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2929:. As the SCC, ComDesRon 2 was responsible for numerous mission areas, including surface warfare, force defense, LAMPS element coordinator and Maritime Interception Operations (MIO) commander. The strike group's ships and aircraft conducted tactical air and TLAM strikes into Iraqi during combat operations from the Eastern Mediterranean. As MIO commander, ComDesRon 2 planned and executed a number of critical boardings of suspect vessels. Further, during Operation Iraqi Freedom the SCC managed the daily scheme of maneuver of all CTF 60 forces, including two aircraft carriers and up to 14 surface combatants. Despite deploying four months earlier than scheduled, the ships and staff of DesRon 2 successfully executed a number of critical missions in support of combat operations. 1809:
in policy lengthening the overhaul cycle to three years," with "budget slashes, antiquity, rapid turnover of key and reduced manning levels" magnifying maintenance problems. "Keeping our ships in fighting trim and ready for all commitments," one observer noted, "now, more than ever before, requires all-out effort and cooperation from all hands at all times." Soon thereafter, ships from DesRon 2 were assigned to the operational control of Commander Antisubmarine Defense Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, which conducted Hunter-Killer (HUK) operations with the antisubmarine warfare support carrier
22: 1816:. In those exercises, DesRon 2 destroyers acted as the coordinating unit of a team that included fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, to test new attack and screening methods against conventional and nuclear-powered submarines. "Tomorrow," one observer wrote, "in the event of an all-out war, we must fight with the weapons we have today, not those on the drafting boards." While destroyermen admitted that "the nuclear-powered submarine has the edge in the contest, our assignment is to dull this edge and eventually gain the upper hand." 132: 2235:, providing suppression fire against North Vietnamese coastal defense gun sites. DesRon 2 concluded combat responsibilities associated with its WestPac deployment on October 1. After leaving Subic Bay, the integrity of each of DesRon 2's divisions was disrupted, and the squadron failed to reunite until its return to Norfolk in November. While in Vietnam, DesRon 2 tallied over 350 killed of the enemy, over 2,300 military structures damaged or destroyed, and over sixty major caliber enemy weapons silenced. 2514:
visits. And for her work in 1984, Preble earned the Arleigh Burke Award Trophy for displaying the greatest improvement in Battle Efficiency within the Atlantic Fleet. The CMS QuickLooks program, which provided for one-day notice CMS quicklooks on board squadron units was continued, and, on 10 December 1986, CinCLantFlt Inspector General's office conducted a surprise command security inspection of CDS-2 Staff and attached ships, of which ComDesRon 2 had the best seen security program to date.
1304:. The operation, as Capt. Walter C. Ford, ComDesRon 2 (additionally ComDesDiv 21), noted later, "enabled the officers and men to become acquainted with a waterway which will be of great importance in any future war, both defensively and for convoy routing…" The ships encountered two severe storms, however, one with winds gusting up to 50 knots for 36 hours, the second with wind velocities of 56 knots that caused 60 degree rolls. Flagship Putnam incurred damage to the gunshield of Mt. 51. 116: 2502:. ComDesRon 2 provided support for the ships under his administrative control as immediate unit commander, and served as chief inspector for nuclear weapons acceptance inspections, Navy technical proficiency inspections, embarked in various ships to observe operational propulsion plant inspections, visited assigned ships undergoing overhauls in remote locations to monitor progress of the work, and carried out at-sea operational readiness inspections of various units. 2576:
manning, material, and readiness for all cruisers and destroyers home-ported in Norfolk. As training agent for ships based there, ComDesRon 2 led bi-weekly waterfront in-port training in both Radio/Combat Information Center and Visual Communications, coordinated mutual training exercises between surface and subsurface units with bi-weekly mutual training meetings, and served as Training Conference Board Chairman for team trainers managed by ComTraLant.
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areas, these training initiatives sent undesignated seamen and firemen to Class "A" schools on returnable quotas, transferred Second Class Petty Officers and those of higher rank for temporary additional duty with Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay for four to six weeks, and cross-decked E-5's and above to ships undergoing refresher training. The training program met with encouraging results.
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weekly waterfront in-port training in Radio/Combat Information Center and Visual Communication. In addition, specific ASW, convoy, amphibious warfare, and Anti-Surface Warfare exercises occupied the unit's time. Besides participating in these and other training exercises, ComDesRon 2 acted as Regional Training Conference Board Chairman for team trainers managed by ComTraLant.
