Worden (CG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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,vw -' -- - U.,- uss WORDEN ICG.-185 USS WORDEN IS NAMED IN HONOR OF REAR ADMIRAL JOHN L. WORDEN, USN, COMMANDER OF THE USS MONITOR IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF THE IRONCLADS WHICH TOOK PLACE AT HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA ON 9 MARCH 1862. ADMIRAL WORDEN WAS ORDERED TO THE MONITOR ON 16 JANUARY 1862. AFTER SUPERVISING HER COMPLETION, HE BROUGHT THE MONITORINTO HAMPTON ROADS AND ENGAGED THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD VIRGINIA IFORMERLY USS MERRIMACKI IN A NAVAL BATTLE THAT HELPED MAINTAIN THE FEDERAL BLOCKADE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES AND WHICH ALSO MADE NAVAL HISTORY AS THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN IRONCLADS. f

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OFFICERS THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HWORDENMEN' A SPECIAL BREED OF SAILORS WHO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN WORDEN THAT MAKE HER THE SMART SHIP SHE IS TODAY. IN THE YEARS AHEAD, WHETHER WE ADVANCE IN THE NAVY OR PROGRESS IN CIVILIAN LIFE, THIS BOOK WILL HELP US RECALL HOW WORDEN DID IT, AND REMEMBER OUR GOOD FRIENDS AND SHIPMATES. 772569 6. CAPT J. F. BAUMCIARDNER, USN 9 SEPTEMBER 1977 CAPTAIN BAUMGARDNER WAS BORN IN BETHANY, MISSOURI. HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION. GRADUATING IN JUNE 1954, HE ACCEPTED A COMMISSION IN THE NAVY RESERVE. CAPTAIN BAUMGARDNER'S SHIPBOARD ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE SERVICE IN THE USS EPPING FORREST ILSD-4I, USS GURKE IDD-783I AND USS WORDEN ICG-18I. BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1962 AND AUGUST 1963, HE SERVED IN THE PRE-COMMISSIONING DETAIL FOR THE USS WORDEN. FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING OF THE SHIP, CAPTAIN BAUMGARONER WAS ASSIGNED AS CIC OFFICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. HE ATTENDED THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, AND RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT IN 1965. FOLLOWING SCHOOL HIS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS MAHAN ICG-1I, CHIEF STAFF OFFICER FOR COMDESRON FIFTEEN, AND SERVICE IN VIETNAM WITH THE U. S. MILITARY AVISOR COMMAND. HE PREVIOUSLY COMMANDED USS KEPPLER IDD-765I, AND USS OUELLETT IFF-10771. CAPTAIN BAUMGARDNER'S WEARS THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL DECORATIONS1 BRONZE STAR WITH V AND GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF SECOND AWARD, MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL, AND NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH COMBAT

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THE FIRST WORDEN ILEFTI, TORPEDO DESTROYER BOAT 16, LAID DOWN ON 13 NOVEMBER 1899, AT SPARROWS POINT, MARYLAND, WAS COMMISSIONED ON 17 MARCH 1903 AND SAW ACTION AS A CONVOY ESCORT IN WW I. SHE WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON 14 JULY 1919. DD-288, THE SECOND WORDEN INOT PICTUREDI WAS COMMISSIONED ON 24 OCTOBER 1920. SHE WAS NEVER CALLED TO BATTLE AND WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON 1 MAY 1930. 2 gg., THE SHIPBUILDERS OF PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, LAID THE KEEL FOR THE THIRD WORDEN IABOVEI ON 29 DECEMBER 1932. SHE WAS COMMISSIONED ON 15 JANUARY 1935. THAT WORDEN WAS IN UPKEEP STATUS AT PEARL HARBOR WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED. THE SHIP WAS UNDERWAY FOR THE OPEN SEA WITHIN TWO HOURS AND INSIDE FIVE HOURS SHE HAD DOWNED AN ENEMY PLANE AND DEPTH CHARGED A SUBMARINE CONTACT. THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING YEARS IS BEST INDICATED BY HER BATTLE STARS FOR THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, THE GUADALCANAL-TULAGE LANDINGS AND THE BATTLE OF THE EASTERN SOLOMONS. DD-352 WENT AGROUND IN JANUARY 1943 IN A STROM AND BROKE IN TWO AFTER LANDING TROOPS ON AMCHITKA ISLAND.