Trippe (FF 1075) - Naval Cruise Book

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Uss TRIPPE FF-10753 FF-1075 is the fourth ship in the United States Navy to bear the name TRIPPE. She was launched at Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana in November 1969, and commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina on September 19, 1970. Her first homeport was New- port, Rhode Island. TRIPPE started her adventures in June, 1972 with orders to deploy to Southeast Asia as an escort for the USS AMERICA QCV-665 in the Crulf of Tonkin. Following a good will mission to the Indian Ocean, she returned home in December, 1972, becoming the first Knox class frigate to circumnavigate the world. TRIPPE deployed again in August, 1975 to the Mediterranean Sea and returned home the following January. The Navy transferred the ship and crew to Charleston, South Carolina in March, 1975, and soon after deployed her to the Indian Ocean for service with the Middle Eastern forces. Following intense training, TRIPPE deployed with the Sixth Fleet from April to October 1978, and participated in UNITAS XX from June to October 1979, with an immediate cross over to Africa for a West African training cruise. She returned home in December 1979 to undergo major overhaul in Bath, Maine, from January to Decem- ber 1980. TRIPPE made deployments to the Mediterranean Sea in 1981, 1985, and 19875 she made an extended deployment to the Indian Ocean in 1985. Following an overhaul in Boston, FF-1075 changed her homeport back to Newport, Rhode Island in December, 1988. Between 1989 and 1992, TRIPPE made several trips to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in support of Coast Cruard Law Enforcement Operations. USS TRIPPE QFF- 1075y is to be decommissioned on 50 July 1992 and will begin a new life in the I'Iel- lenic Navy as the HS TIIRACE. USS Trlppe IFF 10753 7

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LIEUTENANT JOHN TRIPPE 1785 - 1810 John Trippe was born in 1785 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Little is known about his formal education, but his naval correspondence suggests that he was well schooled in his youth. Trippe entered the Navy on 5 April 1799 and SCI'V2d aboard the frigate UNITED STATES and the schooner EXPERIMENT as a midship- man. During the quasi-war with France, he participated in the Mediterranean cam- paign against the Barbary pirates while aboard the frigate PRESIDENT. In late 1805, the new construction schooner VIXEN, with Trippe as acting Lieu- tenant, sailed for the Mediterranean to join Commodore Preble's American squadron. Upon VIXEN's arrival, Preble planned a direct attack on heavily defended Tripoli. The battle began mid-afternoon as the American gunboats and bomb ves- sels advanced against the Tripolitans despite overwhelming armament arranged against them. Lieutenant Trippe commanded one gunboat in a division of three during the advance against the enemy's eastern division. With their ships outnumbered three to one, they quickly closed to a range where hand to hand combat ensued with pis- tols, sabres, pikes, and tomahawks. Lieutenant Trippe boarded one of the enemys large vessels with only ten men, his gunboat drifting away before others could fol- low. Thus, he was left to conquer or perish with the odds thirty-six to eleven against him. In minutes, the enemy's decks were cleared, and the colors hauled dovm. Fourteen enemy sailors were killed and twenty-two taken prisoner. For his personal gallantry and fearless leadership in this action, he was commended by Congress and awarded a sword of honor. In 1805, Lieutenant Trippe visited the United States, but returned to the Mediter- ranean to sewe again the following year. In 1808, he was assigned to Charleston, South Carolina to enforce President Jefferson's embargo legislation. Two years later Lieutenant Trippe, now Commanding Officer of the schooner VIXEN, was fired upon by the British sloop MOSELLE off the coast of Florida. Trippe immediately prepared for the action, but a battle was averted when the British Captain tendered a written apology for his action. Lieutenant Trippe died at sea on 9 July 1810, while enroute to New Orleans. There have been four ships named after John Trippe. The first was a former merchant sloop which was outfitted with a single long gun and took part in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1815. Then followed Destroyer DD 55 commissioned 25 March, 1911. She escorted convoys during World War I. DD-405, commissioned TRIPPE on 1 November, 1959, served her first two years conducting anti-subma- rine patrols in the North Atlantic. After the United States joined World War II, TRIPPE performed survivor searches, shore bombardments, amphibious landings, ASW patrols, and convoy duty. She was decommissioned on 28 August 1946. DD-55 1 11-1919 6+LT John Trippe DD-ll-D5 1959-1911-6

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