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Charles F. Adams class USS COYNGHAM (DDG-17) In service 1963 until her ill fated demise due to an onboard fire in 1990

 

Mainspace fire at sea 1990
Conyngham suffered a severe fire on 8 May 1990, while conducting pre-deployment operations off the Virginia coast. A major fuel oil fire erupted from the ship's Forward Fire Room into the ship's superstructure, isolating the crew forward and aft, requiring an all-hands effort to extinguish it. The ship had just completed a maintenance availability and a fuel oil strainer had not been assembled properly by a contractor and not inspected to verify assembly by ships company. The result was that the assembly failed catastrophically and started a fuel oil fire that raged for twenty-three hours, caused an officer to die, 18 other sailors to be injured and the ship to be decommissioned shortly thereafter. USS Normandy (CG-60) and USS Briscoe (DD-977) rendered assistance during the incident.

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Charles F. Adams class USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22) In service 1964 to 1991

 

The center Japanese patch is made with silver bullion and the cruise patch is for her 1983 Westpac

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Converted (DD-936) Forrest Sherman class Guided Missile Destroyer USS DECATUR (DDG-31) In service 1956 to 1983 (DDG 31 from 1966 to 1983)

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ex-DD-936 Forrest Sherman class Guided Missile Destroyer USS DECATUR (DDG-31) In service 1956 to 1983 (DDG 31 from 1966 to 1983)

 

Hello,

Very nice.

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Converted (DD-949) Forrest Sherman class Guided Missile Destroyer USS PARSONS (DDG-33) In service 1959 to 1984

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Moderators Note to Members - This topic is now for DDG Guided Missile Destroyers only

 

From now on, please post your DL to DLG to DDG Destroyer Leader Conversions on this topic here ---> http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/288949-dl-destroyer-leader-conversions-dlg-dlgn-to-cg-cgn-ddg/

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5" USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-32) In service 1956 to 1982

Forrest Sherman class (DD-932) 1956, Converted to DDG-32 1965 to 1967

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Seems that most of the collections posted on the forum are older decommissioned ships. Time for some current hulls.....

 

Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer Class leader USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51) Commissioned on Independence Day, July 4th, 1991

 

Sea Trial Charlie Built to Fight and two different Fast and Feared crest patches

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USS FITZGERALD (DDG-62) Alpha, Bravo and Charlie pre-commissioning Sea Trials 1995

 

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Arleigh Burke class USS FITZGERALD (DDG-62) Commissioned on October 14th, 1995

 

Ship's crest
The Fitzgerald family coat of arms (a white shield with a red saltire) provides the foundation for the coat of arms for Fitzgerald. The shield signifies defense, while the saltire connotes strength and its red color represents valor and action. This traditional design has been modified by the addition of a blue cross paty interlaced with a gold annulet and four shamrocks. The cross commemorates the Navy Cross posthumously awarded to Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald for extraordinary heroism in the Vietnam battle that took his life. The annulet symbolizes the continuity of everlasting hope, fidelity and unity. The four shamrocks represent Lieutenant Fitzgerald's Irish family and heritage.

 

Operation Desert Fox

The December 1998 bombing of Iraq (code-named Operation Desert Fox) was a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets from 16 December 1998, to 19 December 1998, by the United States and United Kingdom. The contemporaneous justification for the strikes was Iraq's failure to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions and its interference with United Nations Special Commission inspectors.

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Charles F. Adams class USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) In service 1961 to 1992

 

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Swiss Tex circa 1975

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USS SOMERS (DD-947/DDG-34) In service 1959 to 1982. Forrest Sherman class destroyer converted to a DDG in 1967 earning 5 battle stars in Vietnam as both a DD and DDG

 

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USS SOMERS (DD-947) As DD from 1959 to 1968 prior to conversion to a DDG

 

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The second USS SPRUANCE (DDG-111) Arleigh Burke class commissioned at Key West in 2011 and in active service. Current homeport Naval Base San Diego, CA

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USS COONTZ (DDG-40) Farragut class (also known as Coontz class as she was technically the first laid down) in service 1958 to 1959.  She was initially a Destroyer Leader (DLG-9) but was redesignated as DDG-40 in 1975

 

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She was initially a Destroyer Leader (DLG-9) but was redesignated as DDG-40 in 1975

 

 

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Charles F. Adams class USS ROBISON (DDG-12) In service 1961 to 1991

 

 

USS ROBISON (DDG-12) RADAR GANG - Personalized Japanese made patch for "Mac" asleep at his SPS-10 Console in CIC while the cockroaches march in. This is quite accurate as the little brown Japanese cockroaches loved to live inside our consoles and gear where it was warm and cozy. No matter how we tried to eradicate them from our compartments, they just moved from one space to another just like in a large apartment complex.

