Sampson (DDG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE SHIP OF THE U.S. NAVY TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM T. SAMPSON, HERO OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. USS SAMPSON IDDG-101 WAS COMMISSIONED AT THE BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD ON 24 JUNE 1961. COMMANDER FORESTER W ISBN PLACED SAMPSON IN COMMISSION AS HER FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER A PRODUCT OF BATH IRON WORKS. BATH, MAINE, SAMPSON'S ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF THE SURFACE-T0-AIR TARTAR MISSILE SYSTEM, HARPOON, ANTI-SUBMARINE ROCKETS CASROCD. TWO 5 INCI-1754 CALIBER GUNS AND SIX TORPEDO TUBES. SAMPSONS MISSION IS TO OPERATE OFFENSIVELY WITH FAST CARRIER AT- TACK FORCES AND TO SCREEN SUPPORT GROUPS AGAINST SUBSURFACE, AIR AND SURFACE THREATS. SINCE HER COMMISSIONING, SAMPSON HAS MADE 'WVELVE DEPLOYMENTS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. RETURNING FROM HER LATEST DEPIJOYMENT ON 7 MAY 1985, AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS FLEET EXERCISES IN THE NOR'1'I-IATLANTICOCEANANDTHECARIB BEAN SEA THE SHIP I-IAS ALSO OPER- ATED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE PERSIAN GULF. SAMPSON PARTICIPATED IN THE FORWARD DEPIJOYED HOM EPORT CONCEPT WHEN SHE WAS HOMEPORTED INATHENS, GREECE FROM 1972 TO 1975. IN 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983 AND 1985 SAMPSON WAS AWARDED THE BATTLE EFFICIENCY FOR BEING THE MOST OUTSTANDING SHIP IN HER SQUADRON. SHE HAS BEEN HOMEPORTED IN MAYPGRT, FLORIDA SINCE DECEMBER 1976. . 2 '?7'4 o ,..,,,,, if SHIPS CHARACTERISTICS I,ENG'I'H KOVICRAI ,LI 437 IEET BREAD'I'II fVVIIJ'l'I ll 47 FEET FULL IOAD IIISIII AC IEM ENT 4.500 TONS 'I'O'l7XI, IAIOREIIOWIQR VIWO SIIAFTS1 70-000 MAXIMUM SPEED OVER 30 KNOWS .11

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USS SAMPSON DDG-10

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SAMPSON IN NAVAL HISTORY WILLIAM THOMAS SAMPSON, BORN 9 FEBRUARY 1840 IN PALMYRA. NEW YORK. ENT ERED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1857. AFI' ER GRADUATING IST IN HIS CLASS FOUR YEARS LATER, HE SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE ACADEMY. HE COMMANDED ALERT, PRACTICE SHIP MAYFIJOWER, AND THE SWATARA. ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1886 HE BECAME SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY. HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE BATTLESHIP IOWA ON I5 JUNE 1897. ON I JUNE 1898 DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON ESTAB LISHED A CLOSE AND EFFICIENT BLOCKADE ON THE SPANISH FLEET IN THE HARBOR OF SANTIAGO. ON 3 JULY 1898 RADM SAMPSON COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE SPANISH FLEET ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE SANTIAGO HARBOR IN A RUNNING SEA BATTLE IASTING FIVE HOURS. REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON RETIRED ON 9 FEBRUARY 1902 AND DIED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON 6 MAY 1902. HE IS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. THE FIRST SAMPSON IDD-631 WAS LAID DOWN IN 1915 BY FORE RIVER SHIPBUILDING COMPANY OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS: LAUNCHED ON 4 MARCH 1916: SPONSORED BY MISS MARJORIE SAMPSON SMITH: AND COMMISSIONED AT THE BOSTON NAVYYARD ON 27 JUNE 1916, CDR B. C. ALLEN IN COMMAND. SHE REPORTED FOR DUTY WITH THE U.S. NAVAL FORCES OPERATING IN EUROPEAN WATERS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO CONVOY ESCORT DUTY IN THE APPROACHES TO THE BRITISH ISLES, BASING HER OPERATIONS FROM QUEENSTOWN. TWO BRITISH-TYPE DEPTH CHARGE PROJECTORS WERE IN- STALLED ON HER STERN, AND ON 29 MAY SHE COMMENCED ESCORT DUTY AND PROTECTED THE TROOP TRANSPORTS AND MERCHANT CONVOYS FROM HOSTILE SUBMARINES FOR THE REMAINDER OF WORLD WAR I. SHE STEAMED FROM FRANCE WITH THE QUEENSTOWN DIVISION OF DESTROYERS ON 29 NOVEMBER 1918 AND STOOD OUT FROM BREST HARBOR ON 12 DECEMBER 'FO ESCORT PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON ON BOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON INTO THE HARBOR TOWED TO THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD SAMPSON WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON 15 JUNE 1921. SHE REMAIN ED INACTIVE THERE DURING THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED. ON I7 JULY 1935 SHE WAS ORDERED SCRAPPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LONDON TREATY FOR THE MUTUAL REDUCTION OF NAVAL ARMAMENTS. THE SECOND USS SAMPSON IDD-3941 WAS LAID DOWN 8 APRIL 1936 BY THE BATH IRON WORKS CORP., BATH, MAINE: LAUNCHED ON 16 APRIL 1938: SPONSORED BY MRS. LOUISA SMITH THAYER: AND COMMISSIONED AT THE BOSTON NAVY YARD ON 19 AUGUST 1938. CDRW GRANAT IN COMMAND. WITH THE JAPAN ESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBORAND THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF WAR, SAMPSON PATROLLED WITH USS WARRINGTON IDD-3831 OF NEWPORT FROM 23 DECEMBER 1941 TO I2 JANUARY 1942 WHEN THE 'IWO DESTROYERS SET COURSE FOR THE CANAL ZONE TO JOIN THE SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCES BASED THERE. ON 27 JULY 1943 TO 3 OCTOBER 1943. WHILE ESCORTING A CONV OY FROM NOUMEA TO ESPIRITU SANT O, SHE FIRED ATAN ENEMY SUBMARINE AND. AFTER THAT SUBMARINE SUBMERGED, DROPPED DEPTH CHARGES THAT PRODUCED A HEAVY OIL SLICK. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT ON THE SCHOUTEN ISLANDS WHILE MAJOR GENERAL HORACE H. FULLER, COMMANDER OF THE 41ST UNITED STATES ARMY DIVISION, WAS EMBARKED. SHE BECAME THE FLAG SHIP OF CAPT. H. T. READ, COMMANDER, TASK FORCE 63, ON 19 JULY 1944 AND CONDUCTED CONVOY ESCORT DUTIES UNTIL MAY 1945. AFTER RETURNING FROM TRAINING OPERATIONS OUT OF GUANTANAMO BAY ON 16 SEPTEMBER, SHE ENTERED THE PHILADELPHIA NAVAL SHIPYARD EOR INACTIVATION. SHE WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON 1 NOVEMBER 1945. HER NAME WAS STRUCK FROM THE NAVY LIST ON 28 NOVEMBER AND SHE WAS SOLD FOR SCRAP ON 29 MARCH 1946. SAMPSON EARNED ONE BATTLE STAR FOR WORLD WAR II SERVICE.