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Tommy Burgdorf (Birddog), FC2
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Gan, Leonardo Medina, YNC.
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Description Forward most ship, off Hai Phong. Passive Air Control for USN Air Strike Ops over North Vietnam.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1965
To Month/Year
December / 1968
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories On 9 June 1966, she departed Long Beach for another deployment to the western Pacific. However, while she was passing the outer breakwater, a major fire broke out in her after fireroom. The destroyer's damage control efforts succeeded in putting the blaze out; but, while the ship was being towed back into Long Beach on the 10th, her towline parted, and she ran aground. Later that day, she finally entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for repairs to both her hull and her main propulsion plant.
She completed repairs on 18 July, loaded ammunition at Seal Beach, and set a course for the Far East. She reached Yokosuka on 3 August for a brief fuel stop and then continued on to Sasebo where she arrived on the 5th. She remained there until the 8th, when she got underway for Yankee Station to join the ASW screen of TG 77.9.