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On 2/23/2016 at 9:31 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

USS LAWRENCE (DDG-4) OI Operations Division

 

USS LAWRENCE (DDG-4) Charles F. Adams class in service 1962 to 1990

Either an error patch or a bit unraveled

 

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USS LAWRENCE (DDG-4) Charles F. Adams class in service 1962 to 1990

Swiss Tex circa 1970's

 

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USS LAWRENCE (DDG-4) Charles F. Adams class in service 1962 to 1990

Swiss Tex circa 1970's

 

 

 

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Unknown maker circa 1990

 

 

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On 1/26/2017 at 5:44 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

The first DDG test bed USS GYATT (DDG-1), ex-Gearing class DD-712. She was converted to DDG-712 in 1956 and then became DDG-1 in 1957

This designation (and the patch) was short lived as she was converted back to conventional DD-712 in 1962 and decommissioned in 1969

In the photo you can see her missile battery mounted on her fantail

 

 

USS GYATT (DDG-1) The Navy's first Guided Missile Destroyer circa 1957

 

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USS DECATUR (DDG-31) Built and commissioned in 1956 as a Forrest Sherman class destroyer (DD-936), in 1964 she was heavily damaged in a collision with the aircraft carrier USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CVS-39). DECATUR was rebuilt, redesignated and commissioned as a guided missile destroyer in 1966 and served in this capacity until her decommissioning in 1983.

 

This is her recommissioning patch from 1966 made by Hilborn-Hamburger

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DDG-21 USS COCHRANE 1962-1990

 

The patch appears to made in the Philippines. Not sure WHEN if someone knows please post..

 

 

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USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-32) In service 1956 to 1982. Forrest Sherman class (DD-932) 1956, Converted to DDG-32 1965 to 1967

 

Hilborn Hamburger circa 1967

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Charles F. Adams class USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) In service 1961 to 1992

 

USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) Charles F. Adams class in service 1961 to 1991. She was an Atlantic Fleet Cold Warrior and her final cruise was Desert Shield in 1990-1991 before heading to the scrapyard

 

On August 7, 1990 the Sampson deployed with the USS Saratoga battle group in support of Desert Shield/Storm. Once there the Sampson performed the final Adams class guided missile destroyer deployment as a unit of the Maritime Interception Force, conducting the first boarding and search of a merchant on 28 AUG 1990, during OPERATION DESERT SHIELD and the first diversion of a ship with prohibited cargo. After conducting the first-ever exercise ASROC shot in the Red Sea, USS SAMPSON operated with ships of various NATO navies conducting surveillance and protection of shipping in the approaches to the Suez Canal. Sampson was decommissioned on 24 June 1991 exactly 30 years after commissioning,

 

Mediterranean Cruise 90-91 / Red Sea Operation Desert Shield

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USS WADDELL (DDG-24) Charles F. Adams class in service 1964 to 1992. Waddell received 11 engagement stars for her service in waters off Vietnam and two Navy Unit Commendations

 

Hilborn Hamburger version circa 1964

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USS WADDELL (DDG-24) Charles F. Adams class in service 1964 to 1992. Waddell received 11 engagement stars for her service in waters off Vietnam and two Navy Unit Commendations (Extracts below)

 

Vietnam War - NGFS Naval Gunfire Support on the Gun LIne

 

At 1410 on 3 February 1966, Waddell was notified that a pilot was possibly downed in their vicinity. While proceeding to investigate, the ship noted "surface action" to port and commenced shore bombardment at 1501. Communist guns replied 14 minutes later. Waddell then trained her guns on the communist batteries. At 1545, while still shelling the communist gun positions, Waddell was straddled by the enemy guns which had found the range. Radical maneuvers enabled the destroyer to retire without damage, and she emerged from the action unscathed......

