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Boorda, Jeremy (Mike), ADM.
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Contact Info
Last Address South Bend, Indiana,
Date of Passing May 16, 1996
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 64, Lot 7101, Grid MM-17
Arlington National Cemetery: Section 64, Grave 7101 BOORDA, JEREMY MICHAEL United States Navy VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 11/26/1939 DATE OF DEATH: 05/16/1996 DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/19/1996 BURIED AT: SECTION 64 SITE 7101 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, CA. December 12, 1942
Launched June 12, 1943 and Commissioned October 30, 1943
Decommissioned July 15, 1946
Recommissioned April 27, 1951
Decommissioned November 7, 1969
Stricken March 1, 1975
Fate
Designated as a target 1976, sunk July 18, 1982
(somewhere off the coast of Southern California)
Vietnam Era
During her service in VN the 1.1" AA & 20mm AA were gone and replaced with two .50 BMG
mounted aft on the 03 level above what was then the Supply Office and the Lucky Bag.
Misc.
Porterfield's flag hoist/radio call sign was NKNO and her tactical voice radio call sign was PIVOT POINT
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THE CREW OF THE 1966 CRUISE OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM.
This is a copy of an email I received from the Veteran's Benefits
Administration's Compensation Service dated June 6/6/2013.
Mr. Browning,
Based on your deck log information, I have added the ship as follows:
USS Porterfield (DD-682 [Destroyer] while operating in close coastal waters on March 19, 1966, two officers and a seaman went ashore in a junk and, on April 8, 1966, a small boat went ashore from Da Nang Harbor with Vietnamese officers
This means that Porterfield was added to the list of ships that have a
presumption of herbicide exposure (Agent Orange). You can check
that list of ships on the VA website. We appeared on the July 2013
list. Sorry to have delayed making this entry.
Created/Owned By SK Browning, Arthur (Jim), SKCS(SW)5
Last Updated: Feb 27, 2007
Memories For This Unit
Other Memories 1951 ? 1969 Porterfield recommissioned 27 April 1951 and arrived Pearl Harbor 28 July, steaming for Yokosuka, Japan 7 August. Her first Korean assignment was in support of United Nations policies as a part of Task Force 77 off the Korean East Coast where she performed screening and destroyer duties. On 12 December Porterfield joined Task Group 95.11 in the Yellow Sea off the Korean West Coast, and until late December acted as a screening unit and plane guard as well as participating in numerous close support patrols.
Porterfield returned to San Diego 8 March 1952, commencing her second far eastern tour 4 October. With Task Force 77 off the Korean East Coast, the ship?s duties consisted mainly of screening and plane guarding for the fast carriers, with occasional shore bombardments. This was followed by Taiwan patrol duty. She returned to San Diego 6 May 1953.
Porterfield continued to alternate periods of underway training and operations off the California coast with deployments to the western Pacific which took place in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958. On the last of these deployments Porterfield participated in the Taiwan patrol for several weeks commencing with the intensification of military action from the Chinese mainland against the off-shore islands.
On her eighth western Pacific cruise in 1959 Porterfield operated extensively as a member of a Hunter Killer AntiSubmarine Task Group. She deployed again from November 1960 to April 1961, and from November 1962 to June 1963. Further western Pacific deployments were made in 1964 and 1966, when she worked with amphibious groups off the coast of Vietnam.
Porterfield was decommissioned 7 November 1969. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 March 1975. Designated as a target in 1976, she was sunk 18 July 1982.
