Stribling (DD 867) - Naval Cruise Book

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X2 X ,fix 2' ' X ' . gg I' X. USS STRIBLING IN 1945 ' fni.-'W L Commissioned September 29, 1945, the STRIBLING is a Gearing Class, general purpose destroyer. Her modified superstructure, her new equipment, and her increased firepower are the direct results of lessons learned by her predecessors from years of actual combat. Many changes have taken place since 1945. The STRIBLING displaces 3,400 tons, has a length of 396 feet and a beam of 41 feet. Prior to her FRAM l overhaul, she was armed with six dual purpose five inch guns enclosed in three twin mounts, twin 3 !50 caliber mounts, two single 3 l50 mounts, torpedoes, hedgehogs, and depth charges. Following her commissioning, the STRIBLING shook down at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and then moved onto Key West, Florida, where she acted as flag ship for the fleet sonar school squadron. While at Key West, the STRIBLING was chosen to serve as host to President Truman, and carried the Commander-in-Chief and a party of other high officials on a cruise to Dry Tortugas. ln 1949 the STRIBLING ioined other destroyers with the U. S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. This was the first of many cruises in the MED. During her 1948 MED cruise, the STRIBLING became the first U. S. Ship to ever fly the flag of the United Nations. This she did in the Palestine Patrol which was the highlight of the cruise. ln 1949 the STRIBLING set sail for another Mediterranean tour with the Sixth Fleet. The itinerary of this trip included such ports of call as Venice, Trieste, Naples, and various Grecian ports. The climax of this cruise with the Sixth Fleet was a trip to Spain with two cruisers and another destroyer, headed by Admiral Richard L. Connolly, then Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. This was

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CORNELIUS K. STRIBLING Rear Admiral USN The first USS STRIBLING was built by the Fall River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 May, 1918, and commissioned on 18 August 1918. STRIBLING had an overall length of 314 feet, a displacement of 1,060 tons, a mean draft of 8 feet, and a speed of 35 knots. STRIBLING was decommissioned on 25 June, 1922 and remained inactive until her name was stricken from the list in December, 1936. Her hulk was towed -to San Pedro, California, the followi target' by the tleet, ng month for use as a f. USS STRIBLING lDD-8671 is the second ship named in honor of Admiral Cornelius K. STRIBLING. Admiral STRlBLING's nqvql spanned a period of fifty-nine years beginning with his initial service as A vlll FDI 1 3 midshipman in the War of 1812. He saw action against the British both on A Lake Ontario and Kingston, 0f170fl0- ll 5 He again saw action in 1815, when, under the command of Stephen Decatur, he helped stamp out piracy in the Mediterranean. ln 1817 he returned to the United States to continue the fight against piracy, this time in the West Indies. STRIBLING served as superintenant of the Naval Academy from 1851 to 1853, and, as one of the first to head the institution, contributed much to its firm establishment as well as its growth. One of the main thoroughfares at the Academy bears his name. l , , A The Civil War found STRIBLING with divided loyalties since he was a l native of South Carolina. Ultimately, he chose to remain in the federal service and commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard and later the East Gulf Blockading Squadron during the war. He left active service in 1871 and died in West Virginia in 1880. fCDi7t7rfC Z j Q, 1 L01 If af X o o zmlj .Lear to bam I1 rl! rmcc fo tl cflhz I cl Slnle o fn erica o sc: c tl cm lonaslly and Ilfullj ll az :st all ll: zr cnmt f or o osci ham uc-11' and to observe I objllcar lm 0 lhc PICJIIICII afli lhz J lr cs: fmcuca andlhc Ol r rj hco cclsuppazrilcfloucr m md nal' 11 .slocouormmyscl l url rc ulalions IL ch no u arc ar IICI cijl 1 71111, bc rlucclcd and lo o zz hchmaj bc un cd by Con L ,oz ilcbella ovem nl 0 tllc Nu-LJ 0 Ile L ulcrl Nfrlcs 1 H111 I lou porltlic cunshlulon AU: D .0 , Q J' ' ' f f 'ix - 1 X ' 1 , I If L , It iltnfnlcri g,-1, U0 l31L'hb'1vQ I - f f. I ,.i. . '- ' fx , . , B Q Qom, bf . . ly 5 irc, I S.. . . .uh 1 :gi L fc S . I V ', und! 