Stribling (DD 867) - Naval Cruise Book

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CUMMANDI G OFFICER ioiiiv D. BAILEY coiviMANpER, usm , 1 4 ,fi . M f Q? 'f 11 C if 'T 1 . . ,,,,,, .,., f i Commander John O. Bailey, a naTive oT Erie, Pennsylvania, aTTended schools in l3iTTsburg prior To maTri- culaTion aT Villanova UniversiTy where he was awarded a B.S. degree in M.E. Upon graduaTion in l911l1, he proceeded To The Midshipman School aT NorThwesTern Uni versiTy and was commissioned in March l945. The Commander's TirsT duTy assignmenT saw him reporTing To HALSEY POWELL COO 6865 where he remained unTil The end oT The Second World War. Erom Eebruary i946 unTil OcTober oT ThaT year, he served in MUSTIN TDD 11l3l, leaving her Tor duTy wiTh The STaTT oT Commander in Chief, l3aciTic EleeT. AreTurn To sea Tound The Commander sTaTioned in GURKE COO 7B3l. Ouring This Tour The ship parTicipaTed in The Korean War, notably aT The lnchon landing. Erom AugusT T951 unril Eebruary TQ53, he acTrd as Tlag secreTary To Commander OesTroyer EloTilla One, Tollowing This wiTh an insTrucTor's biller aT The EleeT Sonar School in San Oiego. MARION COUNTY CLST 9755 was The TirsT of his commands. ln l956, he again assumed command, on This occasion of KEMPER COUNTY CLST 8541. The Commander aTTended The U.S. Naval lnTelligence School in WashingTon as a l3osT OraduaTe sTudenT and concenTraTed in Erench language sTudies. This Training was fiUiCl4ly puT To work when he became The AssisTanT Naval ATTache To Morocco aT The UniTed STaTes Embassy in RabaT in January l959. Commander Bailey was direcTed To assume command of The STRlBl.lNO TOO 8675 in Eebruary T961 and boarded her as she neared The compleTion of a year-long rehabiliTaTion and modernizaTion program. ' Commander Bailey will be relieved aT Command of The STRIBLINO on 23 March i963 aT which Time he will proceed To San Oiego To become Chief oT STaTT, Pl-TIBBON ONE. ln addiTion TO various service awards, The Commander is a holder of a Bronze STar, awarded Tor valianT service aT lnchon Beach, and The Navy UniT CommendaTion Medal. '

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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 -

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER REAVES H. BAYSINGER, JR. LCDR, USN L-ieuTenanT Commander Peaves H. Baysinger Jr. was horn in Norwich, New York on I6 April I926- HG graduaTed from The Naval Academy in 1949. PeTained aT The Academy for his AThleTic abiliTy he was As- sisTanT Coach of The Plebe fooTball Team in The fallof I9419. He ioined The USS PHILIPPINE SEA CCV 47l in i950 and served in Korean WaTers unTil l952. AfTer aTTending Mine Warfare School he served in The USS REDSTART CMSF 378D unTil i953 again in Korean WaT . L' , ers ieuTenanT Commander Baysinger nexT served as ExecuTive Officer of The USS CONSTANT IMSO 4271 unTiI I955 when he was senT To The Navy SecTion of The MiliTary AssisTance Group in Paris. In 1957 he served in hisfirsT desfroyer Type as Execufive Officer of The USS JACK VV. WILKE CDE 8005. Transferred To Duke Universify as a Naval Science InsTrucTor he alsodid posT graduaTe STudies from i959 To l96l . AfTer a Tour aT The Naval War College, LieuTenanT Commander Bay- singer was assigned To The STPIBLING as ExecuTive Officer on 16 J l I962. U Y LieuTenanT Commander Bayslnger is married. He and his wife, Carol, have Two daughTers, Lisa, 09941 and Lynne, age 2,