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Commodore William Bainbridge, ships namesake. |
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Bainbridge was sponsored by Susan Bainbridge Goodale,
a descendant of the ship's namesake. |
Ron Reeves |
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Bainbridge was sponsored by Susan Bainbridge Goodale,
a descendant of the ship's namesake. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Bainbridge (DLGN 25) enters the water for the first
time, as she is launched at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy,
Massachusetts, 15 April 1961.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98110.
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USNHC |
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Aerial view of launch, 15 April 1961. |
Dale Hargrave |
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First Day Postal Cover for the launching of Bainbridge. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Commissioning program, 06 October 1962. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Press photo of the commissioning of the USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25). It was taken at the moment of commissioning when the colors were raised on the stern. |
Dale Hargrave |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) commissioning ceremonies,
at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 6 October
1962.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98111.
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - View on the ship's after
deck during her commissioning ceremonies, 6 October 1962. Terrier guided
missiles are in the foreground. The ceremonies were held at the Bethlehem
Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98112.
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(Small) Port view. |
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Undated starboard bow view. |
Robert Hurst |
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Starboard bow view while in a high speed turn to port. Date
and location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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Close up of the superstructure of the Bainbridge
as seen in 1962. The prominent crane on the bridge face is for ASROC replenishment
while her foremast is equipped with her diesel emergency exhaust stack.
Both the foremast and lattice mainmast are loaded with radars, missile
guidance controls, IFF units and radio direction finders. |
USN |
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Starboard bow view while underway in 1962.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) Underway during her sea
trials, 2-3 September 1962. Photographed by Areostatico.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98103.
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Fred Weiss |
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First Day Postal Cover for the Sea Trials of USS Bainbridge. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) underway at sea, 20 September 1962.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98104.
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Fred Weiss |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) Underway 20 September 1962
U.S. Navy photo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) fires a Terrier guided
missile from her forward launcher, during sea trials, probably circa November
1962.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98114.
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USNHC |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) underway in January 1963. Photographed
by PH1 B.L. Bennett. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
USNHC Photograph #NH 98105
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Robert Hurst |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - ASROC missile leaves
its launcher, during an anti-submarine warfare/fire power demonstration,
15 August 1963.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98116.
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Terrier BW-1 guided missile
just after leaving the ship's after launcher, and just prior to boost
phase blast, during an anti-submarine warfare/fire power demonstration,
15 August 1963. This missile made a direct hit on the drone target seconds
after this picture was taken.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98113.
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USS Enterprise
(CVAN 65) underway in formation with USS
Long Beach (CGN 9), center, and USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25),
at top, probably in the Mediterranean Sea in June-July 1964. Members
of Enterprise's crew are in a flight deck formation spelling out Albert
Einstein's equation for nuclear energy. Planes on her flight deck include
9 A-5, 22 A-4; 10 F-4; 14 F-8 and 2 E-1 types. Those aft are parked
in an arrowhead arrangement. The photograph was released for publication
on 30 July 1964, upon the commencement of Operation "Sea Orbit",
the circumnavigation of the World by Task Force One, made up of the
Navy's first three nuclear-powered surface ships.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH98108.
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Operation "Sea Orbit" — On 31 July 1964, USS
Enterprise (CVAN 65) (bottom), USS
Long Beach (CGN 9) (center) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) (top)
formed "Task Force One", the first nuclear-powered Task Force, and were
sent on a 30,565-mile, 65-day voyage around the world, reminiscent of
that of the 16 battleships of the "Great White Fleet" in 1907-09. Accomplished
without a single refueling or replenishment, Operation "Sea Orbit" demonstrated
the capability of nuclear-powered surface ships to operate in remote areas
at high speeds without logistic support. (Several people have contributed
this info. Thanks to Dave Dandrea; LCDR Tom Davis, USN (Ret) ; David Powell;
and Chas Folcik). |
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Task Group of Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships operating in formation
in the Mediterranean Sea, 18 June 1964. The ships are the aircraft carrier
USS Enterprise
(CVAN 65), at left; the guided-missile cruiser USS
Long Beach (CGN 9), in center; and the guided-missile frigate
USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25), at right. Enterprise crewmembers are
spelling out Albert Einstein's equation for nuclear energy on the flight
deck.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph # KN-9027.
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Scott Dyben |
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USS Long Beach (CGN 9) steaming off the Starboard bow of the USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) en route to Pakistan. Frigate ahead of Long Beach could be a ship of Pakistan Navy.
U.S. Navy photo #1105409 |
Darryl Baker |
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A VA-76 "Spirits" A-4C Skyhawk is about to land aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) and USS Long Beach (CGN 9) are aft of Enterprise in plane guard position.
U.S. Navy Photo #1105780 |
Darryl Baker |
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United States Ships Enterprise,
Long
Beach, Bainbridge. Commander Carrier Division Two. Nuclear
Task Force One. Around the World Cruise, 1964.
Operation Sea Orbit.
