Harwood (DD 861) - Naval Cruise Book

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,,,Zlft6,,, eigtfllilw flarufnad ffl tary - s the last combatant vessel built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at th ' n I?ediiSCI-ai'-ifldmgghlfpylaild. sdviilp is named for Cdr. Bruce Lawrence Harwood, a heroic aviator who was ki while leading a tire fighting party aboard the USS When the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft during the second battle of the Harwood Was awarded the Navy Cf OSS anghiusmf,giitvgsssilgxlnngiluiglbctobgggffig, andiighgi Q5ji1imissionedg,on 28 September 19415, six weeks after World War II ended. For the first three years offihdr life HARWOOD operated with the .Pacific Fleet and made two Far East Cruises. In August was fipy the Atlantic Fleet, arriving at her new homeport, Newport, R. I., after. transit cold weather Operaflons north Of the Arctlc Circle HARWOOD made her lirst in September'l950. l The ensuing years of tfftf- by,eight Caribbean Cruises, four North Atlantic Cruises, one Eastern Atlantic anti Cruisesq I A i f tx to i 'L l 0 l It it I f A eir 5 Sam lled ff t Prior to arrival in QOtD.ifnder'went a nine month overhaul program atuthe New York Naval Shipyard. EIeetaiRelfabilQtati6ff andjvlodefrnization,Program CFRAMJ .effected many changesfincluding total reconstruction of arid intstallatiorr'ofQffnteWgtypesiof torpedo tubes, while the 3 antiaircraft guns were removed to accomodati? a andatllight,,d,eclg?fon?DAfSH CDrone AntiSubmarine Helicopterjq Upon completing her modernization, two aijilofre,gMe,d'itarraneaif'Cruises before departing Mayport 10 April 1968 for After transit of theilaanama Canal and brief b,ttt5,figenjoyable.fstays in San Diego and Pearl Harbor, HARWOOD, the lone wolf of began her thexPacific to Subic Bay, R. P. There she underwent a short upkeep and preparatigin before leaving4ff6rE5Vietnanjfandfithe gunline. ' - Naval gunfire suprf rt .off the coait of Sgouth Yiet11'an1fglw'as hertprimary duty, and one in which she was extremely successful. spent fortyatwo g,,g, on thelgurilgineitin'support of our troops ashore, destroying or damaging 410 enemy bunkers structures,Qneufijializing nutmerousfgstorage and assembly areas and accounting for many con- firmed enemy casualtieafgfiring a totail of oyer l0,000Qgrouiiids,j ,ttttt , ,,g ' p iii addition, HARWCQEQD Opeiatea Qtr ftitwtiast in OPERAT1oN SEA DRAGoN, dtiiiiig which time she worked with ,.., massilvgfinteiiiiction of enemy waterborne logistics craft described as one of the heaviest od'-sliltggure bombartintetjftsf ,Qf tbef,iyarf.f? Eiftjtfeight WBLC'sfT were either destroyed or damaged by the team. oiaiiesa, ithiirgtyssilg,yverQQjfQ6'HiCialt1y credited to the HARWOOD. ' Qn live separate OCCKSIOIISXQQ ship was enemy coastal defense batteries and in one instance received a hit in her after gun mountgaigflicting two personnel ca,s3ual.t'ies1 fandixresultingtintttwo Purple Hearts and one Bronze Star awarded to HARWOOD membersg, 'iiiiiiiti' tfittii'ii ,..,,.,,,,,, ,X it t Not all of HARWOQD's recogiiitipn action. While refueling atfsea the ship made an emergency breakaway ff0m the Ollef USS whale boat, ,andirecovered a man lost overboard from the USS TRIPOLI CLPH-101. The who Lizgcoiigious, rescued by HARWOOD only eight minutes after being knocked overboard. i 't'1f P ,,,g,p!, ,.,., .,,,,. 5 g,g,.i,i i HARWOOD also served a total of four weeks plane attack carriers USS BON HOMME RICHARD, USS AMERICA and the nuclear powered USS ENTERPRISE. th521?1CiZifEilg2IE:gN:Ida3gp?1rl2eI?1ARWOOD has steamed over 60,000 miles while operating at sea 75 X of the time. She has g every operational commitment on time during her tour of duty. Y l l i I i l l l l l 1 l l 1 i v l l i I 1 e i -ML

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Harwood History Commanding Officers Ship's Officers D Panama Canal Transit First Division D Hawaii N D Golf Division. Midwayt f Q 1 Cap Lay, DMZ so AXS Division Nha Trang Dash Division n r WWW'

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