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04012128 |
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Invitation from Mrs. Stewert D. Rose, for the launching ceremonies of the USS Gridley (DLG 21), 31 July 1961. |
Photo courtesy of Shelley Winder-Yost.
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04012115 |
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Launching ceremony, 31 July 1961, Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA. |
Dale Hargrave |
04012116 |
690k |
Mrs. Stuart D. Rose, Sponsor, christening the ship named for her great-grandfather. |
Dale Hargrave |
04012110 |
157k |
Starboard bow view while underway during Sea Trials by the
Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012111 |
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Starboard quarter view while underway during Sea Trials
by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012112 |
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Bow view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound
Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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69k |
Starboard side view, underway during Sea trials. March 1963.
Photo taken by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company. |
Lou Chirillo |
04012126 |
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USS Gridley (DLG 21) commissioning invitation, 25 May 1963. |
Photo courtesy of Capt. Michael A. Lilly, Former Hawaii Attorney General & Author, Nimitz at Ease and If You Die Tomorrow.
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04012122 |
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Captain Percy A. Lilly, Jr. speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the USS Gridley (DLG 21) on 25 May 1963 |
USN photo courtesy of Capt. Michael A. Lilly, Former Hawaii Attorney General & Author, Nimitz at Ease and If You Die Tomorrow.
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04012123 |
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Radm. Guest speaks at USS Gridley (DLG 21) commissioning; Captain Lilly appears behind him, 25 May 1963.
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USN photo courtesy of Capt. Michael A. Lilly, Former Hawaii Attorney General & Author, Nimitz at Ease and If You Die Tomorrow.
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04012124 |
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All hands on pier before USS Gridley (DLG 21) commissioning on 25 May 1963. |
USN photo courtesy of Capt. Michael A. Lilly, Former Hawaii Attorney General & Author, Nimitz at Ease and If You Die Tomorrow.
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04012127 |
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Guests tour USS Gridley (DLG 21) after commissioning. |
USN photo courtesy of Capt. Michael A. Lilly, Former Hawaii Attorney General & Author, Nimitz at Ease and If You Die Tomorrow.
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04012125 |
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Article on USS Gridley (DLG 21) commissioning. |
Photo courtesy of Capt. Michael A. Lilly, Former Hawaii Attorney General & Author, Nimitz at Ease and If You Die Tomorrow.
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04012108 |
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Postal Cover - Commissioning Day, 25 May 1963 |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012117 |
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Postal Cover - Commissioning Day, 25 May 1963, signed by Mrs. Stuart D. Rose, the ship's Sponsor. |
Dale Hargrave |
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110k |
Port view. |
USN |
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85k |
San Francisco Bay, Calif. |
Robert Eckman |
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69k |
Underway, Starboard view.
Official USN Image. |
Les Urban |
04012114 |
146k |
Undated photo of Gridley firing an ASROC. |
Robert Hall |
04012107 |
81k |
Port bow view off Oahu, HI, April 1964. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012109 |
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Starboard side view while in the channel entrance to Pearl
Harbor, HI, April 1964. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012114 |
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USS Gridley (DLG 21) and USS Dewey (DLG 14) moored side
by side in Subic Bay, Philippines in 1968, almost 70 years after their
namesakes fought the battle of Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet.
From the collection of Richard Crowe. |
Richard Crowe |
04012106 |
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Starboard bow view while underway, off Bath, ME, 23 January
1970. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012118 |
124k |
USS Gridley (CG 21) tied to mooring buoy in Hong Kong harbor, circa 1976.
Photo taken by Karsten Petersen. |
Robert Hurst |
04012119 |
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USS Gridley (CG 21) tied to mooring buoy in Hong Kong harbor, circa 1976.
Photo taken by Karsten Petersen. |
Robert Hurst |
04012120 |
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USS Gridley (CG 21) underway in the Pacific Ocean en route to Hawaii on 12 May 1981. Photographer PH3 Robert Swinland, USN. NARA Photo #6452184. |
Robert Hurst |
04012105 |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1983. |
Robert M. Cieri |
04012121 |
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USS Jouett (CG 29), USS William H. Standley (CG 32) and USS Gridley (CG 21) moored to berth K-3 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1 June 1986 during Exercise RIMPAC '86. Two Spruance-class destroyers are moored aft of the cruisers, with USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) moored outboard. NARA photo #6419754. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Gridley (CG 21) (left) and USS
England (CG 22) (right) undergoing dismantlement at International
Shipbreaking Limited on 27 April 2004. |
Scott Kowerduck |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Class |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| Lilly Jr., Percy Anthony, CAPT |
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05/25/1963 - 07/1964 |
| Loomis, William Ray, CAPT |
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07/1964 - 07/1965 |
| Sackett, Albert Monroe, CAPT |
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RADM |
07/1965 - 08/19/1966 |
| Slifer, Allen Wayne, CAPT |
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08/19/1966 - 03/05/1968 |
| Harper Jr., Wyatt Eugene, CAPT |
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03/05/1968 - 09/10/1968 |
| Decommissioned |
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09/10/1968 - 01/17/1970 |
| Thorson, Robert Leroy, CAPT |
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01/17/1971 - 05/10/1971 |
| Reiher, Eugene Joseph, CAPT |
1949 |
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05/10/1971 - 04/07/1973 |
| Frudden, Mark Perrin, CAPT |
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RADM |
04/07/1973 - 03/23/1975 |
| Streightiff, Charles William, CAPT |
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03/23/1975 - 08/25/1977 |
| Stouffer II, John Willoughby, CAPT |
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08/25/1977 - 12/04/1979 |
| McGrath, James Joseph, CAPT |
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12/04/1979 - 01/20/1982 |
| Reimann, Robert Theodore, CAPT |
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RADM |
01/20/1982 - 12/31/1984 |
| Metzler Jr., Charles Paul, CAPT |
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12/31/1984 - 01/14/1987 |
| Hess, Donald Robert, CAPT |
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01/14/1987 - 04/29/1989 |
| Scott, Norman S., CAPT |
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04/29/1989 - 04/27/1991 |
| Wacaser III, Anderson W., CAPT |
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04/27/1991 - 02/12/1993 |
| Gelenter, David Alan, CDR |
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02/11/1993 - 01/21/1994 |
