Reactivation after World War II
On November 1950 she was reactivated. She fitted out at Charleston and
Newport, RI, and then conducted shakedown cruises at Newport and Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. Stoddard alternated deployments with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean
Sea with overhauls at Philadelphia and operations along the Atlantic seaboard of
the United States until December of 1954, when she transited the Panama Canal
and joined the Pacific Fleet.Streaming Video of Med Cruise, 1953-54
This is one long video of different scenes. Maybe I can get a narrative at
the next convention to add to this. Maybe I have something and cant find it
either. I have only been working on this for 1 1/2 years. Oh, well I will get it
cleaned up later - Dan
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First Deployment After World War II
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In January 1955, she embarked upon her first deployment to
the Western Pacific since World War II. Soon after her arrival, she
participated in the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists from the Tachen
Islands. Following that operation, she served on the Taiwan Strait patrol.
Stoddard followed a schedule of deployments to the Far East alternated
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Eight Ships Recently Shifted to West Coast
Destroyer Squadron 21, which recently transferred its home port
from Newport, Rhode Island, to San Diego, California, steamed into
Pearl Harbor yesterday. The Division's eight destroyers are the
USS Brain, flagship; USS Stoddard, USS Mullany, USS Isherwood, USS
Ammen, USS Cogswell, USS Ingersoll, and USS Knapp. The Squadron,
commanded by Captain B. A. Fuetsch, USN, of San Diego, left it's
home port in Newport and sailed through the Panama Canal to the
West Coast, and her new home port in San Diego. While serving in
the Atlantic Fleet, the Squadron participated in NATO operations
in the Mediterranean, with the Sixth Fleet, and underwent six
weeks of Refresher Training with the US Naval Training Group in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During her Caribbean assignment, the
Squadron visited ports in Cuba, Haiti, and the Virgin Islands. In
August 1953, Destroyer Division 212, a part of the Squadron now
commanded by Captain J. B. Gay USN, of Hoboken, NJ, started a
cruise that took it around the world. The tour was completed in
March, 1954. The destroyers in that Division comprising one-half
of Destroyer Squadron 21 are the Ammen, Ingersoll, Knapp and
Cogswell.
World War II Action
All eight ships had outstanding World War II records in the
Pacific area, participating in such major actions as the Marianas
invasion, invasion of the Philippines and Okinawa, attacks against
the Japanese homeland, and the invasions of Biak and Hollandia. In
addition to these actions, the Braine helped support landings on
Bataan and Corregidor. The Stoddard participated in bombardments
on Suribachi Wan, Paramushiro, and after peace was declared,
continued to patrol east of Honshu Island. The Ingersoll, Knapp
and the Cogswell participated in the invasion of Turk and strikes
against Saipan. |
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