O Brien (DD 725) - Naval Cruise Book

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f CDR WM. I-I.C. SELF, USE COMMANDING QFFIC

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'-Stal, i t S-. y t . K ' r hr. i!25.2',i'2.T ' I ip 1 i V. . , in- . l ' .1 , . H45 if 3 Y 6 ,. 1, lt was only four months to the dug after her etmtntitxioning that the O'BRlEN shed her first blood. After par- ticipating in the historic D-Day landing, at Ont.ih.t Beueh. O'BRll?N mi, scoring effectively on Nazi gun po- sitions on the Cherbourg Peninsula while exe-.trting letnding barges. The Ciermttn gum finally found the range ol' the evasive destroyer. and made it hit near the bridge. -Xlthtiugh tudly dtintttged LTBRIEN stayed in the battle screening the Battleship TEXAS. Alter repaira in the l.'nitod States, OBRILN tin- trnrttierred :tt the ihteitie lfleet. M gt member of Task Force 38. O'BRlEN earned lite battle wldfs for her .tett-an in the .tx-.tulle .tt leylc. lufvtt. Xlindtttw. lxxo Jilttll. und Okinawa. She was twice hit during their 'iperntii-me luring pre-t:t'..txi-tit imttthnrtitttettt ttetittities att Lingatyen Gull, O'BRlliN was ,truck on her p-irt -ttlc ttf. .l.tp.titew .iirerntt iihitlt emitted into the side tearing at hole in the superstructure. l'tillnv.in-1 repnirt the Ulfll-ill N returned e-.i:tih.it. .intl in Xl.ireh of I0-85. while standing off Ktftmil Rhcllu Island nent' Uktnn'-h.t. .i J.ip.tt:e-e .tlfeftlli itil it:-t .tll til U'BRll'N's bridge ttxplmlillg Ll magazine. At thc end -if NK-irld Nm: ll, Ullilill N -.im -ent mth inf regnttts .ind then retired to the reserve Fleet. Wllh the uulhrcnlt ul the lx-tri:.trt -1-.ir U HRH N trite: .t:.tt:t reigmittleti ttf tttit tt.ttittit'w needs. -Xl one limi: holh Radio Nloscuvt gtntl R.tdttt Pcktrtv ttzp-tried her insist ty. ilte Quit- -it the Niviiit kttrmtt Peoples .-Kring. The ahip win uilh lllc allure hmttlmrdttiettt ur-.nip .if lx,t.-- .tint NN.-flirt llniitt-r Nite t'.it'ttelp.ttctl tit the bgtlllc of Bunsuw. In l9lil O'BRll:N uriilemetit .tn c-.lqttti-. if-iletf1i.f.t2t.-it permits tit etgtttp het tor the tteetlx of the preeent day navy, pgirtteulnrli in the stiente --t tiist mit' if .i,tit.t:r.' li. ltilt. iqltft. tl'llRll N esttthltslted tim records ful' fllllvlgltltun hy xlcnttttttt' PM itwfqt. -.g' tizq 4 -ti. 'mt H.'.gt t' iftiz-3 .t tt-tit intl lu lite lltllex. lffkfg This puhltcdltittft tluetttttcttti the l-itittli 4-fqsttl:-! ..i tlegtit-..::ettl ll HRH N lt.tx ttt.ttlt' Int' upcrglltntts 0 the coat-it til Ntetimiti with unit, -it lite I Iliff!! Nitty- xeietexti lite: llttiittg time ttpernttnttx the wrxuttl O'llRll-N h.is perltirtttctl tliittei. -.titli l itt f wig. Ntztitt ltiztet- Xtttitti!mt.ititte NN.trl.tt'e fimups, and N fiunltrt: Lusk liniti nt support til Xlltetl l tilt, Xif: we lit ll-.tteimwt Nt-t-, U HRH N bee Nitty lintl to he lut by N-itlli xI.'lll.llZZtNC sh -if ltitftii., Wt: tiittnif :hit-e tliteet littx tit the tiller pttrliott t lhc ihtp. U'llRll N tw PfC'iL'llllh .t ttttit til lie-1 -.1 Ntgtittlt--it I'-witixrttlftt' .intl is lttttttt'ptttlL'tl Ill lung Bt. C'ttltlttrm.t Aww

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