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1382:. Returning to Subic Bay briefly toward the middle of March, and after visiting Manila and Hong Kong, the destroyer escort resumed patrols off the coastline of South Vietnam, operating from Da Nang. For the remainder of her tour, the destroyer escort was almost constantly on the move, shifting to Subic Bay and Yokosuka; and patrolling the strait of Korea, before she returned via Yokosuka to Pearl Harbor on 5 June.
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1323:. During the many two-week reserve cruises she conducted a variety of operations including "live" antisubmarine warfare training and gunnery exercises, highline transfers, general quarters drills, and underway refuelings in order to bring reservists up to date on latest methods and equipment. During that time,
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operations; worked in conjunction with carrier strikes on coastal targets, and, during the latter operations, rescued a ditched Navy pilot. On one occasion, the ship sent a raiding party to reconnoiter a harbor on the far northern coast of Korea. Enemy machine guns opened up on the party, but a heavy
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remained in
Hawaiian waters into the summer of 1954, conducting a varying slate of operations that included exercises in gunnery communications engineering, antisubmarine warfare navigation, and tactics—broken from time to time by the usual upkeep and maintenance periods in port. She also
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received word that, in the words of her command history "her shuttling about the west coast was ended for the time being." With her selected reserve crew of 70 men the destroyer escort was recalled to active duty as part of the overall buildup of military force ordered by
President
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consequently found employment as a river pilot ship, leading vessels which did not have adequate anchorage or area charts – a necessary precaution due to the many narrow and shallow passages in the waters off Jinsen. On 26 September, while engaged in that duty,
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as station ship at Hong Kong and, outside a brief period of upkeep at Subic Bay, performed station ship duties at the
British Crown Colony into the autumn. During the deployment, the ship sortied twice to evade typhoons swirling their way toward Hong Kong –
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spent the remainder of August at Subic Bay and was there when hostilities with Japan ceased in mid-month. As the fleet moved northward to
Japanese waters to commence the occupation of the former enemy's homeland, its necessary train followed.
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conducted underway training evolutions and type training in the
Hawaiian Islands through the spring of 1958. Ultimately, on 30 June 1958, was reassigned to Reserve CortRon 1, Reserve CortDiv 12. With her home port officially changed to
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nest threatening his platoon's right flank. Once he had spotted the weapon's location, he led a daring attack during which the
Marines silenced the gun. Mortally wounded, Walton died later that same day. He was posthumously awarded the
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and
Yokosuka, before she resumed SAR duties at Guam. She divided September between surveillance in the western Carolines and SAR at Guam before sailing on 22 September for Pearl Harbor. She arrived home, via Kwajalein, on 1 October.
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departed Pearl Harbor on 22 January 1962, bound for the
Marianas, on the first leg of her seventh WestPac deployment. After stopping for a day at Guam, she arrived in Subic Bay on 6 February. Nine days later, she got underway for
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and Midway, having to dodge two more typhoons (Ruby and Sally) while en route. The destroyer escort then spent the period from late
November 1954 to early May 1955 in the Hawaiian Islands, training and undergoing needed upkeep.
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934:, sailed for Okinawa. There, the two destroyer escorts embarked passengers – taking part in a phase of the Operation "Magic Carpet", the return home of discharge-bound veterans. On 25 November, they set out for the
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underwent a shipyard availability during
September and, over the ensuing months, conducted a regular schedule of training operations in the Hawaiian operating area. After a major overhaul at Pearl Harbor,
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The destroyer escort – her homeport officially changed from San Diego to Pearl Harbor on 4 November 1951; she departed San Diego on 19 April 1952, bound for the Far East, in company with destroyer escorts
595:. While at Manus, the ship underwent repairs and alterations. During that refit, her after 40 millimeter twin Bofors mount was replaced by a quadruple-mount Bofors, a necessary augmentation of the ship's
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departed the west coast on 23 October for the Hawaiian Islands. She arrived eight days later and immediately commenced underway training evolutions. She later underwent a two-week availability alongside
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During the ship's sixth WestPac deployment, in 1957 the ship conducted five surveillance cruises in the Bonins, the Carolines, and the northern Mariana Islands. Also – in company with her sister ship
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were to train British and American submarines prior to their departure for extended war patrols and to escort them to and from a release point where they were starting or finishing such patrols.
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to a point where the oiler rendezvoused with a fast carrier task group at the end of August, before the destroyer escort put into Buckner Bay, anchoring there on 2 September 1945 – the day of
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s mission was now to train Naval Reserve personnel. Over the next three years, she operated out of San Francisco on reserve training cruises that took the ship to such places as
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as part of the escort for a large convoy of merchantmen slow fleet auxiliaries, and amphibious vessels. Informed that those sea lanes had been, of late, patrolled by Japanese
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before she resumed underway training. On 4 December, the ship entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard to commence an overhaul that lasted through the end of the year 1961.
1045:. Besides the ship's active patrol and combat operations, she participated in hunter-killer evolutions in waters south of Japan. As a result of her Korean service in 1952,
1259:, Australia – via Subic Bay and Manus – arriving "down under" on 19 August 1957. After five days of hearty Australian hospitality, the two escort vessels set out for
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sailed for the west coast on 11 July 1962. Arriving at San Francisco on 1 August, she soon resumed her Naval Reserve training role. For the next five years,
878:, China. Once there, the attack transport embarked internees from camps in North China and sailed from that port for the Shantung peninsula and South China.
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to form a hunter-killer group on the eastern coast of Luzon, off Casiguran Bay. They swept northeast of Luzon and across the convoy lane between Leyte and
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conducted an unsuccessful search for an American plane that had ditched in the ocean. The two destroyer escorts sighted nothing during the two-day quest.