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Richard Allen, crew member May 1963 to October 1967 |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) in drydock #5, Charleston
Naval Shipyard, in 1964. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Robert Hall |
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Carrier Division Three, First Nuclear Powered Task Group in Combat,
Vietnam, 2 December 1965. USS
Enterprise (CVAN 65), with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9); USS
Bainbridge (DLGN 25); USS
Barry (DD 933); USS
Samuel B. Roberts (DD 823).
[On 2 December 1965] "Enterprise became the first nuclear
powered warship to engage in combat operations when aircraft of Attack
Carrier Air Wing NINE launched 118 sorties against the Viet Cong in
South Vietnam. For the rest of the month, the Big E carried
out a relentless campaign against the enemy, primarily in North Vietnam,
blasting military facilities, transportation networks, military storage
areas, and barges and junks carrying supplies to the Communist forces
in South Vietnam." Quoted from the ship's Command History for 1965.
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Richard Allen, crew member May 1963 to October 1967 |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, cover, circa 1966 - 1969. |
Darryl Baker |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, page 2, circa 1966 - 1969. |
Darryl Baker |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, page 3, circa 1966 - 1969. |
Darryl Baker |
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Welcome Aboard booklet, page 4, circa 1966 - 1969. |
Darryl Baker |
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Subic Bay Philippines Islands, March 1966. |
Richard Leonhardt. |
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23 November 1966, leaving Pearl Harbor, HI. |
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November 1966. Bows on view. |
Craig Hubbard. |
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Attached is another photo from the Bob Young collection,
given to him by the ship's photographer while he was on Ticonderoga 1968-69. |
Carol Edgemon Hipperson |
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Seen here in September, 1968 cruising in the Pacific, the
Bainbridge was the prototype U. S. Navy nuclear frigate. |
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1969 in the South China Sea. Port side view. |
William P. Jones, M.D. |
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1969 in the South China Sea. Stern view. |
William P. Jones, M.D. |
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1969 in the South China Sea. Stern quarter view. |
William P. Jones, M.D. |
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USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 23 March
1971.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1147515.
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Fred Weiss |
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Port side view, off the coast of Long Beach, April 1971 |
CAPT Dallas Bethea, USN (Ret.) |
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USS Bainbridge alongside USS Kitty
Hawk (CVA 63) in December, 1973, en route to the Philippines from
Long Beach, CA. |
Dallas Bethea
Captain, U.S. Navy Retired |
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Post July 1975 bumpersticker. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard Booklet, Circa 1977. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25), running post-modernization acceptance
trials, April 1977.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Photo #: USN 1170202
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Robert Hurst |
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Starboard side view while underway during post-modernization
acceptance trials, April 1977 (caption updated by Robert Hurst) |
Charles Lamm |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) runs post-modernization acceptance trials in April 1977.
U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # USN 1170205. |
Robert Hurst |
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April 1977 photo of the Bainbridge off the California
coast following her rebuilding. |
USN |
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At anchor, three miles off Pusan (now Busan), Korea, in
early 1978. |
David Palmbeck |
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Flight Ops in the Sea of Japan, 1978. |
David Palmbeck |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25), Makes a high speed turn while operating
in the Pacific, March 1979. Note that she has been fitted with quadruple
Harpoon guided missile canisters by her after superstructure. The starboard
canisters point aft.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Photo #: USN 1174727
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Robert Hurst |
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Seen in April, 1979, off the coast of California, the newly modernized
Bainbridge is equipped with the NTDS broadband HF antenna at her bow.
She carries an SPS-48 three dimensional radar on her foremast and her
new mainmast carries a LAMPS data link antenna and a UHF/DF array at
its peak. She is now equipped to operate LAMPS helicopters. Her original
twin 3"/50s have been replaced by quadruple Harpoon missile launchers
and an erected underway replenishment tripod crane sits atop her after
missile magazine.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph #USN 1174728.
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1 October 1980 |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Welcome Aboard Booklet, Circa 1982. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Bainbridge alongside USS
Iowa (BB 61) at Norfolk, VA, Aug 1985. |
Rick Rowan |
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USS Bainbridge alongside USS
Iowa (BB 61) at Norfolk, VA, Aug 1985. |
Rick Rowan |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) fires a Standard guided missile
during operations at sea, circa the 1980s or early 1990s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98115-KN.
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USNHC |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) firing a RGM-84 Harpoon missile during the "Red Reef III" exercise on 10 January 1992.
PHAN Rodney A. Green, U.S. Navy. National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6479927. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) launching a RIM-67 Standard ER missile, 11 January 1992. Bainbridge was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 26 September 1991 to 2 April 1992.
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) 1991-1992 cruise book. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) underway in the Suez Canal on 27 February
1992, while en route to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) battle group. Photographed by
CWO2 A.A. Alleyne, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98107-KNr.
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Fred Weiss |
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Superstructure of Bainbridge as seen in the summer of 1995 at Norfolk from the USS Conolly (DD 979). Note that the upper superstructure is haze gray due to the ship having nuclear propulsion. |
Cody Z. Shaffer |
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Deactivation Booklet, 6 October 1995 |
Robert M. Cieri |
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Engineering department patch. |
David Palmbeck |
(List courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of
Bill Gonyo)
