Stribling (DD 867) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS SAlml?ll3l.-lNCj CDU 8675 is The second ship iiairied inhanarol Hear Admiral Qorneliae lf. STrib- ling. Admiral STrihlina'e Naval career spanned a period of TiTTy-nine years. He saw service TirsT as a Midshiprrian, enTeririg The Navy aT The beginning ol The War ol l8lQ. He saw acTion again5T The BriTish boTh on Lake OnTario and aT King5Ton, OnTario. Snihling again saw aCTion in TESTS when, under The command oi STephen Decawr. He helped sTamp aaT Piracy in The MediTerranean Sea. ln l3l7 he reTarned Ta The UniTed STaTeS To ConTinae The TighT againsT Piracy, This Time in The WeeT lndies. Daring The Mexican War, he served an The Paci- STaTion and Took parT in operaTions and The capmre of Towns on The WesT CaasT of Mexico and lower California. , ff ,, f W , ,A ,W ,T ,hw My ,W

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Stribling served as superintandgm Acgaderiiy from 1851 to 1853, Und 05 Gm to heaal the lristitution, contributed mug-5 go firm estatwlis.1irrierit as well as its gTOWfh' 1 the twain thorictuggli-lilies at the Academy bag,-S hi riurnih toying. the was 1it 31'Nt'?E'?i'i the State-fs found Sffjbijng Wim 4 iliiviirleil 'lluiyitlt1iitSy,11if531'ie1riQCJ native of South Corea M ina. -,111l1.'rl1liillttNtVQf chose to remain in the Fed... eral ff-ers-,fir er and serverl as Commander of the I-j71tilLlLlL'1ii1iIit Nkivy YGHQ1 CJVtCl lCli8V of the E051- Giili 11'1lackai.liria Saiiadrori. lsle left ' ,..Q,t,vii ein 11171, and died in West VirgC1Fi1bV?n1X1cbNg1L1 1 hwiir at fl-tr 111110151 111191 961 WGS built bythe Fore River Shirt litiiililirin Company of Quincy' MOSS Sho war- 1.,.auiii.livc'lQ'9 May 1918, and Commissioned 18 Aiiggiiirtt 1918. Strililiria tlfilil 961 had a length overall of 314 feet, standard displaierrient of 1,060 tons, mean draft ul 8 feet and designed for a speed of 35 knots. She was armed with four 4-lnch 50 Caliber Guns, two 1-pouriders and twelve 21-lnch torpedo tubes. She can ted a complement of 8 Officers and 105 me-ii. Strihling served as o convoy escort both inthe Atlantic and the Mediterranean. She served as an Armistice inspection Ship after World War 1 in the Adraitic Sea. She was converted in 1920 to a light mine layer at Rliiladelphia, her hull classification being cliangod tol91V1-1. Sho was then sent to the Pacific REAR ADMIRA1. STRIBUNG and tiiiisliod out hor career, homeported out of Roar 1 ltlar liar. Stribling CDM li was decommissioned on T25 Jriria 1999 and rorriainod inar tivo until her name was stricken from the Naval list in December 1936. Her hulk was towed to Ffiari Rodro, California the following month for use as a target by the Fleet. The second Stribling CDD 8673 was built by Bethlehem Storpl Cfuorripariy at State Island, New York- Her keel was laid 15 January 19115, and she was launched 8 .lane 1945, 7,-ilfili'l'wCJ1 tiCl hy Mrs. W. Hunter Rowell, Great-Granddaughter of Rear Admiral Stribling. She was corrirriisalaried an 79 Septerrilver 19115. After a brief shakedown cruise she was assigned as Flagship of the fLFillClCll'Oi'l attarilirgrl tri the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, Florida. Stribling1DD 8675 made the first of many fOVff?l'fJl'1 ClG2riloyrriei'itfr. in the aiirisiriifyrr ol 19117 when she made O Mid shipman cruise to Northern Europe. Upon return to the lnlriited Statrgefs. wht- rictrtir. iriated in Fleet ManueuverS in the Caribbean. ln 19118 she made the first of nine Mediterranean r.leri1nyi'iiifiriitfl.. It was on this cruise that Stribling became the first ship to fly the Flag of the United Natirinv.. 'lliif-. iiistiiirtioriwas gained While serving with the Ralestine Ratrol. After various tours of duty in the Mediterranean, Atlriiitirg, Cffarilil-i-air ciriil linlf of Mexico, Striblirie WGS Sem, V10 The PGUUWG Canal, to the Racific in 1953. ller varvirgr- their- ini lurir-rl five mOr'ttl'1S in KOVQOV1 WO' ters, termi Vtflied by her return to the United States. via the fiiirx' t anal iririlaiiiri it ii cnriiplete CirCUmf10V'QG' tion of the world. After assorted duty in the Mediterranean and Atlantir, and rivr'-ti the Artir, Str ilwlinii was sent to Chorl9S- ton Naval Shipyard in 1960 to receive her From, Mark 1 rnrivr-irf.iiin, At this time slw was changed fromlfl General PQVPOSQ Def51VOY9'V 10 119V Present ASW Cforifiririratinn. lnilriy '.hri i-. arriiml with louis 5-lnch .38.C0B ber Guns in two Twin Mounts, ASROC, Mark 39 'lorpnrla Mriiiriitfj f.L1-liir 1i1xiui limit lF'roiertorsg and configure to handle .the Dash System. She displaces. 31100 ini-ir., lirit, ri lr-nrrtli of fltfitl ti:-et iiricl a beam of L11 feet. 5119 has a maximum speed of 32 knots. 1 ...1LtE.SitRS fMf2fFt.aiff.'i1df2 the fO.l'OWif'ri1 -