISSILE CLOSE IN WEAPONS . ,... WARFARE AND'00MMUN1CA'1'I0NING'SUI'1'B. Q., ..., THE MIGINEEEINGP MACHINERY. MP1-0 FOR 'PHE TH ,.A,'I ' QPIA 1' A A I, I Q P+ iiggilllfl:f'1'?4fl'Q',,,i:Q-33II?:5fi'5sI: .,S T'gf5Qj,g'l:f1' ' .,', ff: Q 1' ' 4 , A f g: . -' , ' . fi I 1 L1 , i , Q. ' A I we ' 1 'L 5. S I 3 +- 1 3 . E tvs: I. I I 5- , f I .A .1 fi Y 4 Y' . 1 I A B1 I W, I K I 3 .. ,L-Vg, i W .I 4. , J, A f ff- I . ,V Q F' I I 1 I V f ' , ' , . 3 I Li, N Y! -' I Y YI r I I-Y 5. I I I Q A ' Iyikai I ' I' !2,fi,: f, A I -. f' -I L Qi. i rfb.. EI, . l K - I 4 A N. 1 U' HQ- f-I 1:3515 A rl VS F? .QF I . i . W iv ' .T-,I If? 'IJ :V .25 , Qifczf. ik 5 ff 'I I :I 3 If ,I 2 . X qt C I QQ: F4 .gg V In 'gi 1 f I. I if 3'T '4-T'll'-wll ,A If If 'Y --Ai 9 5 . 1 .xi I 1 A f IVA , 'E its ,' ,L f, 'A I 4 , 2 A Q, 'ri

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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

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COMMA DI G OFFICER CAPTAI R.T. REIMANN CAPTAIN ROBERT T. REIMANN. WAS BORN IN CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS ON 17 AUGUST 1986. HE GRADUATED FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. IN 1958 AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE ON 1 MAY 1959 UPON GRADUATION OF OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL, NEWPORT. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ABOARD USS GAINWALD QDD-7061. IN 1960 HE ATTENDED GUNNERY SCHOOL AND SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS WEAPONS OFFICER ON GAINWALD UNTIL AUGUST 1962 WHEN HE WAS INITIALLY ASSIGNED DUTIES AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE U.S. NAVY SCHOOL, COMMUNICATIONS. NEWPORT. RHODE ISLAND. HE CONCLUDED THIS TOUR AS ASSISTANT OFFICER-IN-CHARGE. CAPT. REIMANN WAS AUGMENTED INTO THE REGULAR NAVY IN 1963 AND IN JANUARY 1964, WAS ASSIGNED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS VAN VOORI-IIS KDE-10282. IN AUGUST 1966, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR DUTY IN THE OFFICER PERFORMANCE DIVISION. THIS TOUR WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-YEAR ASSIGNMENT TO USS CHARLES H. ROAN QDD- 853, AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. FROM JULY 1970 TO JANUARY 1972. CAPTAIN REIMANN COMMANDED THE DESTROYER ESCORT, USS COURTNEY CDE-IOBIQ. COURTNEY WAS HOMEPORTED IN NA- PLES, ITALY, AND PARTICIPATED IN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE EXERCISES WITH THE U.S. SIXTH FLEET IN THE MEDITERRA- NEAN. FROM JANUARY 1972 UNTIL AUGUST 1973, CAPT. REIMANN COMMANDED USS GARCIA QFF-10401 WHICH DEPLOYED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT GARCIA PARTICI- PATED AS A UNIT OF THE NATO NAVAL ON CALL FORCES. FOLLOWING COMMAND OF GRACIA, CAPTAIN REIMANN ATTEND- ED THE SENIOR COURSE AT U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. IN SEPTEMBER 1974 HE ESTABLISHED AND WAS THE FIRST OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL COMMAND DETACHMENT IN CORONADO, CALIFORNIA AND RE- MAINED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT UNTIL AUGUST OF 1977 WHEN HE WAS ASSIGNED DUTIES AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER. USS CHICAGO CCG-111. IN APRIL 1979. CAPTAIN REIMANN REPORTED FOR DUTY ASSIGNMENT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR. SURFACE WARFARE MAN- POWER AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS DIVISION lOP-391 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. CAPTAIN REIM- ANN LEFT THIS DUTY IN MAY 1981 TO ASSUME DUTIES AS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS QSURFACE WARFARED. CAPTAIN REIMANN REPORTED ABOARD USS GRIDLEY QCG- 211 AS COMMANDING OFFICER ON 20 JANUARY 1982. CAPTAIN REIMANN IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER IRIS CLARE JOHNSON OF HOLBROOK, MASSACHUSETTS. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN: ROBERT, JR. AND LYNNE IRIS. CAPTAIN AND MRS REIMANN PRESENTLY RESIDE IN PACIFIC BEACH, CALIFORNIA. 4 -r 3'-F