Stoddard (DD 566) - Naval Cruise Book

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,,,:Qn,,, I I 1...-4' Stisvbo, Hong Kong, the watt-rs of ilu- gn-:it l'.n'itii , 08111105 recalling rm-morit-s of tht- people and plan-s, at-.1 and att-t-I which forlllulutt' tlit' lille of at tlt-struyt-riimii on duty. The STODDARD was built by 'Fudd Sliipynrds, inc.. in Tacoma VVashington and laum'lu-tl on Nov.-in bcr 19, 19-Ill. Sht- was commissioned and lu-vgiiiie it lighting unit in April or 19111. Tln- tin-att-r of in-tion in which she played her part of XVorld XYar ll iw tln- Samc in which she steams today: the Kurile Islands, Okinawa, the islands of tht- linal strike at the ,lapant-sv H0mcland. ln wartime action she earned decorations for the American Campaign, the Asiatic-Pacific Cam- paign, World War I1 Victory, Navy Occupation Service. China Service and National Defense Service. She was tietommissioned at the end of the war only to be lltcommissioned in March of 1951 at the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, this time to serve in the Atlantic lllli Mediterranean Seas. In December of 195-1 STUD' DARD returned to her home in the Pacific to play llel' role in a peacetime Navy. , . .1 ,, if .hilt it. ' i lit ivl.i'v lUHl.lls ill' Vnlllltt Iiatifni U! lat-r i-- i train .tix-E Ili- min lt! ,tyiitui xxlw iimii ln: li' .ti .t lzxixiij lui in x-.itll .i in-i-tuigtliqi .mtl lite!-'xx -it it Hum ln r-lint xt-.ug it-im lu-1 limit' inn! iii Nm lhttgtt, l.ililfiU,,,,' 5It1Illl,hlCli 1-nirm-w-l to rin! 5--in 1-t N-.iiilf .still Nm I'miirrt'u In ill- 5-utils l'.s.i'1t llaiiffg I-v .iii Il.tli.i .mel Navi fe'.tl.m4i, to l'.m.ii:i.i -iuimtg tin- IW' ' Vtilmu vriw f- :mel tin iiiiixn-miie por: iirrtnnniimg tli- Vilma .md lulamai St-ns. Slit- .ii-i--i in ill' ..iru.it1Hri nf ilu 'liaullu-in islands in lf'.t.v .mfs r- vm-3 hrwl-. ffirmn funn tlivn sinking lr--iglitvr uit I-nff.n lil lftlurtinry all lflhfl Upvrniirig .is .1 mimi Hi lk 'eifflhli r lhvieimi Till until .hugilfl Hi lii'tll and -inn' gt-1 pair! of 171'-trujvvr lIivi'siull 213 S'1'UIJIl.XRIJ lists luwn JiXX'Hflll1l tllv lintilt' l'lllic'it'tlt'S' I-1 in 10.3.1 lftfwtl. :mtl lfi'3l, :mtl ilu- .fXttti-Stilnimrim- on livt- nrrrisimis invlufling ilu- past llirm- yt-airs Through years ni' war and pr-:tw S'I'UI1Ii.fXKlJk rvrnrd 1135 bgcn 3 xfltfy of t'Xt't'llt'I1t'i'. May this book, dedicated to the men make her steel decks ring with life. , convey to its reader that STODDARD t S quality-excellence. Q, - 1 WA ' ,af wg .1 -.ii '