Truxtun (DLGN 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE COMMODORE and ' l THE CON TELLA TION ' Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S.N. Thomas Truxtun was born in 1755 near Hempstead, Long Island, New York. At the age of twelve Truxtun entered the British merchant service, in which he served for seven years. At the age of twenty he returned to America and gained his first command, amerchantman. Dur- ing the Revolutionary War, Truxtun commanded ships from the Caribbean to the eastern At- lantic. Truxtun was famous for his performance in naval battles, yet his contributions to the fledgling American Navy included considerably more than victories alone. Truxtun formulated fair and effective methods of discipline and training. He wrote a treatise on celestial navi- gation and was one of the few men of his day who extensively understood the art. He designed the original Navy signal flag manual and wrote the forerunner of today's Navy Regulations. Truxtun's contributions form a significant part of the foundation on which 'today's Navy has been built.

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Captain George S. Grove Captain George Sargent Grove was born in York' Village, Maine on September 29, 1924 to Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. George W. Grove. He attended St. Paul's School in Con- cord, New Hampshire from 1938 to 1942 prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy in June of 1943. He was graduated from the Naval Acad- emy and commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy on June 5, 1946. Shortly after commissioning, Captain Grove reported to the destroyer USS HERBERT J. THOMAS QDD-833D for duty. While on the HERBERT J. THOMAS he served as First Lieutenant, and upon detachment in February of 1947 attended Gunnery School before assum- ing duty as the Gunnery Officer and First Lieu- tenant on the USS BURDO QAPD-1333. In No- vember 1949 Captain Grove assumed command of the USS CURLEW. On the CURLEW he saw action minesweeping during the Korean War. For his service during this period, Captain Grove was awarded the Bronze Star. CHIEF OF STAFF In March of 1952, after attending CIC school, he reported aboard the aircraft carrier USS MONTEREY QCVA-265 as Gunnery Officer and First Lieutenant. This tour was followed by a tour ashore beginning in March of 1953 as an instructor in the Operations Department at Officers Candidate School, Newport,Rhode Island. Captain Grove returned to sea as Exec- utive officer of the destroyer USS TWEEDY CDE-5325 in December 1955 where he remained until August 1958. , Ashore in Washington, D.C. in September 1958, Captain Grove served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations QPersonnel Planning and Policyb. Once again returning to sea as Executive Officer, this time of the USS JOHN PAUL JONES QDD-9325 in March of 1961, Captain Grove served in this billet until August 1962. Following this tour, he attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island for one year and was promoted to the rank of Commander in July of 1962. Upon completion of his course of study at the War College, Captain Grove assumed com- mand of the destroyer USS BLANDY QDD-9439. He served two years in command of BLANDY prior to reporting to the Staff of Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet as the Operations Officer. In July 1967 Captain Grove took command of Destroyer Division NINETY-TWO, then homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. Captain Grove was awarded the Bronze Star, Navy Unit Commendation and Meritori- ous Unit Commendation for his service in sup- port of the Republic of Vietnam as Commander Destroyer Division NINETY-TWO, Captain Grove became Chief of Staff and Aide for Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flo- tilla ELEVEN in June 1969, a position he still holds. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and a second Meritorious Unit Commendation for his service in this billet for a deployment to Southeast Asia from August 1969 to February 1970. Captain Grove is married to the former Marilisse Dean of Fairfield, Connecticut. The Groves presently reside in La Jolla, California and have two daughters g Leslie and Loring.

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' - - . -- N .1 - ri' V:-L 4' lx - Y- .Q ' 2?-.C V .,-J. 5- P ' ' 1 ' 'A -- ' ' Truxtun commanded several privateers during the Revolutionary War. He quickly be- came a naval hero, after a string of stunning victories, scattered across the Atlantic. He captured nine British vessels during his com- mand of the INDEPENDENCE and the MARS. In exciting action off the Delaware Capes, his ship ST. JAMES defeated the British priva- teer GOODRICH. At the time, Truxtun was en- route to France with Thomas Braclay, the new consul A general. Truxtun returned from France with the .most valuable powder cargo entered at , Philadelphia duringthe war. Washington was so impressed that he declared Truxtun's ser- vices worth a regiment., After the war, Truxtun returned to his life as a merchant captain. However, in 1794 Con- gress voted to create a permanent Navy and construct six frigates to counter the French forces threatening American shipping. Truxtun was appointed by the President to command the CONSTELLATION, being built in Baltimore. In the summer of 1798, Truxtun sailed for the Caribbean, where he captured the frigate L'INSURGENTE. The following year CONSTEL- LATION severely damaged the fifty-four gun LA VEGENCE. These were the largest of more than ninety enemy ships defeated by American vessels during the conflict. After this action, Truxtun retired from Naval sea duty. He died in Philadelphia in 1822.