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30 December, set out to conduct surveillance operations in the Gulf of Sollum off the United Arab Republic and Libyan littorals. After completion of that work and brief port visits in Spain, DesRon 2 returned to Norfolk for upkeep, but returned to Europe in June for a month-long tour, labeled Exercise Silver Jubilee, the multinational exercise coinciding with celebrations for
652:, with Captain Jonathan S. Dowell, ComDesRon 2, assuming command of the search group. Despite six days of efforts, however, often hindered by heavy squalls, 143,242 miles flown by the carrier's scout planes, and 151,556 square miles searched, the group turned up nothing. As Captain Dowell summarized the search: "No sign nor any evidence of the Earhart plane was discovered." 2886:, participated in Midshipmen Core Training '02, providing instruction to 130 NROTC midshipmen (17–21 June). Two major antisubmarine warfare exercises followed during the summer. The first was Smart Search '02 (12–19 July) during which a ready destroyer squadron deployed on short notice in the event of the proximity of a forward-deployed submarine, using 2510:
overall. ComDesRon 2 retained its role as CINTEX Coordinator for the Norfolk waterfront. In order to enhance training, new initiatives were implemented, including the integration of MUTTS (Multi-Units Tactical Training System), ULQ-13 Countermeasures Signal Stimulator Vans, and U.S. Air Force AWACS assets into formal CINTEX Training scenarios.
2614:. The squadrons were assigned to the battle groups on a rotational basis, depending on where they are in their maintenance and deployment cycles. DesRon 2, formerly a non-deploying readiness squadron, was disestablished, and converted to a Sea Duty command with a new staff and four permanently assigned ships: 2358:, Spain and returning to Norfolk on 15 May 1975. The squadron passed the summer of 1975 in Norfolk, before it conducted SXTEX 2–76 and COMPTUEX 2–76 exercises in September in Norfolk and off the Virginia capes, and following a successful MISSILEX operation, remained in Norfolk until the end of the year. 2207:, the fast carrier attack force of the Sixth Fleet. The squadron engaged in training with four other navies, but led the second annual Spanish-American bilateral exercise, dubbed SpanEx 1–67. Returning home afforded opportunities to conduct low flyer recognition and satellite reconnaissance training. 3009:
Strike Group. Multiple Groupsails, Maritime Group Inport Training (MGIT), COMPTUEX, and JTFEX flexed the staff in a number of missions within the Surface, Strike, and Anti-Submarine/Undersea Warfare areas including Maritime Security, Show-of-Force, Mine Countermeasure, Anti-Piracy, MIO/VBSS, and TLAM
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to DesRon 32, and received no replacement, making DesRon 2 a seven-ship squadron. From that point through June, DesRon 2's ships underwent needed maintenance, with an interim yard availability assigned concurrently with a tender availability. The first squadron to "feel the full effect of the change
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helicopters and other assets. The second was Keflavik Tactical Exercise '02/SHAREM 143 that took place between 26 August and 23 September. A number of group sails brought the training cycle for the year to a close for several of the ships attached to DesRon 2. On 14 December, ComDesRon 2 embarked in
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tensions. Other ships engaged in training exercises or remained at Norfolk. The squadron's actions through 1973 were of a similar variety, including Atlantic Fleet Readiness exercises in the Puerto Rico operating area as well as a deployment to the Mediterranean in November for duty with the Sixth
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The ships were in caretaker status, an arrangement that continued into the summer of 1920. By September 1920, when the term "squadron" came into its present usage, Squadron Two returned to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's Destroyer Force as part of Flotilla Three, and comprised three divisions (27, 40, and
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Over the next two years, DesRon 2 provided material, administrative, and operational support to the ships under its direct administrative control including units temporarily assigned from Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8. As a training agent for Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8, ComDesRon 2 conducted
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and Commander Sixth Fleet. While deployed, DesRon 2 took part in ASW Week exercises as well as National Week XXI (23 August-24 September). Participating in further ASW exercises and visiting ports in Italy, France, and Spain, it remained in the Mediterranean for the remainder of the year, and, on
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Training exercises and Atlantic Fleet maneuvers out of Norfolk, generally operating in the Virginia capes area and the West Indies, followed as the composition of DesRon 2 remained constant during 1955 and into 1956. Hunter-killer antisubmarine warfare (ASW) training prepared the ships to return to
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The ships assigned to DesRon 2 remained constant through the autumn of 1949, after which DesDiv 21 does not appear in the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force, while DesDiv 22 remained intact at the start of 1950. Soon thereafter, however, DesRon 2 received a new group of ships, 2,425 tonners: six of the
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While preparing to deploy to the Mediterranean, Commodore, Capt. Jimmie R. Jackson was relieved by Capt. Samuel J. Locklear III. At that time, the squadron's focus shifted from administrative oversight of four ships to tactical operations and preparations for the Mediterranean deployment. Assigned
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In June 1982, ComDesRon 2 Anti-Air Warfare Tactics Board was established to serve as a forum for tactical dialogue. The following year the squadron introduced the Personnel Training Initiatives Program in order to provide its ships with additional means for training key people. Focusing on three
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while Squadron Two's three divisions went through Rotating Reserve Squadron 20 into the spring of 1935, with essentially sixteen ships rotating through the squadron during that time. Between 1933 and 1935, each of DesRon 2's divisions took a turn spending six months pierside with a caretaker crew.