'Q 4 1 - . n - b -fin 1 : I ' c its ' Avy s .:. 5 ' l inn Cl : 'r 's f ' I , lc fic' S n if A , l I 1 '.!c.s, f ' ' ' ug : i .!.'a'1g' j fa Hn. 7'li!c'. ft ' gt ' 15 i 1 ' 1 c ' 4 ' ' ' , l.':c artL.:f.n fx 1' w I 1 c ci r giuss, J ' if ' g ' - , 1 writ' f ' 4' rt j 1' '17 Q I 5 l7ll 1 I cuff 'lr ' 1 f uftlu :lied lures. 1 ' A . . -1 ., .. -- 1 1 ,-., . , f 47' 1 1. .11 L . , .. fc . .fm be-Lf fc Lv Q ENVORB BEFORE Dila. A .'7ll I ,Q 1 J.. , ' .,-- I N- 5 54' ,'7f - A' ,Q---L1 Lf -f '--4 f , f- f ,f,,.:---'- f. f r ,. Ffa! , -' ff ,A-.,-A, , nc -f' - 4'. 1 K, 5 c x .s - ff' 4 - I X , A ' 1 , q ffx , . .- ff- -f ' . . ff . ' ' '- - ' '5 ' K,----gf yf!'f'. ' . - Sf' .4-J1 S I Q f ,, ,... , .K f v ..- TJQ1 ' A, l V' f 4 - tl '- , ,- fN,! 1 W , D I. pf , X ' A 1 I ' fl if mf fl, ,ff 1 rr 'J 'L In I I 1 I furfff-1212 .fun C35 ff 'f ' ' , Wuifrya 1 fl 1 I fn A L fl, c iIu4- ., V fi 41' X 1 ,-V J 1 4 ' tv 4 Jftfflft fgdr' C f ' x ,f I K, 'tr nf :Vdc fu .I ltnlwt' ' A. Lp 1 1 H, f r tl fa ff J f if f' ' 1 I f If 4 1 fl., Jffsffv f .CL f 'V of -f 1' Jn 'f' K f A L 1-' f Plz fr' 1 f J FC! K-do ffy-N' I ffzf' fsff X ff! X R !C- -'J s 1 ,f-1' 9 ww Teak vfrow 7 Lf' . , 4 47 , f1gQ f . 1' 'T X ff, . no . - --1 'W xx-,uf ' AMF- 'aft , ,- ffflr' kara' ' t - I I , fry A . . ' i 1 fl ' ' V J zfovffzew 54 0 74 Lf ufvfysfjf - ' ' ' ' . ' - gh cal' c ' X- If 'V .az Vf! I We A . Z .-1 , 141' ' 'l I ,QVAG Vybeif' 9' ' if if . . , 49 V, - ff 77'WifQ1 W my -N ,Xiu 1 , -,f' ,f J f'Z l 1' . 'fc ' 9 , f -sz ..i't?lf2,,

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, ' ' S anish Civil War. the first official visit of American Naval Forces to SPUIVI Smce the p h U .T d Smeg the STRIBLING departed on the most rigorous cruise of it's short history, the North Atlantic 5h0 f'Y Che' thehlegurn .10 It e innkscfic warg,-5 Throughout this cruise, the ship endured unsurpassed wind and seas which will live long in the M euvers, most ofw ic too p aaa ' mgiltories of the men who made this three week voyage- h STRIBLING 'oined the powerful SIXTH Fleet in the Mediterranean during which time she visited most of the ports b d A90ln:'f950:nfjl19j1sL0e During the! 1950 cruise with the SIXTH Fleet, the STRIBLING also visited numerous Northern European and or ering t a grea in an . Scandinavian ports. l . - C d D strayer Flotilla FOUR, Rear Admiral G. C. WOOD. As flagship, the From 21 April to 25 June 1952, the ship served as flagship for omman er ed. The Shi amd med in The Search f srizisuna visited oraa Algeria Gibraltar, acc, and The Ames' E 'le 10 the Me iterraneon, p P P 0F Survivors from the USS HOBSON with Admiral WOOD in command of rescue operatI0nS. r - - ' f r Balboa, Panama, on the first leg of her seven and one-half months cruise The STRHBSNE sfnled fgoargsrxkkljzggitnlgh?5nC?c:iitllileilliS9513ci5a3rid faollowing a brief upkeep period, she began her Far Eastern operations lasting fmund thttltword 'ei rtiivildg: of steaming 20 154 miles. The ship's diverse operating schedule took her into the combat zone near Korea each of the filvuei iiiilnelndcsirortfiontfis sheyspent in the Far East. Twice the ship operated with Fast Carrier Task Force 77 which patrols the Sea of Japan. Her .first operations in the For East were with CTF 77 for the fifteen-day period of 17 October to 1 November 1953, and she spent her longest operational period, 23 consecutive days, with Carrier Task Force 77. As a unit of Task Force 95 the United Nations Escort and Blockading Force, the STRIBLING patrolled the West Coast of Korea and the Yellow Sea with another American destroyer and the Australian carrier, HMAS SIDNEY. In addition to the operations, training, and touring, certain members ofthe crew participated in a memorable rescue at sea. On 16 December, four ship-wrecked Koreans were spotted by the STRIBLING's Port Lookout and rescued, having been adrift for