 

Early in 1967, Waddell was again engaged off the Vietnamese coastline. From 2 March to 21 May 1967, the ship displayed "exceptional readiness and effectiveness in all tasks assigned," including gunfire support off South Vietnam; interdiction of North Vietnamese supply traffic along the coast; and gunfire against selected targets in North Vietnam. Coming under hostile fire from shore on one occasion, Waddell returned the fire and inflicted maximum damage on enemy shore batteries while emerging without harm. During her second WestPac deployment in Vietnamese waters, the destroyer fired some 2,000 rounds of ammunition while winning the reputation of being "the busiest ship in the Tonkin Gulf" before heading home......

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USS WADDELL (DDG-24) Charles F. Adams class in service 1964 to 1992. Waddell received 11 engagement stars for her service in waters off Vietnam and two Navy Unit Commendations (Extracts below)

 

Transfer to the 'Foreign Legion: in Yokosuka, Japan

 

She returned to WestPac that summer (1968) with logistics stops at Pearl Harbor and Midway en route—and arrived at her new home port of Yokosuka, Japan, on 1 August 1968. She conducted three tours on the "gun line" off North and South Vietnam into the fall, as well as one tour as plane guard for the attack carrier strike group based around the carriers Coral Sea and Ranger......

 

After completing an overhaul at Yokosuka toward the end of December 1968, Waddell got underway on 7 January 1969, bound for the "gun line." Between 17 and 30 January, she fired two gunfire support missions in the I Corps area for the Army's 101st Airborne Division and one for the 7th and 9th Divisions of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) units. After a quick trip via Buckner Bay to Yokosuka, Waddell sped back to the "gun line" in late February and resumed her gunfire support duties on 1 March. There, in the II Corps area, she fired 12 support missions with Task Force "South." She subsequently conducted 79 more gunfire support missions including 12 for Australian units, 11 for ARVN units, and 15 in support of Operation "Sheridan"—in which the United States Army 101st Airborne and an ARVN regiment participated......

 

Returning to the "gun line," Waddell then lobbed shells at Viet Cong (VC) camps and infiltration points from waters off Phu Quoc Island in the Gulf of Siam in support of Operation "Javelin," before she was assigned to the Mekong Delta region. There, supporting two ARVN divisions, she conducted 19 bombardments against VC structures, bunkers, rest sites, and supply routes......
 
Subsequently returning to "Yankee Station," she screened the carrier Enterprise in June, as the big carrier conducted strike operations, and returned to waters near the DMZ in mid-July for gunnery support duties.

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Decommissioning patch circa 1992 upon her transfer to Greece

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Charles F. Adams class USS ROBISON (DDG-12) In service 1961 to 1991

 

 

Another USS ROBISON (DDG-12)

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On 4/15/2017 at 1:22 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Converted (DD-936) Forrest Sherman class Guided Missile Destroyer USS DECATUR (DDG-31) In service 1956 to 1983 (DDG 31 from 1966 to 1983)

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Another version of USS DECATUR (DDG-31) ex-USS DECATUR (DD-936)

 

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All three versions,  Hilborn Hamburger top, Gemsco bottom and unknown asian made right.

 

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USS BARNEY (DDG-6) Operation Sea Dragon, WESTPAC 1967

In mid February 1967, the warship departed Norfolk bound for the Far East and her only cruise in the combat zone during the Vietnam War. That deployment lasted almost exactly seven months. On the outbound voyage, she stopped at Mayport, Florida; Guantánamo Bay; the Panama Canal Zone; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Midway Island; Guam in the Marianas; and at Subic Bay in the Philippines. While off Vietnam, Barney served in various ways. She performed duty as sea air rescue controller, interdicted Viet Cong seaborne logistics, and shelled targets ashore in both North and South Vietnam. On several occasions, the guided missile destroyer came within range of enemy shore batteries. She suffered no hits, but a member of her crew was wounded, lost his leg, by a shell fragment from a near miss. The warship also visited Hong Kong and ports in the Philippine Islands and in Japan.

 

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Operation Sea Dragon

U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy warships steamed along the coast of North Vietnam bombarding targets ashore with their 8-inch, 6-inch, and 5-inch guns. The cruisers and destroyers shelled truck columns, bridges, and logistics craft shuttling along the shore. The enemy fought back hard. North Vietnamese coastal guns damaged 29 U.S. ships and killed or wounded 31 American Sailors.

 

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