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The next year, NTISA DET, FLETCCORGRU 2, and NAVSECGRU were included. Furthermore, efforts to integrate inter-service participation within CINTEX were introduced. These included participation by the AWACS assets and Coast Guard ships, as well as foreign warship participation during Norfolk port
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The table of assignment of U.S. ships for 1 September 1922 carries only four active destroyer squadrons – Nine and Fourteen in the Atlantic Fleet and Eleven and Twelve in the Pacific—each squadron consisting of three six-ship divisions, with a flagship for each squadron. During 1922, DesRon 2's
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guided missile destroyers, raising the number of classes maintained and trained by DesRon 2 to five. As part of that realignment, ComDesRon 2 also assumed the title of Commander, Naval Surface Group Norfolk (ComNavSurfGru). With that added responsibility, DesRon 2 provided the oversight for the
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budget reductions. At that same juncture, a second table of that date , set forth the "general plan for the organization of the United States Fleet when the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets are united for combined operations," including "the assignment of certain vessels not now in commission" lists
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Continuing its training efforts over the next three years, ComDesRon 2 served as Chief Inspector for Nuclear Weapons Acceptance Inspections, Navy Technical Proficiency Inspections, Type Commander 3M and Supply Management Inspections, and increased the number of Command Inspections it conducted
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and 95, supporting shore bombardment, search and rescue, anti-submarine screening (Hunter/Killer Groups), picket duty, and air-control missions. Its ships also provided anti-submarine screening for the carriers of TF 77 conducting raids against North Korean hydroelectric power stations on the
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and Hellenic Destroyer Squadron staffs for the NATO Exercise Deep Express/Deep South, the squadron returned to Norfolk on 17 November. It passed most of 1971 training either in Norfolk or in the Caribbean, the latter engaged in Springboard operations, before embarking on another Mediterranean
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that spent the rest of the year in Norfolk for leave, upkeep, and availabilities. The following year, 1970, DesRon 2 participated in extensive training, first, in the Caribbean for RIMEX IV-70, and later in the Mediterranean where, as part of TF 60, it conducted Exercise National Week in the
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joined DesDiv 21 in a hunter-killer antisubmarine training exercise off the east coast of Japan before rejoining TF 77 on 15 September. The tour proved brief, however, for, on the evening of the 16th, the destroyer struck a floating mine, the explosion tearing a 15-foot by 25-foot hole in the
740:-class ships that comprised Squadron Two were transferred to the Atlantic (the movements highly secret, with the ships' prominent black-shadowed white hull numbers, as well as the names in black letters at their sterns being painted out) beginning in the spring of 1941, basing upon 2652:
deployed in July for a two-and-a-half month UNITAS 37–96 missions, in which an American task group circumnavigates South America while conducting joint exercises with host-nation navies along the route. Following its UNITAS deployment, DesRon 2 spent the rest of 1996 at Norfolk.
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with Capt. Frank C. Dunham embarked, cleared Subic Bay, and arrived off the I Corps area, Vietnam. There Capt. Dunham assumed command of all naval gunfire support operations by allied forces for the entire coast of South Vietnam. In addition, ships of DesRon 2 took part in
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Squadron Two as under Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Force. Squadron Two in that organization comprised Divisions Four, Five, and Six, each consisting of six ships, with a squadron leader. The unit was not homogenous, however, consisting of a mix of older destroyers such as
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With the onset of hostilities in Korea in 1950, Atlantic Fleet destroyers were deployed to the Far East to augment the Pacific Fleet's destroyer forces. DesRon 2's DesDiv 22 served between October 1950 and May 1951; DesDiv 21 between June and September 1952; only USS
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With all eight ships in the squadron in one place for the first time since the 1958–1959 Mediterranean deployment began, DesRon 2 gathered at Gibraltar on 28 March 1959 to begin the homeward voyage. Returning to the United States on 8 April 1959, the squadron lost
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in the autumn of 1962, DesRon 2, commanded by Capt. George R. Reinhart, departed Norfolk for the Caribbean along with much of the Atlantic Fleet. There, the squadron performed myriad tasks that included support for carrier operations, ASW support for
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in Norfolk, where they began Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) II conversions on 21 November and 22 December, respectively. The Mediterranean deployment involved fleet exercises as well as visits to liberty ports including
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As the Fleet expanded as the world drifted toward war, inevitable changes occurred in fleet organization and employment while training proceeded during 1938 and 1939. At the start of 1940, Squadron Two still consisted of the flagship
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exemplified the other aspect of the work of the ships of DesRon 2, when she steamed to Yankee Station, where, from 13 May to 20 July 1968 she provided escort and plane guard services for four successive attack aircraft carriers:
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Early in 1951, however, the composition of DesRon 2 changed again (to 2,200 tonners) with DesDiv 21 becoming a six-ship division that included four destroyers and two radar picket destroyers (DDR) by 1 February:
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From 1963 to 1966, DesRon 2 carried out Operation Springboard training as part of Anti-Submarine Warfare Forces, Atlantic Fleet. DesRon 2 also deployed to the Mediterranean during these years. Organizationally,
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The post-World War II period was analogous to the post-World War I time, when the U.S. Navy's destroyer forces consisted of large numbers of wartime construction-program ships, at a time of demobilization. The
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Battle Group, and the latter sailed on 18 January to conduct those evolutions, returning to port on 26 January, with ComDesRon 2 serving as Opposition Force, Officer Controlling Exercise during that evolution.
