Strong (DD 758) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHANGE or COMMAND H Y' ...ov1'4' XXW1 ' 2 ., ,. ?!..,,g I KL 1 ' I 3' 4:-'Q rf'- 'f iq AW XAN, -4-.t In Y a . -- S T 'Wh' N 147'-at I ' 3+ ,..., - -fs 'ff M -.. A. ,-. at , X 7 -lr, , T A' s if M. I mn' 3 1 ., f Q On Monday January 22, 1968 in a ceremony that took place in tie Gulf of Tonkin, command of the STRONG was passed from Commander Louis F, Brown, USN to Commander George C, Lowry, USN, Com- mander Brown, a veteran of twenty-four years, entered retirement after serving as CommandirigOffi- cer of the STRONG since November of 1965. During our Westpac deployment, Commander Brown was in command when the STRONG partici- pated in Operation Sea Dragon off the coast of North Vietnam. While attached to Sea Dragon, STRONG sank ten Water-borne Lolgistics Craft QWBLCJ, destroyed three Coastal efense sites, and stopped a convoy of seventy trucks carrying supplies south. Commander Lowry assumed command while STRONG was attached to the USS CORAL SEA CCVA-435 in the Tonkin Gulf. The next two months were spent operating with the carriers TICONDEROGA and RANGER, Part of February and March found STRONG in the sea of Japan with the RANGER, April was STRONG'S busiest month. During April, STRONG operated in Corps Tactical Zones ll, H, IV, and the Rung Sat Special Zone. The ship is credited with destroying or damaging 104 enemy structures, 9 bunkers, 11 meters o trench line, and sinking or damaging 14 WBLCS, STRONG is also credited with 13 enemy killed in action plus 6 probably killed in action.

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