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February 4, 1966
On 4 February, Ticonderoga
moved north to relieve Kitty Hawk
at Yankee station; and Enterprise,
after 21 days "off the line" moved
to Dixie to commence in-country
operations in the South. During the
next eight days, before going up to
Yankee, Enterprise flew
nearly 1400 sorties, of which almost
1100 were in combat. She was
credited with the destruction of 510
structures, 24 bunkers, 23 sampans,
four gun-emplacements, and one
bridge. Also, 569 other structures
were damaged, numerous tunnels and
trenches collapsed, other sampans
and bunkers impaired, plus
accompanying secondary fires and
explosions. Kitty Hawk,
reluctant to give way to the
advantages of nuclear power, had a
170 sortie-day just before departing
for rest and recreation at Subic.
For one of her RA-SC's lost to AAA
over North Vietnam, the guns of
Waddell (DDG-24) and Brinkley
Bass (DD-887) were brought to
bear on shore targets interfering
with the search and rescue of the
downed crew. This marked the first
time that shore bombardment by U.S.
Navy ships had taken place in North
Vietnam. The SAR mission, however,
was unsuccessful, and the crew of
two declared missing.
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Does anyone out there remember
this incident? I remember it
happened at least once during the
Viet Nam Era. This must be the
time I remember.
Served from Aug. 1966 to Late 1968
Great to see the Arnold J. website.
I spent 3 years 9 months in active
duty, the whole time on two cans. I
went aboard the Isbell in August
1966 at Long Beach Naval Station
(Mole pier) from bootcamp in San
Diego. I was from Hawaii back in
those days. I made 1-1/2 deployments
on the Isbell and transferred aboard
the Edson (DD 946) halfway through
the my second WestPac (late 68' I
think) for more steaming time and
1200 psi propulsion plant
experience. The Isbell was a 600 psi
plant with stick-shift controls. I
was a MM2 when I left the Isbell.
There are a lot of memories of my
time on the Isbell. She was a
steamer and rode real hard in
Typhoons, especially the one out of
Yokosuka in 1967. I remember 33 plus
knots after overhaul at LBNSY in, I
think, late 1967 or 68.
I was
one of the snipes that continued the
age old tradition of painting out
the b's on the stern name of the
Brinkley Bass, so it read rinkley
ass. It caused liberty to be secured
for the whole ship in Long Beach one
time. The Command finely had liberty
called about 2200 because there were
a lot of upset crew members not
being able to go home while in-port.
Oh well, all in fun. We were just
trying to keep up with tradition.
I recall the following ports-of-call
while serving on the Isbell: Long
Beach Pearl Harbor Midway Guam Hong
Kong Kaohsiung, Taiwan Olongapo City
(Subic Bay) Leyte, PI Yokosuka,
Japan Portland Rose Festival San
Diego San Francisco (Treasure
Island) Acapulco, Mexico Has anyone
heard from Paul Smith (MM2) from
Alaska? He was onboard the Arnold J.
during same time frame as I. Woody
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