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to those that made up the squadron, the new squadron flagship would be a different class of ship from those that made up the divisions. Under the reorganization of the fleet announced by Secretary of the Navy
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After spending 1960 operating with Task Group ALFA, DesRon 2 undertook training both at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Norfolk, Virginia, where ships also underwent overhaul in 1961, and operated in support of
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saved when her firefighters made quick work of the flames. In February 1959, after a strong storm with 70 miles-per-hour winds suddenly arose off the Arabian coast, sinking several small fishing craft,
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In June 1995, as part of the Navy's new "Forward…from the Sea" missions, the Atlantic Fleet's surface combatant ships were reorganized into six core battle groups, nine destroyer squadrons and a new
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on 26 May 1937, effective 14 June 1937, Squadron Two, under Destroyer Flotilla One, Destroyers, Scouting Force, U.S. Fleet, would consist of Division Three and Division Four, each consisting of four
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deploying to the Persian Gulf, got underway for the eastern Mediterranean to conduct Reliant Mermaid, after which the ships paused briefly at Souda Bay, Crete (2–5 February). Proceeding thence to
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DesRon 2 began its 1996 training in May, when the squadron cruised to the Puerto Rican Operations area for INDEX 96-2 and Naval Gunfire Support qualification. After successful training exercises,
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Battle Group at the Warfare Commanders Conference, DesRon 2's responsibilities included Undersea Warfare, Surface Warfare, Maritime Interception Operations, and Screen Commander. In December,
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resumed Springboard operations in the Puerto Rico operating areas before sailing for extended operations with the Sixth Fleet to the Mediterranean, where she remained until 1 December due to
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joining the Battle Fleet on the west coast to participate in Fleet Landing Exercise (FLEX) No. 3 – part of a series of such evolutions carried out to develop amphibious warfare tactics.
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was decommissioned. During October and November, DesRon 2 participated in a major multi-national exercise, United Kingdom Joint Conference (JMC 04-3). Working with the Royal Navy's
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Fleet. In November, ComDesRon 2 participated in Operation Quick Draw with Italian Navy units, and the next month, took part in National Week XVI, before spending the holidays in
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In April 1978, DesRon 2 became one of six non-deploying readiness squadrons. At the start of the year, DesRon 2 consisted of six guided missile destroyers, three frigates, three
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spent the next two months anchored at night and conducting tactical and gunnery drills by day. Finally, on 12 December, the destroyer received orders directing her around the
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starboard side, completely flooding the forward fireroom and killing five men and wounding seven of those on watch there. Fast and effective action by the repair parties kept
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The Table of Organization for the United States Fleet for 1 April 1931 reflected the reappearance of Destroyer Squadron Two as part of Destroyer Flotilla Two, Destroyers,
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at the entrance to the harbor. The destroyer then conducted ASW patrol and spent time in Norfolk in upkeep before going into drydock in Newport News for hull repairs.
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did not deploy to the war zone, being temporarily assigned to DesDiv 22 from 21 when it deployed to Korea. DesRon 2's ships served with distinction both as a part of
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Battle Group, and participated in seven bi-lateral and multi-lateral exercises, as well as supporting NATO in enforcing NATO Security Council Resolutions during the
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By New Year's Day 1921, Division 27 was assigned to operate in European waters, as were two ships from Division 40 (the rest remaining in reserve but with one ship—
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class, lost in the Mediterranean), had served as squadron flagships. Although assigned to DesRon 2 in 1945, those two ships never operated with it as a unit.
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With fiscal constraints, the rotating reserve system permitted the Fleet to conserve scarce manpower while keeping its destroyers as prepared as possible.
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on 1 July and set out for yet another Mediterranean cruise. After several weeks of training operations with NATO forces and other units of the 6th Fleet,
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after a west coast overhaul in late 1943, joined DesRon 2 on her return to the war zone, bringing its strength back to six ships. Meanwhile, DesDiv 15—
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decisions. In addition to its 1994 routine deployments to the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and North Atlantic, the squadron assisted in Haiti as a part of
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having worked round-the-clock through Christmas of 1958 and New Year's Day of 1959, endeavoring to prevent the sinking of the Panamanian-flag tanker
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s damage control party, perished in the battle with the flames, but the destroyermen managed to quell the fires. A second outbreak of fire on board
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proceeded to the waters off the Dominican Republic, in readiness to evacuate Americans if unrest should arise in the wake of the assassination of
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By October 1935, DesRon 2 gained another four-ship division, Division 19. Ships of DesRon 2 participated in training exercises in 1936, with
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ComDesRon 2 commenced 2005 with all ships in the Unit Level Training Phase and Intermediate Training Phase. In May, ComDesRon 2 embarked in
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in mid-January, however, caused another explosion that eventually claimed the ship, and in the process set afire the Turkish salvage vessel
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During the winter months of 2004 and into the New Year 2005 ComDesRon 2 focused on the upcoming deployment as Sea Combat Commander for the
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Most of DesRon 2's resources were devoted to training ships in anti-submarine warfare in 1967. During the January Mediterranean transit,
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to carry cargo to Cuba, the first vessel boarded after imposition of the quarantine, on 26 October 1962. When the crisis abated,
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Strike Group in 2006. DesRon 2 again accomplished a myriad of diverse missions across Second, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Fleets.
