McCloy (DE 1038) - Naval Cruise Book

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McCIoy's transit between the Galapagos Islands and Salinas, Ecua- dor, was notable for two reasons. During that time the ship celebrated its fifth anniversary and was hon- ored to have RADM J. A. Dare, US- COIVISOLANT, aboard for two days. RADM J. A. DARE, USCOMSOLANT W V 4 ten YOU' ,Capt , ffl 6 A many tim not Figare HHOW rd D-A-R-E, is Dare Pfepafing to highline the Admiral back to the Josephus Daniels.

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On 21 October 1968, , McCloy celebrated her fifth anniversary of being commissioned. A party was held on the mess- decks where birthday cake, ice cream and soft drinks were served. Mc- Cloy's history was briefly set forth by Captain Rog- ers as follows: Five years ago today the United States Ship McCloy was commissioned in ceremonies at the U. S. Naval Base, Charleston, 1 South Carolina. The prin- , as Cipal Speaker at those Ce- Captain Rogers cuts McCloy's birthday cake with the aid of R03 Bob remonies was the Honor- able L. Mendal Rivers Chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee At th ' ' . . I . e time of her commis- sioning McCloy was one of the newest type ships developed for the purpose of Anti-Submarine War- f1e:arIe.Clafl:JeatmitIYleci,Cloy now know that our ship has proven herself and has performed to the best of Getz who also celebrated a birthday on 21 October. USS McCloy was built by the Avondale Shipyards, Inc Westive o Louisiana Her keel was laid on 15 September 1961 and she was launched on 9 June 1963. Tlgeship is named after Lieu- tenant Commander John McCloy, S. Navy CDeceasedJ. Commander McCloy is one of the great naval heroes. He entered the Navy in 1898 as a Seaman and during the course of 30 years active service was 'twice awarded the Medal of. Honor, our nations highest award. He first received the Medal of Honor while serving as a coxswain assisting a Marine landing force during the Boxer Rebellion of 1906. Then in 1914 while a beach master for the landing force in the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico he was awarded his second Medal of Honor. At that time he drew enemy fire upon his own position so that the 'enemy shore batteries could be exposed and shelled out by American warships standing offshore. His actions saved the lives of many of our men on the beach. Commander McCloy served extensively in the Mine Force and while serving as Commanding Officer of USS Curlew he received his third major award. At that time Curley was engaged in the difficult and hazardous duty of sweeping for and removing the mines of the North Sea Mine Barragef' For his distinguished service he received the Navy Cross. As you can see USS McCloy was named after a great naval hero. Although the ship has never engaged in actual combat we believe that she has lived up to her name in other ways. UNITAS IX is only the second extended deployment that McCloy has made. The first, Matchmaker lll, was a com- bined NATO naval operation. McCIoy operated with ships of various European navies under the command of a Dutch Commodore. Upon being detached from the Matchmaker Squadron, the Commodore, Captain Franz Visea sent a mes- sage to McCloy which said: Goodbye to the best ship in the squadron . After Matchmaker, McCloy began an exten- sive yard period at the Boston Naval Shipyard. Lasting nine months the ship received a sonar retrofit and other minor modifications. When we left the yard we again proved our- selves - this time at Guantanamo Bay. We all remember GTMO . All the hard work and sleepless nights, but when the final exam came, the Operational Readiness Inspection, McCloy was ready, attaining an overall grade of good. Now on UNITAS McCloy has done all that has been required of her in fine style. I am sure that our succeeding cruises will be equally as successful. Happy Birthday McCloy - Many Happy Returns.