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Reserve Destroyer Squadron One, Cruisers Destroyers Pacific

 

USS EDMONDS (DE-406) Three war John C. Butler class in service 1944 to 1964

 

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Morotai, Leyte, Samar, Iwo Jima, Okinawa - Rescued the crew of the USS BISMARCK SEA (CVE-95)

 

Joining the U.S. 5th Fleet at Ulithi in January 1945, Edmonds screened escort carriers in the Iwo Jima operation in February. On 21 January Bismarck Sea was sunk after the crash of a Japanese kamikaze detonated the escort carrier's ammunition. Edmonds directed the rescue operations, saving 378 of the carrier's crew including the commanding officer, in spite of darkness, heavy seas, and continuing air attacks. Thirty of her own crew went over the side to bring the wounded and exhausted carrier men to safety.

 

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DESRON 6 - Homeport Pascagoula, MS - Western Hemisphere Group Tactical Squadron https://web.archive.org/web/20051021070106/http://www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil/cds6/

 

OUR MISSION: Dedicated support to operations in the United States Southern Command's area of responsibility, the U.S. Navy's Executive Agent for combating and countering narco-terrorism, and the development of tactics and procedures to assist in our nation's war on drugs.

 

In April 1994, Commander, Destroyer Squadron 6 (COMDESRON 6) at Charleston, SC, changed homeport to Pascagoula, Mississippi and subsequently was dual hatted as Commander, Naval Surface Group Pascagoula. In January 1996, as a result of a reorganization of the United States Atlantic Fleet, Commander, Naval Surface Group Pascagoula was renamed Commander, Regional Support Group Pascagoula. In April 1998, as the result of yet another reorganization, COMDESRON 6 shifted operational control to Commander, Western Hemisphere Group, and was redesignated as a Tactical Squadron. Around 1998, the squadron included Hall, Ticonderoga, and Yorktown. In December 1999, COMDESRON 6 was redesignated as a Tactical/Readiness Squadron under the operational control of Commander, Naval Surface Group 2. At one point, the composition of Destroyer Squadron 6 included FFG-16 at Mayport, FFG 22 at Charleston, SC, USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) at Charleston, SC, FFG 15 at Norfolk, and FFG 20 and FFG 21 at Pascagoula.

 

NAVSTA Pascagoula, MS was officially closed 15 November 2006 with a disestablishment ceremony held 29 September 2006

 

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Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 3 (CRUDESFLOT 3) Vietnam era Pacific Fleet, early 1970's

 

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COMDESRON SEVEN - DESERT STORM 1991 - The Complete Destruction of the Iraqi Navy

 

No Sh*t 61 Sunk

 

COMDESRON 7, embarked in USS P. F. Foster (DD 964), became the northern Persian Gulf local ASUW commander and was primarily responsible for conducting offensive operations against Iraqi naval forces.

 

CHAPTER VII - THE MARITIME CAMPAIGN Destruction of the Iraqi Navy - Battle of Bubiyan: Iraqi Patrol Boat Strikes

 

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RESDESRON 30 - Reserve Destroyer Squadron Thirty, Fall River, MA

Atlantic Fleet training squadron for Naval Reservists, 1950's-1960's

 

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In 1951 during the Korean War, these Fletcher class destroyers were recommissioned and formed into a new squadron, DESRON 30 (Later RESDESRON 30) USS COTTEN (DD-669), USS DALY (DD-519), USS DORTCH (DD-670), USS GATLING (DD-671), USS CLARENCE K. BRONSON (DD-668), USS CAPERTON (DD-650), USS DASHIELL (DD-659), USS SMALLEY (DD-565)

 

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DESDIV 112 HAWAIIAN WARRIORS - Destroyer Division One Hundred Twelve, Pearl Harbor Naval Station

 

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On 12/12/2015 at 8:42 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Destroyer Development Group Two (DesDevGru 2)

The guinea pig destroyers used as test beds for the Atlantic Fleet

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The older, larger (7") and groovier version of 