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survived both Tests Able and Baker. Scientists monitored the contaminated ships until 1948, when they were scuttled by gunfire—
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operated under the Commander Mid East Force while serving in the Red and Arabian Seas as well and the Indian Ocean. In April,
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shifted to that unit but temporarily assigned to DesDiv 221 effective "about 20 August…", DesDiv 22 was reconstituted with
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in DesDiv 21. DesRon 2 conducted a cold weather cruise toward the end of that year (29 October-9 November 1946), departing
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The squadron was restructured in July 1969 as part of a reordering within the Cruiser-Destroyer Force. All ships, except
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Soon thereafter, ships of the newly reconstituted Squadron Two participated in the intensive search for the famed aviator
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were assigned to DesRon 2, enlarging its complement to ten ships, each division composed of five ships: DesDiv 21 with
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were transferred from DesRon 2 to other squadrons, and the new squadron's DesDiv 21 comprised guided missile frigate
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transited the Suez Canal together once again and then headed to the Persian Gulf for a month of operations with the
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decks. Destroyer Squadron Two first appeared in the U.S. Fleet organization in the spring of 1919, assigned to the
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participated in that exercise that stressed naval and marine coalition coordination in a littoral environment.
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DesRon 2 experienced dramatic changes in 1992. As a result of the Navy's reorganization and downsizing plans,
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In 1989, ComDesRon 2 was assigned as OTC for Type Commander's Core Training Exercise, and was home-ported in
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The next year, 1968, saw DesRon 2's temporary transfer to the Western Pacific (WestPac), when the squadron –
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units, escort duty for ships evacuating Americans from Guantanamo Bay, and filling the quarantine line.
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sped to the scene and searched those waters for over 24 hours, eventually rescuing 13 local fishermen.
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destroyers. By that point, DesRon 2's new ships represented the pinnacle of American destroyer design.
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for the return crossing on 11 May, and reached Norfolk on the 24th, concluding the deployment of the
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took part in these massive raids in concert with U.S. Air Force planes. At the end of August 1952,
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permanently assigned – began the year 2000 at Norfolk, then participated in a group sail with the
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returned to Norfolk on 27 November and the rest of DesRon 2 during the first week of December.
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in February 1991. The unit also assumed waterfront in-port training responsibilities for all
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DesRon 2 continued to operate with the same ships into 1958. Following a period of upkeep,
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DesRon 2's complement of 2,200-tonners remained constant through the summer of 1946, when
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when she was hit by a kamikaze. The combined record of the ships of DesRon 2 included 145
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in compliance with United Nations Sanctions, Maritime Interdiction Operations to enforce
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units. CINTEX exercises also occurred with an emphasis on Basic Command and Control.
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The first year of combat in the Pacific had thinned Squadron Two down to five ships –
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became the new squadron flagship by 1 July 1933, relieved by the beginning of 1934 by
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Following the end of World War I, the U.S. Navy possessed an unprecedented number of
281:" that differed from previous destroyer types that had been distinguished by raised 2953: 2810: 2646: 1750:, rescued an Italian fisherman from his boat suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage. 1682: 1538: 1308:
nine being classified as "destroyer escorts" (DDE). The new DesDiv 21 consisted of
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Destroyer Squadron Two was decommissioned at San Diego at the start of 1937 (with
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I, ComDesRon 2 logged a succession of Mediterranean locations: Souda Bay, Crete;
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was reassigned to DesDiv 22 on 1 January 1963. Soon thereafter, in March 1963,
