Lofberg (DD 759) - Naval Cruise Book

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F25 f :A -'P me 251 f' Al H L52-r I A.,-..-, ,, , ,A 3 Eff Ya Ei ii El I U Q2 1 5 fi 2 ,w Ei i Q H ,Z 5, I1 9 'A .4 Gi gl Pl fl , , ii 9 4 ,Cvfberg is' ffisfzfry The USS LOFBERG is named for Commander Gus BrynwolffLofberg in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy forces in World War II. On 4 September 1942, off Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands, Commander LOFBERG, as Commanding Officer of the USS LITTLE, challenged the numerically superior Japanese Naval force which was shel- ling American positions on the island. His ship scored numerous hits on the enemy vessels before it was spotlighted by two enemy destroyers. Caught in a curtain of fire, the LITTLE was set aflame. Commander LOFBERG was lost at sea during the battle. LOFBERG is a 2200 ton short hull destroyer of the SUMNER class. The keel was laid at San Francisco, California by the Bethlehem Steel Companyon 4 November 1943 and chris- tened. a year later for a cost of eight million dollars excluding armament. The LOFBERG com pleted her shakedown cruise too late to participate in World War II, but she was at Pearl Harbor on 9 August 1945 when the Japanese forces surrendered. In the fall of 1945, LOFBERG continued westward to Japan and assumed the duties of flag- ship for Commander Mine Squadron Three., who controlled the clearing of mines in the area. She also undertook patrol duty along the Chinese coast and frequently visited Sasebo, Tokyo, and Okinawa, with brief visits also to Tsingtao and Taku. After her first WESTPAC assign- ment LOFBERG returned to the states, arriving at San Francisco in March of 1946. . For her first stateside duty LOFBERG acted as training ship for the Naval Base at ,Treas- ure Island, San Francisco. She was .then assigned2tQIthe Inactive Reserve in the Third Fleet, based at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. In the early months of 1947, 'LOFBERG departed San Francisco and operated in Dan Diego waters for several weeks. She then returned to San Francisco to conduct' Naval Reserve Cruises, visiting Victoria, B.C., Juneau, Port Angeles, Seattle, Esquimalt Harbor, and Ketchican, Alaska. She also conducted gunnery exercises off Cape Flattery and off Tatoosh in the Puget Sound. In September of 1950, shortly after the United States had been committed in the Korean hostilities, LOFBERG, as flagship for Destroyer Squadron Seven, steamed for Korea and 0 Far Eastern waters with Destroyer Division 71. LOFBERG completed three tours of duty to the Far 'East during the Korean action, serving with fast carrier task forces off both coasts of Korea, providing naval gunfire support and patrolling the Straits of Formosa. On her first cruise in 1951, during the cold winter 'months of January and Eebruary, LOFBERG A joined the battleship MISSOURI in the bombardment of Hangnum, Kansong, and Kangnung on the east coast of Korea and escorted the Mighty Mo to the west coast of Korea and on to Inchon. Wonsan was included among the bombardment assignments during the second and third cruises. During the third cruise LOFBERG remained in Wonsan Harbor for six weeks while participating in the longest. naval seige in history. Sincie the cessation of hostilities in Korea, LOFBERG has served with the United States Far Eastern Forces on twelve occasions in addition to the Western Pacific tour which is covered on the adjoining pages of this cruise book. . In 1962 LOFBERG underwent-the Navy's Fleet rehabilitation and Modernization program QFRAM IIJ. At this time she was modernized and her service life extended several years at a fraction of the cost of a new ship. Among the instaliations added to LOFBERG were the DASH qDrone Anti-Submarine Helicopterb weapons system, Variable Depth Sonar, Combat Information Center, Anti-Submarine Warfare Center, as well as various electronic equip- V ment. ' I Since FRAM, LOFBERG's assignments have included several patrols on the Formosa Straits, fast carrier operations, including plane guarding for combat aircraft in Vietnam, a tour with the Pacific Fleet Hunter-Killer Group Alpha , Market Time patrols and Naval Gunfire Support missions in Vietnam. She has visited in addition to the Navy bases in Subic Bay, Philippines and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Midway and Guam, Yokosuka, Sasebo and Osaka, Japan, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Keeltmg, Taiwan. QQNEN 43 Q'-'TNQ P , 4765 01935 V21:AYi?',L.v, Q- ft, -. ',3,'L:,.,l,g?. gi 1--r iff: ,-- ,. v ,- . sig , ig' 3