Lowry (DD 770) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE EXEC I LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROBERT P. MCCUEN Executive OH:Eicer uss Lowry DD-770 CRUISE BOOK EDITORIAL STAFF MANAGING EDITOR .................... James O. Pigott, YN3, USN ASSISTANT EDITOR .... .... W illiam I-I. Kinney, SK3, USN ASSOCIATE EDITOR .... .... L ewis I. Perry, SN, USNR ART EDITOR .......... ....... L ouis A. Payne, SN, USN PHOTOGRAPHERS .... ... 5'H0me1' L- Howard, RM3, USN 2 Robert W. Sutton, ET2, USNR Photographs contained herein are ofhcial naval photographs and snapshots submitted by members of the crew -4,

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THE LOWRY'S HISTORY First of the Navy's hard-hitting new 2,200-ton destroyers to slide down the ways of the Pacific Coast's Bethlehem Steel Co. of San Pedro,.Cal1f., the USS LOWRY'S keel was laid on August 1, 1943. She was christened and launched on February 6, 1944 by Miss Ann Lowry, a great-grand- daughter of Commodore Reigert B. Lowry for whom the ship was named. The LOWRY was commissioned five months later on July 23, 1944. Shortly after commissioning and upon completion of shake-down train- ing the LOWRY set sail for the Pacific war zone where she participated in the closing engagements of the war, notable the battle for Okinawa. During 1945 she was attached to Task Group 77.2 for the Luzon operation, to Task Group 58.4 for the Iwo Jima campaign, and Task Group 52.1 for the invasion of Okinawa. After having avoided damage after several close calls the ship had earned the nickname of Lucky Lowry . One of these close calls occurred when a total eclipse of a full moon took place over Okinawa while the LOWRY was under hot attack , thus giving her a chance to escape. However as luck isn't an absolute thing the LOWRY came due while serving on radar picket duty north of Okinawa. On May 4, 1945 a Kami- kaze crashed into mount 53 resulting in injury to 23 and death to 2 mem- bers of the crew. The LOWRY earned four battle stars on the Asiatic-Pacific Area Service Ribbong the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Pacificg the Navy Unit Commendation, and for her latest operations the Korean Service Medal with two stars and the United Nations Service Medal. On 30 June 1947 the LOWRY was placed out of commission in reserve, in the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was put back in com- mission on 27 December 1950 in San Diego, California, and assigned to Destroyer Squadron 26 of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The Panama Canal was transited on 22 April 1951 and the LOWRY saw the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. After a short Atlantic cruise Destroyer Squadron 26 was ordered to report to the PZICIHC. Alternately working as a unit with two different Task Forces. The LOWRY covered more than 30,000 nautical miles in the time she was gone from her home port. The LOWRY had its most active month as a unit of a United Nations Task Force in May when 1,989 rounds of 5 inch 38 caliber projectiles were fired at enemy targets ranging from Red army, Combat Information Center Headquarters and gun emplacements to sampan concentrations along the Korean East Coast. Finishing off the Korean tour of duty on 22 June 1952, the USS LOWRY departed and completed her round-the-world cruise. -6-