one week after their vessel sunk. The ship received a letter of thanks and a WELL DONE from CNO, Republic of Korea. On 19 March 1954, the STRIBLING reached Port Said, Egypt, after transitting the second of the world's two big canals. After stopping in various Mediterranean ports, the ship finally arrived in Norfolk on 10 April 1954. Remaining in Norfolk Operating Area during the Summer of 1954, the STRIBLING set sail in September to participate in Hunter! Killer exercises off Londonderry, Ireland. With her two-year cycle completed, she went into the Charleston Naval shipyard in the Spring of 1955 and upon completion of the overhaul, left for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and refresher training. In August 1955, the officers and crew ofthe STRIBLING were assembled on the fantail while Rear Admiral FROST, Commander Destroyer Flotilla FOUR, presented the Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Battle Efficiency Plaque to the ship. This was the STRIBLING's hard-earned reward for being one of the most efficient ships in her class in DESLANT in over-all combat readiness for 1955. This was the STRIBLING's second consecutive battle efficiency award. Returning to Norfolk after a cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, type training, leave and upkeep filled the curriculum until the advent of the next Mediterranean tour in February 1956. The first part-of-call was Cannes. The Riviera was visited by the first snow storm in 25 years during the T I ' ' - - ' -R BLING s stay. Other ports included Phaleron Bay, Greece, Palma, Naples and Beirut. The ship then called at Iskenderun and Antalya in TurkeY, Gilbraltar, and the Azores before returning to Norfolk on 2 June in time to receive her third consecutive battle efficiency In November of 1957, the STRIBLING turned eastward and crossed the Atlantic once again as an element of Task Force 26 the MysT9l'Y Heel - In COUIPUUY with The Cflfflefs FORRESTAL, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, and ROOSEVELT, heavy cruiser DES MOINES, and a varying force of eleven to twenty destroyers, she steamed to Lisbon, but returned to Norfolk in time for Christmas. Early in January 1957, the STRIBLING ioined the LAKE CHAMPLAIN ' f I ' ' ' k I t he sailed with DESRON SIX for SPRINGBOARD I . - again or p ane guard duties in Mayport, Florida. Two wee s a er s hom r h I if f , 'n the Cunbbeanf STOPPIDQ at Havana, and San Juan for liberty. During this time her fantail servedH0S 0 P Q GP GFS D 0 arm rom which sequences of Navy Life were taken by Louis de Rochemont Studios in a new process called cinemiracIe . In March the STRIBLING was assigned the dut of t t' P 'Cl ' ' ' ' ' M' ' ter MacMillan of Great Britain Returning from That dut y sh prodec ing resi ent Eisenhower on his cruise to Bermuda to confer with Prime IDIS refresher mining. ' Y, e un erwent another yard overhaul period after which she went to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for u ' - - . develoglgllgrfflgillilflrilgllzm 3:1 F:::T?r:1lLeEc':::Lning, the STRIBLINGbreturned to Norfolk to engage in evaluating some new communications equipment. The n sys em promises etter communications to the Nav y. With the Christmas holidays over and another new year be h the Caribbean. Ports-of-call included San Juan, Ciudad Truiillo,QSTITThcianiclsRI?1lnklNl-iladvtiixlcited on Operation SPRINGBOARD 1958 and warm winter In Returning from SPRINGBOARD the STRIBLING partici ated d ' the remainder of DESRON SIX earned COMPHlBLANT's VIl,ELL DOlilrlillgf'cYi'uliieli'?t1cf'95f? hiliin amphibious exercise' LANTPHIBEX - 58, and along with - ion in is exercise. In June of 1958, th STRI . . Lebanon Crisis and saw dutiy in title'zgddsekmagneddP'ie:ifii1kGmlfe ogcm for Y in the Mediterranean- DUTIIIQ this TW of dUlY' She participated In the persian Gulf. on the mum mp in September the wklglmslgeas. She visited parts such as Athens and Rhodes, Greece: Naples, Italy, and Bahrejgtg SARA-I-CGA KCVA 60 f n roared 50 mile h - fthe y rom the waters of The Atlantic' s t rough heavy seas to rescue a pilot, LT BILLY PHILLIPS 0