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A CRUISINH72 DEDICATED To The Gfficers And Men Who Soiled The Fox Around The World
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13 January 1945. HIP'S HISTORY CSS MYLES C. FOX IDD-8295 was launched at the Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine on 13 Janum-y 1915. The ship was christened by Mrs. James C. Fox of Stamford, Connecticut, mother of First Lieutenant Myles C. Fox, LIS. Marine Corps. , , CSS FOX was commissioned 20 March 1945, at the Boston Naval Shipyard. After a vigorous shakedown cruise in the Caribbean, she departed from Boston in June and headed for the Pacificbto take part mi the fast moving climax of World War ll. FOX served with the famed TASK FORCE 38 in covering the occupation land- ing on the Japanese home island, and on 21 September she entered Tokyo Bay. Transferred to TASK FORCE 58 upon completion of the occupation campaign in Japan, she operated in the China Sea until her return to the United States in late April 1946. ' U i ,ifter several months of operations on the west coast of the United States, during which she underwent O ' t for a nine month cruise This cruise was highlighted overhaul at Long Beach, the ship rettuned to the rien . by the rescue of 600 survivors from a stranded passenger ship which had been overturned by a typhoon near Hong Kong. In May 1919, she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet and to the Homeport of Newport, Rhode Island. ln 1950 and 1951, she made two six month cruises to the Mediterranean. In May 1952 she began to prepare for another cruise to the MED. In late August, the ship left Newport to participate in Operation MAINBRACE, the first large-scale NATO Naval maneuver, during which the ship crossed the Artic Circle. At the completion of MAINBRACE, she proceeded to Lisbon for another MED cruise. The ship returned to the United States in Februarv 1953, and from June to August midshipmen from the Naval Academy and NROTC students from civilian colleges were embarked for a training cruise in South America. A -' P 1' t ' d the Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia for three months of overhaul and major In the spring of 1954, I OX en ere conversion work. That fall she made a cruise to the Gulf of Mexico and she participated in Atlantic Fleet exer. cises. ln May 1955, 1956, and 1957 the ship deployed to the Mediterranean for four month tours of duty with the SIXTH Fleet. After the 1957 cruise, she joined a NATO exercise in Northern Europe and held the distinction of being further north of the Arctic Circle than any ship in the exercise. In 1959 she made another trip to the MED, this tour of duty with the SIXTH Fleet lasted until February 1960. In May, her homeport was changed I X ' ' I I' d t Ma ort, Florida. In 1960 and 1961, FOX again operated with the SIXTH Fleet from Nciipott, Rhode san 0 yp on Mediterranean cruises. During the 1961 cruise, she established new standards of excellence for her class and was awarded the Navy E for overall Battle Efficiency. In January 1964, the homeport was changed to Boston, Massachusetts in order for the ship to undergo Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization in the Boston Naval Shipyard. In the Boston Yard, the ship converted from a radar picket destroyer to a DD. Two new anti-submarine weapons ASROC and DASH were added, and the en- ' ' l' nt vas com letely overhauled to increase the ship's operational capabilities. Through commendable gineering p a i p cooperation between the shipyard workers and FOX crew, the FRAM MK I was completed a full month ahead of schedule at an estimated saving of some 5B760,000. After nine weeks of refresher training in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, FOX returned briefly to Newport before going to Cape Kennedy to participate in special operations with the nuclear submarine USS JOHN C. CALHOUN. FOX departed Newport, Rhode Island for the Mediterranean in July 1965 for a four month cruise, operation with the SIXTH Fleet and returned to Newport in November 1965. In January 1966, after routine upkeep and leave period in Newport during the holi- days, FOX deployed on Springboard Operations in the Caribbean returning to Newport on 22 February 1966. On 6 March 1966, FOX was assigned as a member of the GEMINI-8 team and de- parted for EASTLANT in company with the USS CALOOSAHATCHEE tAO-985 and the USS CHARLES P. CECIL QDD-8353, while in EASTLANT a distress signal was received from the merchant freighter MfV PALMA of Swedish registry. The PALMA had an uncontrollable fire in her forward holds and upon receipt of the distress mes- sage, FOX proceeded at best possible speed to aid the distress vessel. Upon arrival firefighting teams from the FOX worked day and night for three days in twelve-hour shifts combating the fire. FOX was later joined by firefighting teams from the USS CALOOSAHATCHEE and USS CHARLES P. CECIL. After getting the fire under con- trol and MXV PALMA Safely on its way to port, FOX was detached with congratu- latory messages from CNO, CINCLANTFLT, COMCRUDESLANT, and COMSOLANT for a job well done. 945 '-1954
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