Lofberg (DD 759) - Naval Cruise Book

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Executive Officer ' Lieutenant Commander D. G. Scully U. S. Navy LCDP Donald G. SCULLY was born in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York on T5 December 1924. l-le enlisted in the U.S. Navy in November T942 serving in the Atlantic and the Pacific as a Signalman, Upon discharge in TQ48, he entered the US. Merchant Marine serving as third mate for Cities Service Oil Company. In T953 LCDR SCULLY returned to the U.S. Navy and has served in the following capacities, COMLCUDIV 24, First Lieutenant USS FRONTIER lAD-25l, Operations Officer USS LYMAN K, SWENSON lDD-754i and Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Communications at Taiwan Defense Command prior to joining the USS LOFBEPG lDD 759i LCDP SCULLY is married to the former Suea G. LARSON of Westhampton Beach. The couple was married in T957 and have four children. LCDR SCULLY has been awarded the following campaign ribbons and service medals: Navy Good Conduct Medal, American, European and Asiatic Theatre, World War ll Victory Medal, China Service Medal, Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon and Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. ,

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Before FRAM The LOFBERG completed a seven month conversion at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Under the Navy's FRAIVI lFleet Rehabilitation and lvlodernizationl program, many ships from World War ll are being similarly converted, thereby extending their service for several years. Among the nevv installations aboard the LGFBERG are the DASH lDrone Anti-Submarine Helicopterl vveapons system, Variable Depth sonar, Combat Information Center and Anti-Submarine-Warfare Center, as well as numerous electronicreauipments. The USS LGFBERG is named for CDR. Gustov B, Lofberg, USN, in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry in action against enemy forces during World War II. On September 4, l942, off Guadalcanal, CDR. Lofberg as Commanding Officer of the USS LITTLE challenged the numerically superior Japanese force which vvas shelling American positions on the Island. His ship scored numerous hits upon the enemy before being spotlighted by tvvo .lapanese destroyers and caught in a curtain of fire. The LITTLE vvas set a fiame and sunk. CDR. Lofberg lost his life during the battle. Commissioned in November IQ44, LGFBERG arrived in the West Pacific too late to participate in hostilities. The ship vvas in Pearl Harbor vvhen the Japanese surrendered on Q August l945. A In the years after the vvar, LOFBERG assisted in the clearing of minefields, serving as the flagship of Com- mander lvline Squadron Three.. Returning to the United States, she served as training ship for the Naval Station at Treasure Island, and participated in routine destroyer ekercises from Alaska to San Diego. In lQ5l, the LGFBERG joined the battle-ship MISSOURI in the bombardment of Hungnam, Kansong, and Kangung on the east coast of Korea, later escorting the Mighty lvIo to Inchon and Wonsan Harbors. Wonsan vvas included among the bombardment assignments on -the second and third cruises conducted during the Korean conflict. Since the Korean War, the LGFBERG has served with the Seventh Fleet in Far Eastern vvaters on ten dif- ferent occasions. Her assignments included several patrols. Her assignments included several patrols of the Formosa straits, fast carrier operations and vvith the Pacific Fleet Hunter-Killer Group. The ship has been awarded the coveted for excellence in anti-submarine warfare for four consecutive years. After FRAM