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anchored in Port Said on the night of 20 September. The following day, she and
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were also transferred to the squadron from the Mediterranean where they, like
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joined the squadron upon completion of her FRAM I conversion (15 September);
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from DesDiv 4 (severe vibrations in her port high-pressure turbine compelled
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prepared to put to sea on 14 March, and soon thereafter she, along with USS
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on 1 June. By year's end, the squadron included: guided missile destroyers
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Robert J. Cressman, Historian Editor, DANFS History and Archives Division
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participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal in November, where she earned a
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Unlike previous destroyer organization, where the squadron flagship was a
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award. In June 1998, DesRon 2 departed Norfolk, ComDesRon 2 embarked in
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proceeded to the Mediterranean to operate with the Sixth Fleet, leaving
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DesRon 2's composition remained unchanged during 1954, with DesDiv 21 –
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Carrier Strike Group operating in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of
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Staff, commanded by Commodore C.J. Parry, RN, ComDesRon 2 embarked in
213:. As of 2023, the following destroyers are assigned to this squadron: 3095: 2866: 2770: 2622: 2355: 2048:, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, as he observed the firing of a 1910: 1729: 1604: 1572: 1426: 1412: 1387: 1160: 886: 868: 749: 640: 475: 425: 264:, increased dramatically with the war emergency program ships of the 261: 214: 2766: 2753:. Further training followed, including exercise Unified Spirit with 1056:
damage, with the squadron's historical files being lost in flagship
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DesRon 2 began the year 2002 with five permanently assigned ships,
2682: 2629: 2339: 2079:, Finland, before heading home on 10 September, proceeding via the 2076: 1966: 1962: 1934: 1899: 1892:, Monaco. Following her refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, the 1873: 1458: 1053: 675:
Squadron composition again became homogenous during 1941 with nine
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three divisions operated with 50-percent crews as a result of post-
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carried members of the press to the ceremony and stood guard with
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joined DesRon 2, while the following year, 1998, saw the loss of
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made a goodwill tour of the Baltic Sea to support Vice President
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805 Kidder Breese Street, SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060
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organization of 1 August 1919 lists Destroyer Squadron Two as a
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joined DesDiv 21, Borie was reassigned to DesDiv 21, while USS
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was decommissioned on 1 September, and DesRon 2 absorbed its
1929:, North Carolina. Resuming Mercury shot recovery operations, 1885: 856:
had operated in the Pacific, attached to DesRon 6. Of those,
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succumbed to torpedo damage in the wake of the torpedoing of
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for Submarine Commander's Course (SCC) Operation 05–2 with
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that endangered American citizens in Jordan, receiving the
2059:. At the end of a Mediterranean deployment in August 1963, 1757: 1670:
received orders to escort the guided missile heavy cruiser
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On 26 May 1965, the squadron sailed to participate in the
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participated in the unsuccessful search for the submarine
1913:, Texas. Remaining briefly in port, the squadron – minus 736:
formed DesDiv 4. Originally operating in the Pacific, the
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were transferred to ComDesRon 2 and ComCarStrikeGru 12.
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Throughout 1993 and 1994, with the arrival of three new
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were transferred to the Reserve Fleet on 1 October; and
1980:, boarded and inspected the Lebanese-flagged freighter 1192:
classes were to the 1917–1920 destroyer force what the
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Beginning in late 1943, DesRon 2 participated in the
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Invasions of the Marianas, western New Guinea, Palau
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and the flush-deckers of the War Emergency Program.
