Stoddard (DD 566) - Naval Cruise Book

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l l l l l l S li ,-.-,fTy7 vi ww- 'f ' W. if 5, ' Gwzvffjir Ai I p.,1:,ffy ,C CDMMANDIN CDR Robert C. CONOLLY Il,son of the late Admiral and Mrs. R.L. Conolly, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1948. He later attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey. CDR CONOLLY has served in the USS Henry W. Tucker lDD875l and, during the Korean War, in USS Epperson lDD719l. He has also served as Commanding Officer of the USS Egret lMSC 46l and as Executive Officer of the USS Hawkins lDD873l. During other tours of duty he has served on the staffs of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the President of the U.S. Naval War College, and the Commander, Sixth Fleet. During his first deployment in Stoddard, CDR CONOLLY was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Vietnamese Navy Medal of Gallantry. CDR CONOLLY is presently sewing on the staff in Washington.

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A 2100 ton destroyer is a jack of all trades. From anti-submarine warfare to escort duty, from search and rescue to gunfire support, many are the tin can's functions. They're not big enough for a headline, but not too small to exclude from the back page. In World War Two they threw them together, mass produced them, to fight hard and to die fast. Reason wouldn't allow them to last long, but many did. STODDARD is one that made it through Now after all these years the bones creak and the muscles strain but she still answers her call Everybody knows she won t last much longer but they knew that in 1944 Newer faster ships are beginning to break the waves The modern Navy sits in all its splendor for the taxpayer to look at Maybe somebody should tap him on the shoulder and bring him over to Five Six Six Look slr that ship has served you well for many years but look quickly she s the Navy s lnca the last ofa dying breed

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OFFICER CDR James E. LACY, a graduate of the University of Southern California in 1951, took command of Stoddard 5 October 1968. CDR LACY has served in USS Manchester lCL83l during h Korean War and in USS Ammen lDD527l. He commanded I 6 Q USS Dunn County lLST 7421 and was Executive Officer aboard USS Walker lDD517l. ln other tours of duty he has served as an instructor at the NROTC unit at Villanova University, on the staff of the Fourteenth of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Naval District, in the enlisted distribution section H