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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Cfommundiug X. Commander ws. GUTHRIE nllquulu W Commander GUTHRIE was born in Punta Gorda, Florida and graduated from Charlotte High School in 1944. He entered the U. S. Naval Academy in 1945. Upon graduation in 1949, he was assigned to USS CO- LUMBUS CCA-74j as the assistant Navigation Oliicer. I Between 1952 and 1954, he served in USS S. B. ROBERTS fDD-823D as the Gunnery Officer, and in Febru- ar 1954 was ' d ' A y assigne as the Commanding Oliicer of the USS PC 572. In 1955 he commenced a two year tour of duty ashore as an instructor at the Fleet Air Defence Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia. Starting in 1957, he served two years on the Staff of Commander, Destroyer Flotilla Four as the Flag Secretary. His next duty was under instruction in 1959 at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Upon completion of instruction, he stayed on at the Naval War College for a two ear t f d t h y our o u y on t e staff. Returning to sea in 1962, he was ordered to USS VESOLE CDDR-8782 as Executive Oflicer. Later, he served on the Staff of Commander A h'b' F ' ' ' ' , mp 1 1ous orce, U. S. Atlantic Fleet in the Operations and Plans Section. At his next duty, he was assigned to the Headquarters, U. S. Military Assistance, Vietnam, where he served in the Plans Division from 1965 until assuming command of the USS HARWOOD CDD-8611 on 17 November 1966. While on duty at sea at Yankee Station, Tonkin Gulf, Commander GUTHRIE was relieved by Commander C. D. Hopkins as Commanding Officer of HARWOOD. Commander GUTHRIE was transferred to the USS AMERICA by helicopter, bound for duty with the Joint Stalf in Washin ton D. C. S , Commander GUTHRIE IS married to the former Elizabeth Ann Haller of Garden City, New York. They have five children, a son, Mitchell, and four daughters, Melinda, Susan, Kimberly, and Caroline.