3195:"USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 10, 2019" 523:going to Squadron Ten), to be re-equipped with new 2761:Battle Group began on 28 November, ComDesRon 2 in 1659:to Norfolk, where she tied up on 5 February 1957. 1541:on 20 September where she made temporary repairs. 1204:classes were to the destroyer force of 1944–1946. 3257:Military units and formations established in 1919 2913:In January 2003, ComDesRon 2 departed Norfolk in 2188:GT-4 Recovery Mission, after which it stopped in 1681:to Bermuda to confer with British Prime Minister 1280:was reassigned from the Pacific Fleet, replacing 3243: 1951: 1728:, visited the Mediterranean, mooring briefly at 1571:, Natal, Union of South Africa (3–8 July), then 910:and, in June 1942, escorted her to the Pacific. 2657:the role of Sea Combat Commander (SCC) for the 1743:, accompanying DesRon 2 and the attack carrier 1736:, Italy, where, while entering port, the oiler 1591:the Mediterranean. The ships participated in a 803:was lost while screening salvage operations of 772:Soon after war engulfed the U.S. Pacific Fleet 2603:in the Northern Red Sea and Persian Gulf, and 1631:, Iran, to leave the gulf, circumnavigate the 3252:Destroyer squadrons of the United States Navy 2773:, Croatia (5–9 January 2001), ComDesRon 2 in 307:, each composed of three six-ship divisions. 3020:As of June 2010, the squadron comprised USS 2932:In 2004, DesRon 2 was assigned to Commander 2361:As it entered 1976, ComDesRon 2 embarked in 2044:, then on 13 June broke the flag of Admiral 2700:as the Sea Combat Commander as part of the 2591:and conducted Cuban migrant rescues during 2331:Under the flagship, guided missile cruiser 2052:from the fleet ballistic missile submarine 1772:following an onboard explosion and fire at 1583:(28–29 July) after which they proceeded to 1174: 949:, formed Support Division A-2 in Commodore 2711:DesRon 2 – with guided missile destroyers 783:, and operated with "The Mighty Y" in the 86: 3070:In May 2019, 3 of these ships escort the 619:Electra that had disappeared en route to 66:Learn how and when to remove this message 3237:Official Website of Destroyer Squadron 2 1119:, the Bikini atomic tests. There, while 209:. . Destroyer Squadron 2 is assigned to 207:Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic 29:This article includes a list of general 1615:for a routine six-week patrol with the 1560:, joined by the radar picket destroyer 3244: 2338:, DesRon 2 began 1972 by sailing from 2323:. After ComDesRon 2 planned with the 1123:was sunk in Test Able on 1 July 1946, 643:for a tender availability) joined the 2601:United Nations Sanctions against Iraq 2317:hijacking of four airliners to Jordan 1595:(NATO) Exercise Whipsaw, after which 1404:(back for a second tour in DesRon 2) 1014:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 2865:, as well as guided missile frigate 1207:In January 1946, DesRon 66 included 15: 3063:. ComDesRon 2 will deploy with the 1944:had retrieved astronaut Lt. Comdr. 1627:started south from the vicinity of 1292:, and then returning by way of the 767: 13: 3224:Naval History and Heritage Command 1948:, on 24 May 1962 off Puerto Rico. 1593:North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1288:and steaming up the east coast of 977:joined DesRon 2 later in the war. 760:, depth-charging suspected German 255: 35:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 3268: 3230: 2917:and surge-deployed in support of 2635:, and the guided missile frigate 2607:XXXV with South American allies. 1776:, Turkey; DC2 John L. King, from 939:operating in the Aleutian Islands 604:," serving as squadron flagship. 205:. It is administratively part of 2548: 1937:capsule after a helicopter from 1720:(DesRon 2 flagship), along with 1537:afloat and enabled her to reach 318:force, the squadron flag in the 130: 114: 20: 2950:Commander Amphibious Task Group 1020:was hit by shore battery fire. 1005:(the 12th and last ship of the 863:was lost in the same action as 347:- still building) and based at 303:. It comprised three destroyer 3187: 3162: 3137: 3112: 600:, leader of the new class of " 1: 3216: 2879:and guided missile destroyer 2741:Battle Group, ComDesRon 2 in 2731:, and guided missile frigate 2597:former republic of Yugoslavia 2321:Meritorious Unit Commendation 1952:Cuban Missile Crisis to 1990s 1500:. Aircraft from the carriers 1481: 1375:was reassigned to DesDiv 22. 2585:Base Realignment and Closure 1579:, Brazil (22–25 July), then 1418:. DesDiv 22 was composed of 822:was lost in November at the 546:-class destroyers—DesDiv 3: 7: 3013:The squadron deployed with 2857:During the summer of 2002, 2589:Operation Support Democracy 2495:and guided missile frigate 1967:Amphibious Forces, Atlantic 1753:La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno 1242:, in Division 131; and the 824:Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 787:(February–March 1942), the 668:retained the U.S. Fleet at 332:41) of reserve destroyers. 211:Carrier Strike Group Twelve 10: 3273: 3149:www.surflant.usff.navy.mil 3124:www.surflant.usff.navy.mil 2535:Humanitarian Service Medal 2519:Charleston, South Carolina 2328:deployment on 1 December. 