Truxtun (DLGN 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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The third TRUXTUN, DD 229, was commissioned on '16 February 1921. After a year of service on the eastern sea- board, she departed for the Asiatic Station, where shespent the next decade patrolling the Philippines-,H the coast of China, and .Japanese Water. From 1932 to 1939, DD 229 operated from San Diego, before return- ing to the Atlantic. In February 1942, she left Portland, Maine, 'with the destroyer WILKES and the stores ship POLLUX, enroute to Newfoundland. Caught in a violent winter storm, the ships went aground. and POLLUX were wrecked, with the loss of 110 lives. . of the past - .-.i99c19af.T1P9W9r9divi' guided , mis The fourth TRUXTUN was launched on 9 March 1944 as DE 282. In mid-1944 her desig- nation was changed to APD 98, and conversion to a high-speed ,transport was begun. She was .commissionediion 9 July 1945. ,After a shakedown cruise to 'Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, TRUX- TUN' returned to Norfolk. She sailed again on 10 December 1945, to serve the Naval Train- ing Center at Miami She was decommissioned -on 15 March 1945, .-ei a t Green Q Cove , springs, moriaa, .'--. and placed-in the Reserve' Fleet. 'On 24 June 1963, 'her was stricken from the .re8iSter1f gaga tobgpermit its assign! eimentl the newly, authorized ,...a y A V W , -,M rv ,. ,A , ,. . , myg ,,,,,.v, Te. f.--,......-H--..,.,.. , v ...,,, ,4-7 - V 1 ,.., -1y.,,,,.,.A,,, J-5 V .. .V , N -'gp ,-4g.-.,,.,t... gh-,W-----N'-.--. --k-- -'N' g an f .. .- S- -' -. ,f . , . .nw M, , N... . ., -.,.,,....V,. V . . . ,, , gina:-,t-,M '-,pt-gig: i'...-.11-.g..........,. .- .i-4,3-P1--'-+9--' ., W- , ,,.-,. - 4 4 ,,,,,,. g . . . . . . s...,.. gg-,,,, , M------ 1 - N - ,T '-- ..,. z,.,,.f. .....:..f.., .'-..,ls....1. -' -' 4---.,..' f' , 4 . f-H f-5 .4,,g,jj.,',g 13: L-fj 'n.1 :' , 1. ' . . - ' V. , -V M ,-,, Q........: .,3,- 544. f'.I.ifZ',. ,.'.--793LQ-..s.,.igj33i':L.....giI..'-3--37-3:75-.-....:. I ,, -, I A Y 'W A ., , .-V-47... ,,, W 7 N, . - N 2... ., -:tl-A--1 ,-'--W---gf..----2 -. -...H - . ., .. .f,.L... . -Y U A ., ' 1 ..,- .. .. - ...m--..,,,, -Ns -. vw -:..-.3--.,-, as 1- .ia-f-fa' :.::- ,.,.. A., , 1- 1, . 1-v----7 vf ,,, .-.......,.-....w4:- fj'jg1,...: ,-1:5 - .-, - ,.. W W 1' ..... lg . . - g f ' ..-Q .- - Q - ' ' H F- ........-.5 N'-'- fr -fr'- -'fiff'-fb-?--'N-,f?'.:.'ff' . f .-...W , '.'.-S ,.....,,Wf.5gg,. ,Qjjjgfjfr--M 4 . ' --'-Y LA ,. ,. - ...ffm '3-

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'inf Qhonoiigoig a asf TFUXWHQ -TW . .Sig 1. c om Ili i s s,i9b-snieadff 'iin served ' efOif5'inostii3ofl1' the 1 gneqrt three' years Q 5 druiSi1iEe1.,0ff:fIh? African Y and Am6I iC5i151QC03StSfk supressing' 'the 'slave trade, patrolling the .Caribbeanf and southern Gulf of' Mexicorg ing the Mexican 'War,f the brig TRUXTUN went. hard aground off the coast of Mexico on 5 August 1846. Three days later she was declared ,a total loss. To prevent salvage by the ene- my, the ship was burned by. a U.S. squadron which arrived too late to rescue her. A . TR UXTUN'S. . . -N.,-' The secondTRUXTUN, torpedo 'boat destroyer 14, was commissioned on S e pt e m b e r 1902. Until 1907, she was at- tached to the Atlantic Coastal Squadron, -cruising from Rhode Isla nd, s o uth to Charleston, South Carolina, and Key West, Florida. In late 911907, she sailed around Cape Horn for duty in the northern Pacific, where she engaged in coastal. operations. In, 1917, TRUXTUN returned to the lAt1antic,f .assuming anti- submarine and , convoy duties until the end of World War sa-' I . She was decommissioned in July 9191945 J in 'Q 1

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