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Class leader USS GEARING (DD-710) In service 1945 to 1973

 

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USS CASSIN YOUNG (DD-793) Fletcher class in service 1943 to 1960

 

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USS IRWIN (DD-794) 6 1/2" h Fletcher class in service 1944 to 1958

 

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USS CUSHING (DD-797) Fletcher class in service 1944 to 1960

Japanese made DESRON 19 - DESDIV 192 Excellence  patch

 

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On 12/2/2016 at 10:49 AM, 10esee said:

 

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USS NEW (DDE-818) Gearing class n service 1945 to 1976

1950 DDE Hedgehog patch

 

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USS NEW (DD-818) Different version

 

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Rediscovered, I've been sorting out my collection

 

Another version of USS HIGBEE (DD-806)

 

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USS DENNIS J BUCKLEY (DD-808) Gearing class in service 1945 to 1973

 

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USS DENNIS J. BUCKLEY (DDR-808) Radar Picket FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED

 

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USS CORRY (DD/DDR-817) Gearing class in service 1946 to 1981

 

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Radar Picket Destroyer USS CORRY (DDR-817) Gemsco patch circa 1953 to 1963

 

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Beta Royal 1960's

 

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USS WARRINGTON (DD-843) Gearing class commissioned in 1945
"Unfit for Further Naval Service" in 1972 after being damaged in the China Sea
 
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USS WARRINGTON (DD-843) Hunter-Killer Destroyer, Korean War/Cold War 1950's ASW & Carrier Plane Guard

 

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Vietnam Service and her Destruction
 
On 15 July 1972, she put into port at Danang briefly and then headed for the coast of North Vietnam to participate in Operation "Linebacker." On 16 July, she relieved Hamner (DD-718) of "Linebacker" duty and began her primary blockade and interdiction mission—the destruction of North Vietnamese small craft and observation of communist Chinese merchant shipping. The following morning, while operating in company with Hull (DD-945) and Robison (DDG-12), Warrington came under the rapid and heavy fire of enemy shore batteries; but she took prompt evasive action and avoided damage.
 
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That same afternoon, however, luck abandoned her. At 1316, two underwater explosions close aboard her port side rocked the destroyer. She suffered severe damage in her after fireroom, after engine room, and in the main control room. Her crew rose to the occasion, and their efforts enabled her to retire from the area at 10 knots. Hull maneuvered alongside to transfer repair personnel, pumps, and shoring equipment to Warrington to address continuing flooding. Before returning to station, Hull also transferred feedwater to help maintain boiler operation. Later, the damage forced her to shut down her propulsion plant and ask Robison for a tow.
 
Through the night of 17 and 18 July, her crew struggled against flooding caused by ruptured fuel oil and fresh water tanks, but she remained afloat the next morning when Robison turned her over to Rescue Salvage ship Reclaimer (ARS-42) for the first leg of the trip to Subic Bay. The Fleet Tug Tawakoni (ATF-114) took over from Reclaimer on the 20th and towed Warrington safely into Subic Bay on the 24th. Throughout the six-day voyage, Warrington's ship's company worked magnificently to keep their ship afloat.
 
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Friendly Fire isn't.....
 
Around 1 December 1972, the Navy announced that Warrington had struck two American Mark 36 mines after finding fragments of a specific fuse on the ship. At the time, officials speculated that the mines had been jettisoned from an aircraft, but apparently the location had not recorded to warn ships of the location. According to the account of a retired chief minemen, who worked at Naval Magazine Subic Bay converting Mk 82 bombs to Mk 36 mines during that time period, the ship disregarded warning messages and entered a known area where aircraft jettisoned bombs and mines.
 
Unfit for further Naval service
 
For a month after her arrival, Warrington received the special attention of the ship repair facility at Subic Bay to improve her habitability and insure watertight integrity. However, at the end of August, a board of inspection and survey found her to be unfit for further naval service. Accordingly, on 30 September 1972, Warrington was decommissioned at Subic Bay, and her name was struck from the Navy list. On 24 April 1973, she was sold to the Taiwan Navy for cannibalization and scrapping.

 

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USS WARRINGTON (DD-843) Regular size and ball cap size

 

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USS WITEK (E-DD-848) Gearing class Experimental Destroyer in service 1946 to 1968

 

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Two versions of Allen M. Sumner class USS BRISTOL (DD-857) In service 1945 to 1969

 

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USS McCAFFERY (DDE-860) 'Fleet Escort' Destroyer Gearing class in service 1945 to 1973

 

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USS McCAFFERY as (DD-860)

 

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Another version of USS McCAFFERY (DD-860), cut edge with different colors

 

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USS HARWOOD (DDE-861) Gearing class 'Fleet Escort' Destroyer In service 1945 to 1971

 

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Another version, USS BAUSELL (DD-845) Gearing class in service 1946 to 1978

 

At first glance, I thought was same as mine...not

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USS STRIBLING (DD-867) Gearing class in service 1945 to 1976

 

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