924:Presidential Unit Citation 660:and two divisions of four 376:Squadron Two, the flag in 349:Charleston, South Carolina 2898:, in addition to organic 2539:Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8 2365:, shifted his pennant to 1827:operations. In addition, 1677:as she carried President 1343:; DesDiv 22 consisted of 1290:Newfoundland and Labrador 277:– known collectively as " 181: 171: 161: 157:Naval air/surface warfare 153: 143: 125: 109: 94: 85: 80: 3105: 2612:Western Hemisphere Group 2373:for duty with Commander 1973:, along with sistership 1963:Service Forces, Atlantic 1607:, Egypt, to transit the 1175:Immediate postwar period 1026:the Philippines followed 615:, and their twin-engine 121:United States of America 2934:Carrier Strike Group 12 2919:Operation Iraqi Freedom 2785:, Israel, for exercise 2201:Foxtrot-class submarine 1163:in April and July, and 799:(4–6 June 1942) (where 789:Battle of the Coral Sea 712:formed DesDiv 3, while 166:Carrier Strike Group 12 50:more precise citations. 2944:shifted squadrons and 1977:Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. 1956:With the onset of the 1619:. On 29 October 1956, 1067:Scrapping disposed of 791:(4–8 May 1942) (where 742:Argentia, Newfoundland 3174:www.c2f.usff.navy.mil 2797:; Naples, Palma, and 2555:Destroyer Squadron 10 1611:and proceed into the 1371:. By 1 October 1950, 951:Frederick Moosbrugger 916:Battle of Savo Island 666:Franklin D. Roosevelt 176:Naval Station Norfolk 2965:Winston S. Churchill 2840:Winston S. Churchill 2702:Dwight D. Eisenhower 2698:Dwight D. Eisenhower 2660:Dwight D. Eisenhower 2593:Operation Able Vigil 2233:Operation Sea Dragon 1986:, contracted by the 1958:Cuban Missile Crisis 1679:Dwight D. Eisenhower 1443:Robert K. Huntington 1298:Gulf of St. Lawrence 1294:Strait of Belle Isle 1117:Operation Crossroads 955:Battle of Vella Gulf 818:in September, while 195:Destroyer Squadron 2 81:Destroyer Squadron 2 2765:. DesRon 2 visited 1493:Task Forces (TF) 77 918:in August 1942 and 795:was lost), and the 785:Early Pacific Raids 613:Frederick J. Noonan 460:Vallejo, California 2923:Theodore Roosevelt 2915:Theodore Roosevelt 2907:Theodore Roosevelt 2424:Claude V. Ricketts 2199:surfaced a Soviet 2161:; DesDiv 22 with 1946:M. Scott Carpenter 1716:In November 1958, 980:In 1944, the five 953:'s victory at the 878:-class destroyers 631:from DesDiv 3 and 623:. On 4 July 1937, 312:U.S. Pacific Fleet 203:United States Navy 199:destroyer squadron 138:United States Navy 2390:-class destroyers 2380:Queen Elizabeth's 2244:Bon Homme Richard 2069:Lyndon B. Johnson 2046:Harold Page Smith 1657:Cape of Good Hope 1633:Arabian Peninsula 1617:Middle East Force 1511:Bon Homme Richard 947:Rodger W. Simpson 945:—under Commodore 941:, DesDiv 15—less 602:destroyer leaders 540:Claude A. Swanson 189: 188: 76: 75: 68: 3264: 3210: 3209: 3207: 3206: 3191: 3185: 3184: 3182: 3180: 3166: 3160: 3159: 3157: 3155: 3141: 3135: 3134: 3132: 3130: 3116: 2793:, Sardinia; and 2674:and the gain of 2335:Harry E. Yarnell 2304:Richard P. Leary 2105:Richard E. Kraus 2006:Richard E. Kraus 1782: 1683:Harold Macmillan 1543:Charles P. Cecil 1489:Charles P. Cecil 1448:Charles P. Cecil 1408:Charles P. Cecil 1368:Leland E. Thomas 1169:Farallon Islands 1030:Okinawa campaign 797:Battle of Midway 768:Second World War 746:Narragansett Bay 645:aircraft carrier 611:, her navigator 570:; and DesDiv 4: 136: 134: 133: 120: 118: 117: 105: 103: 90: 78: 77: 71: 64: 60: 57: 51: 46:this article by 37:inline citations 24: 23: 16: 3272: 3271: 3267: 3266: 3265: 3263: 3262: 3261: 3242: 3241: 3233: 3219: 3214: 3213: 3204: 3202: 3193: 3192: 3188: 3178: 3176: 3168: 3167: 3163: 3153: 3151: 3143: 3142: 3138: 3128: 3126: 3118: 3117: 3113: 3108: 3074:Abraham Lincoln 2990:Ville de Quebec 2850:John F. Kennedy 2819:Harry S. Truman 2779:Harry S. Truman 2759:Harry S. Truman 2755:Harry S. Truman 2738:Harry S. Truman 2568:destroyers and 2551: 2499:Richard L. Page 2473:, the frigates 2443:Richard E. Byrd 2382:25-year reign. 2375:Carrier Group 2 2347:Richard E. Byrd 2277:Robert A. Owens 2179:Robert A. Owens 2171:Wallace L. Lind 2135:Robert A. Owens 2087:, England, and 2075:, Denmark, and 2050:Polaris missile 2035:Wallace L. Lind 1954: 1923:John F. Kennedy 1919:Wallace L. Lind 1869:Wallace L. Lind 1841:Wallace L. Lind 1833:Rafael Trujillo 1822:Project Mercury 1780: 1691:William M. Wood 1668:William M. Wood 1484: 1468:Wallace L. Lind 1422:Allen M. Sumner 1361:William C. Lawe 1354:William M. Wood 1195:Allen M. Sumner 1177: 1028:. In 1945, the 774:at Pearl Harbor 770: 258: 256:Interwar period 192: 131: 129: 115: 113: 101: 99: 72: 61: 55: 52: 42:Please help to 41: 25: 21: 12: 11: 5: 3270: 3260: 3259: 3254: 3240: 3239: 3232: 3231:External links 3229: 3228: 3227: 3218: 3215: 3212: 3211: 3186: 3161: 3136: 3110: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3100: (DDG-94) 3092: (DDG-87) 3084: (DDG-96) 3076: (CVN-72) 3067:Strike Group. 2795:Split, Croatia 2550: 2547: 2523:Hurricane Hugo 2351:Yom Kippur War 2186:Project Gemini 2175:John R. Pierce 2091:. Meanwhile, 2019:John R. Pierce 2011:John R. 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United States Navy
Squadron
Carrier Strike Group 12
Naval Station Norfolk
destroyer squadron
United States Navy
Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic
Carrier Strike Group Twelve
USS Stout (DDG-55)
USS McFaul (DDG-74)
USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
USS Mason (DDG-87)
destroyers
Wickes
Clemson classes
flush-deckers
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cruiser
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