Destroyer Development Group Two (DesDevGru 2)

The guinea pig destroyers used as test beds for the Atlantic Fleet

 

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On 7/16/2014 at 11:58 AM, Bearmon said:

Finally for today Destroyer Division 132

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I have yet to come across one of these DESDIV 132's

 

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DESRON 14 & CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP TWO (CCDG-2)

OPERATION DESERT STORM 1991 PROUD SURFACE WARRIORS

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Veterans reunion patch, USS NEWCOMB (DD-586) Fletcher class commissioned November 10 1943.
Heavily damaged by 5 Japanese Kamikaze Aircraft April 6 1945 off Okinawa.
Decommissioned November 20 1945 & stricken March 28 1946
Fate Scrapped at Mare Island October 1 1947.

FLAGSHIP OF DESRON 56 WWII

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THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON


The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in presenting the NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION to the

UNITED STATES SHIP NEWCOMB
for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

"For outstanding heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Saipan-Tinian operations, May 29 to August 5, 1944; Palau, September 6 to October 1, 1944; the Battle of Surigao Strait, October 24–25, 1944; Iwo Jima, February 10 to March 10, 1945; and Okinawa, March 21 to April 7, 1945.

 

Operating in the face of continued and persistent air attacks throughout five major campaigns, the U.S.S. NEWCOMB blasted Japanese shore emplacements, screened our attacking transports and effectively laid support barrages for amphibious assaults. As the Leader of Destroyer Squadron FIFTY SIX in the historic Battle of Surigao Strait, she spearheaded a three-section night torpedo attack, boldly closing the battleship YAMASHIRO‘s terrific broadsides to aid in sinking the powerful man-o’-war with accurate torpedo salvos. In retiring, she went alongside the stricken A. W. GRANT to evacuate casualties and take the disabled ship in tow. At Iwo Jima, the NEWCOMB covered our minesweepers in the pre-attack sweep of the landing beaches and scored a probable kill on her second submarine. Culminating her brilliant combat service in a furious engagement with seven enemy suicide planes determined to destroy her, the NEWCOMB, staggering from the first suicide crash and slowed by loss of steam, shot down a second plane and was immediately smashed amidships by a third. With top-hamper and machinery spaces blown into a tangled mass of rubble, with smoke and flames billowing 1000 feet above her and the bridge the only structure intact above the water line, she fought on relentlessly with her remaining guns in manual control to blast three more attackers into the sea an damage the last Kamikaze. Superbly handled by valiant officers and men, the NEWCOMB has added new luster to the finest traditions of the United States Naval Service.”


All personnel attached to and serving on board the U.S.S. NEWCOMB in one or more of the above mentioned periods are hereby authorized to wear the NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION Ribbon.

James Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy

 

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USS Newcomb DD 586 was attacked by a kamikaze on 6 April 1945 as she was screening for the cruiser USS St. Louis off Okinawa.

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Difficult to find this one, DESRON 29 was a famous WWII Pacific War destroyer squadron and it was briefly re-established during the Vietnam War at Long Beach, CA, reporting to Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Seven at San Diego, CA.

 

DESRON 29

SIVIS PACEM - PARA BELLU

"If you want peace, prepare for war"

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Japanese Made Mid 1960's

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DESFLOT SEVEN

aka CRUISER-DESTROYER FLOTILLA SEVEN

Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's Command prior to becoming Commander Naval Forces Vietnam and Chief of the Naval Advisory Group, United States Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) & later Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)

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Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 7 (Rear Adm Zumwalt took command, San Diego, July 24, 1965,to July 1966) Rear Admiral Robert Salzer assumed command of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 7 in September 1970 and upon the disestablishment of that Flotilla on 16 March 1971 transferred to command of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 3.

 

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Phonetic Signal Flag Version "Two One"

DESTROYER SQUADRON TWENTY ONE

(DESRON 21)

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DESRON 21 SOLOMONS ONWARD

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