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Guided Missile Destroyer
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DDG 8 -
USS Lynde McCormick
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USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8)
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Type,
Class:
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Guided Missile Destroyer; Charles F. Adams - class;
planned as DD 958; built as
DDG 8; |
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Builder:
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Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay
City, Michigan, USA |
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STATUS:
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Awarded: March 28, 1957 Laid down: April 4, 1958 Launched: July 28, 1959 Commissioned:
June 3, 1961 Decommissioned:
October 1, 1991 Fate: Stricken
November 20, 1992; she was sold June 20, 1994 to Consolidated Minerals for conversion
into a power barge. NVR shows contract terminated March 22, 1999. Returned to Navy control March 23, 1999. Finally sunk as a target
off California February 24, 2001. |
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Homeport:
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Namesake:
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Named after and in honor of Admiral Lynde Depuy
McCormick (1896 – 1956); > see history, below; |
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Ship’s
Motto:
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SINE TIMORE (without fear) |
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament,
Aviation, etc.)
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see: INFO
>> Guided
Missile Destroyer / Charles F. Adams – Class |
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Pictures,
photos & more ...
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Lynde Depuy
McCormick |
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Admiral Lynde D. McCormick |
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Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval
Historical Center |
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Namesake
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Admiral Lynde Depuy McCormick
(August 12, 1895 – August 16, 1956): |
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Lynde Dupuy McCormick was
born in Annapolis, Maryland, 12 August 1895, son of Rear Adm. A. M. Depuy
McCormick. After attending St. John’s Preparatory School and College, he
graduated from the Naval Academy with distinction 4 June 1915. He served in
Wyoming with the British Grand Fleet during World War I, then in South
Carolina and Buchanan. His commands at sea included Kennedy and submarines R‑10
and V‑2. An expert in logistics, he won the Legion of Merit and two
gold stars in lieu of additional awards of the same decoration for service as
war plans officer for the Pacific Fleet; as assistant chief of Naval
Operations for Logistic Plans and chief adviser on logistics to the Joint
Chiefs of Staff; ‑and as commander, Battleship Division 3 in action
against Okinawa. As vice admiral he was deputy commander in chief, Pacific
Fleet, then vice chief of Naval Operations. Upon the death of Adm. Forrest
Sherman he became acting chief of Naval Operations, then served as commander
in chief, Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic under NATO.
His final service was as president of the Naval War College. He died 16
August 1956 at Newport. |
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USS Lynde
McCormick (DDG 8): |
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Originally projected as DD-958;
redesignated DDG prior to construction. Lynde McCormick (DDG-8) was laid down
4 April 1958 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.; launched 28 July
1959; sponsored by Mrs. Lillian McCormick, wife of Admiral McCormick; and
commissioned at Boston 3 June 1961, Cmdr. Ernest S. Cornwall, Jr., in
command. Lynde McCormick departed
Boston 23 August 1961 for her home port, San Diego, arriving 16 September.
Early in 1962 she tested her missiles and antisubmarine weaponry in the
Pacific missile range. Exercises and experiments continued in preparation for
deployment to the western Pacific, for which she sailed 19 November 1962. She arrived Yokosuka 6
December and within a week was on station with a 7th Fleet task group, taking
up her part in the schedule of readiness training and exercises which have
made the 7th Fleet a potent force working for peace in the Far East.
Returning San Diego 15 June 1963 she proceeded to Sacramento to help initiate
its new deep water port. All-encompassing refresher training followed
overhaul and modification at Hunter's Point early in 1964 increasing her
antiair warfare capabilities. A high state of readiness had been achieved
when the Tonkin Bay incidents of 2 and 4 August escalated the conflict in
Vietnam. In company with CruDesFlot 11,
Lynde McCormick departed 5 August for a 6-month deployment along the
Vietnamese coast, primarily in the screen for Bon Homme Richard and other
carriers. She returned to San Diego 6 February 1965. Lynde McCormick spent
the remainder of the year conducting coastal exercises, a successful
competitive firing of her missiles, and a summer cruise to Hawaii training
midshipmen. After antisubmarine exercises
with the Canadian Navy in January 1966, Lynde McCormick prepared for a third
tour of duty in WestPac. She left San Diego 1 March and 1 month later was
shelling Vietcong bunkers and gun emplacements in the Mekong Delta. In May
she sailed up the eastern coast to support Yankee Station carrier operations
against North Vietnam until August, when she sailed for her home port,
arriving San Diego the 26th. On 27 October she entered drydock at Long Beach
for a thorough overhaul. This was completed 23 March 1967. Refresher training began on 15
May, and was interrupted on the 27th when she rushed to the aid of a stricken
crewmember of SS Pacific Comet. DDG-8 continued operating out of San Diego
until 17 August, at which time she departed for another WestPac deployment. Lynde
McCormick saw extensive action on the gunline and in patrolling the Vietnam coastline.
Many rounds of 5-inch ammunition were expended at enemy emplacements and
supply lines, in aid of United States and other Allied troops ashore. The
ship returned to the west coast 6 April 1968 and operated in the eastern
Pacific for the remainder of the year, into 1969. Decommissioned 1 October 1991,
stricken 20 November 1992, she was sold 20 June 1994 for conversion into a
power barge. NVR shows contract
terminated March 22, 1999. Returned
to Navy control March 23, 1999. Finally sunk as a target
off California February 24, 2001. |
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