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SAGA OIF Tll-IIIEI The history of the U. S. S. THEODORE E. CHANDLER IDD 7171 officially began on 9 July 1942 when her construction was authorized. On 23 April 1945 the keel was laid at Federal Shipbuiding and Drydock Company, Kearney, New Jersey and on 20 October 1945 the ship was launched. A long hull 2250 ton destroyer, the CHANDLER was commissioned on 22 March, 1946 at which time Commander F.O.C. FLETCHER assumed command. I The ship is named in honor of Rear Admiral Theodore Edson CHANDLER, u'.s. Navy. cammiaaiaaaa from fha Naval Academy in 1915, he rose to flag rank during World War ll. Admiral CHANDLER was killed on 7 January, 1945 on board his flagshiplthe U. S. S. LOUISVILLE in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands. After a shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and sub- sequent availabilityat Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, the CHANDLER participated in flight qualification operations in the Atlantic with the U.S.S. SAIPAN and U.S.S. LEYTE. ln September 1946, the ship proceeded from New York to San Diego via the Panama Canal to report to Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. The CHANDLER ioined' Destroyer Division 171 in San Diego, consisting of the U.S.S. WILSIE IDD 7161, U.S.S. HAMNER IDD 7181 and the U.S.S. OSBORNE IDD 8461, the latter being replaced by the U.S.S. CHEVALIER IDDR 8051 in 1949. 'The Division has since been redesignated 111 and is now under the command of Captain P.H. BRADY, U.S. Navy. On 6 January 1947, the CHANDLER departed San Diego for duty in the Western Pacific, thus beginning the first of two tours on China Station in the Far East. In September of 1947, Commander FLETCHER was relieved by Commander U.G. DOUKAS as Command- I '17 rg, , 341 - 3 ,-pil -v ...muh f' '? 1',Q.',j',g3.'2,,.'e I 1J ' ':...-......A.---W - - b
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