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alternated making surveillance voyages to the places mentioned above with performing duties as search and rescue (SAR) ship operating out of Guam.
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operated off the coast of California, training and assisting in the training of submarines and sonar teams, into the spring of the next year.
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received the Korean service Medal with one engagement star, the UN Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.
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on 10 May 1939. Returning to the United States in the autumn of 1940, he served successive tours of duty at the Marine barracks at
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participated in a hunter-killer exercise in May that helped to evaluate killer submarines. Departing Pearl Harbor on 15 June,
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in Far Eastern waters. The ship participated in port visit to Hong Kong; underwent upkeep in Subic Bay, Philippines visited
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subsequently conducted two more WestPac deployments out of Pearl Harbor. During the fifth deployment, the ship visited
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to relieve another division of destroyer escorts that had been conducting antisubmarine sweeps along the west coast of
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late in January of the following year. On 21 January 1945, the destroyer escort departed that port, bound for the
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soon commenced taking care of the many Allied prisoners of war and internees from a camp near the Korean port.
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began her third deployment to the Western Pacific (WestPac). On 9 July, she relieved the seaplane tender
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arrived off Da Nang on 17 February and immediately began patrols in company with units of the small
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was struck from the Navy List on 23 September 1968 and was sunk as a target on 7 August 1969.
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Merrit Cecil Walton was born on 18 December 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He enlisted in the
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westernmost outpost. After a 10-day voyage, the convoy arrived safely at its destination,
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salvaged all equipment of worth from the erstwhile enemy vessel and then stood off while
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next returned to Jinsen, hunting for and sinking stray mines while acting as an escort.
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6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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on 17 May and immediately assumed patrol and blockade duties off the Korean coast.
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2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers
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on the morning of 7 August 1942. The enemy, already alerted by the landings on
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rendezvoused with those three ships at Pearl Harbor to complete CortDiv 92.
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where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve on 31 May 1946.
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to meet the communist threat in Berlin and, possibly, elsewhere.
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completed the demolition work with three torpedoes. On 28 July,
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on 15 November. While in that vicinity, she served as a
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nations – Great Britain, Thailand, Colombia, and the
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exploded 11 of them as the ships passed through the
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962:. Recommissioned at San Diego on 26 January 1951
958:The destroyer escort remained inactive until the
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407:, quartered in the International Settlement of
503:awarded the 1st Marine Division (Reinforced).
466:(Reinforced) that was selected to land in the
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327:. It was named after Merrit Cecil Walton, a
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621:and that enemy planes might be encountered,
1451:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
706:During the course of those ensuing duties,
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1445:This article incorporates text from the
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1061:got underway on 9 May 1953 sailing, via
1052:Returning to Pearl Harbor on 29 August,
1334:While at Long Beach on 1 October 1961,
1161:carried out surveillance operations at
1081:, South Korea, and then patrolled near
644:escorted convoys between Hollandia and
609:began her first active wartime duty at
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886:embarked former civilian internees at
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225:24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
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1022:s small boat silenced the gunners.
737:departed Subic Bay in company with
640:During February, March, and April,
201:36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
1346:Again homeported at Pearl Harbor,
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371:, on 21 March 1944. The ship was
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209:9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
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365:Consolidated Steel Corporation
71:Consolidated Steel Corporation
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563:on 7 December and arrived at
350:for "extraordinary heroism".
148:Sunk as target, 7 August 1969
2450:Ships built in Orange, Texas
744:and later rendezvoused with
253:5 in (127 mm) guns
1321:Esquimalt, British Columbia
1309:Treasure Island, California
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923:At Jinsen on 20 November,
755:, without success, before
501:Presidential Unit Citation
395:, and initially served at
389:United States Marine Corps
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2337:DE-801 — DE-904 (Unnamed)
2334:DE-558 — DE-562 (Unnamed)
2212:DE-511 — DE-515 (Unnamed)
2209:DE-453 — DE-507 (Unnamed)
2192:DE-425 — DE-437 (Unnamed)
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445:New River, North Carolina
393:San Francisco, California
268:20 mm (0.79 in)
241:14 officers, 201 enlisted
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1077:operated briefly out of
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842:suffered damage when an
790:Japan's formal surrender
516:After she conducted her
474:landed on the island of
458:Walton was serving in a
336:U.S. 1st Marine Division
275:21 in (533 mm)
259:40 mm (1.6 in)
538:Hampton Roads, Virginia
415:where he witnessed the
193:306 ft (93 m)
153:General characteristics
1470:NavSource.org – DE-361
1213:Federated Malay States
1135:from 5 to 7 November.
867:subsequently escorted
656:, as well as trips to
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298:2 × depth charge racks
1380:South Vietnamese Navy
1329:Battle Efficiency "E"
940:San Pedro, California
597:anti-aircraft battery
451:on 1 August 1941 and
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437:Lakehurst, New Jersey
419:. He was promoted to
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344:Battle of Guadalcanal
1317:Monterey, California
1181:. In June and July,
2197:Woodrow R. Thompson
1975:Kendall C. Campbell
1420:Notable former crew
954:Korean War and fate
856:Repaired alongside
507:Operational history
499:and a share of the
464:1st Marine Division
460:parachute battalion
429:Vallejo, California
405:4th Marine Regiment
62:Merrit Cecil Walton
2024:Joseph E. Connolly
1996:Charles E. Brannon
1961:William Seiverling
1912:Chester T. O'Brien
1870:Lawrence C. Taylor
1758:John L. Williamson
1646:Kenneth M. Willett
1562:Richard W. Suesens
1525:United States Navy
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553:Escort Division 85
441:Quantico, Virginia
421:private, 1st class
417:Battle of Shanghai
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325:United States Navy
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