USS EPPERSON DD-719 WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT CRUISE BOOK YEAR LOG 1970

Description: USS EPPERSON DD-719 WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT CRUISE BOOK YEAR LOG 1970 - NAVYTHIS IS A ORIGINAL VINTAGE UNITED STATES NAVY ** EXTREMELY RARE ** CRUISE BOOK FOR THE DESTROYER USS EPPERSON DD-719 WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT JULY 15, 1970 TO DECEMBER 11, 1970. PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICERS & CREW OF THE USS EPPERSON AS A PERMANENT RECORD OF THE SHIPS ACTIVITIES DURING HER 1970 DEPLOYMENT. HARD COVERED BOOK MEASURES 9" X 11" PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS OF THE SHIP. THIS BOOK FEATURES >>> SHIPS NAMESAKE - COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN LEIGHTON D. SMITH - EXECUTIVE OFFICER. ADMINISTRATION - COMMUNICATIONS - DECK - ENGINEERING - EXECUTIVE - GUNNERY - MEDICAL - NAVIGATION - OPERATIONS - SAFETY - SUPPLY AND WEAPONS DEPARTMENTS. UNDERWAY TIME - YANKEE STATION PLANE GUARD - BATTLE GROUP PHOTOS - EPPERSON IN THE SHIPYARD IN THE PHILIPPINES. PORTS VISITED - PHILIPPINES - JAPAN - HONG KONG. UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT - CHANGE OF COMMAND OCTOBER 21, 1970 NEW CAPTAIN ROBERT W. FREEMAN - BEARD GROWING CONTEST - HOME AT LAST - CRUISE BOOK STAFF - MEMORIAL SERVICE DECEMBER 1970 USS EPPERSON CONDUCTED A UNDERWAY SERVICE FOR SHIPS NAMESAKE MARINE CORP PFC HAROLD GLENN EPPERSON ON THE DAY OF HIS DEATH THE SHIP PASSED JUST SOUTH OF SAIPAN. THE ISLAND ON WHICH HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. HE WAS PRESENTED POSTHUMOUSLY WITH THE NATIONS HIGHEST AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. THIS IS A DEFINITIVE, AUTHORITATIVE AND DETAILED HISTORY OF THE SHIPS ACTIVITIES AT SEA DURING HER VIETNAM 1970 DEPLOYMENT. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION - USS Epperson (DDE-719 later DD-719) 1949-1977 USS Epperson , a 2425-ton Gearing class destroyer built at Kearny, New Jersey, was launched in December 1945 but was laid up incomplete. In January 1948 she was reclassified as an Escort Destroyer (DDE-719). After conversion work at Bath, Maine, she was placed in commission in March 1949 and began more than a year of training and antisubmarine exercises in East Coast waters. Epperson was transferred to the Pacific in August 1950, to be based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, her home port for the next twenty-three years. In 1951 and 1952-1953 she made two Korean War combat deployments, during which she carried out shore bombardment, patrol and antisubmarine missions. During the rest of the 1950s and the early 1960s Epperson regularly steamed across the Pacific for tours of duty with the Seventh Fleet, sometimes visiting Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific on her return voyages. In 1954 she participated in Operation "Castle", a series of nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands, and in 1961-1963 she helped recover manned and unmanned spacecraft that had orbited the Globe as parts of the Mercury and Discoverer programs. Her designation reverted to DD-719 in June 1962. Epperson was extensively modernized at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in 1964 under the Fleet Modernization and Rehabilitation ("FRAM"). Emerging in FRAM I configuration, she was now fitted with an antisubmarine rocket launcher (ASROC) and a small hangar and flight deck for drone helicopters, as well as a largely new superstructure. The destroyer soon resumed her pattern of nearly annual deployments to the Western Pacific. In seven cruises from September 1965 to April 1973 Epperson was frequently engaged in combat operations off Vietnam, involving naval gunfire support work, plus search and rescue duties and service screening the aircraft carriers and cruisers that were constantly on station in the Gulf of Tonkin. **** Sold as is-no returns*********** so please study the pictures and do your research on this item. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Keep in mind the shipping price also covers all handling fees, packaging materials & time, not just postage. We do our best to give accurate descriptions of our items and photograph every item. Please refer to the pictures for more details; review all pictures and ask all legitimate questions before purchasing. We always post pictures of actual items up for sale, so what you see on our showcase is what you will receive! Please scan and zoom in on all pictures so you can see complete details and overall quality. See ALL photos for they are PART of the description and the ACTUAL item you will receive** Great addition to your collection or give as a fabulous gift for your loved ones! As fellow collectors, we always make sure to pack with extra care for safe journey. Please review my feedback and buy with confidence. Please feel free to contact me for further assistance! Thank you and have a great day! Thank you for looking and please don't hesitate to contact me. Ref bin location #

Price: 199 USD

Location: Chula Vista, California

End Time: 2024-09-21T23:42:20.000Z

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