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USS GRIDLEY (DLG/CG 21)

Image courtesy of Al Grazevich


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Bravo - Juliet


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
CLASS - LEAHY
Displacement 7,400 Tons, Dimensions, 533' (oa) x 53' 6" x 25' 3" (Max)
Armament 2 Terrier 2x2, (80 Missiles) 4 x 3"/50, ASROC (8 Missiles) 6 x12.75" TT.
Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 377.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 15 JUL 1960 by Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA
Launched 31 JUL 1961
Commissioned 25 MAY 1963
Decommissioned 10 SEP 1968
Commissioned 17 JAN 1970
Reclassified CG 21 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 21 JAN 1994
Stricken 21 JAN 1994
Fate Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. 04 October 2003.
Reacquired from MARAD 23 January 2004.
Scrapping completed on 31 March 2005.

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3)
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (5) - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (1)
Fourth Row - Humanatarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (7) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1st Class Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


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272k 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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402k Launching ceremony, 31 July 1961, Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA. Dale Hargrave
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690k Mrs. Stuart D. Rose, Sponsor, christening the ship named for her great-grandfather. Dale Hargrave
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157k Starboard bow view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. Robert M. Cieri
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148k Starboard quarter view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. Robert M. Cieri
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124k Bow view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley 69k Starboard side view, underway during Sea trials. March 1963. Photo taken by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company. Lou Chirillo
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31k 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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1.65k 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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1.39k Radm. Guest speaks at USS Gridley (DLG 21) commissioning; Captain Lilly appears behind him, 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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1.80k 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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1.39k 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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964k 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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65k Postal Cover - Commissioning Day, 25 May 1963 Robert M. Cieri
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247k Postal Cover - Commissioning Day, 25 May 1963, signed by Mrs. Stuart D. Rose, the ship's Sponsor. Dale Hargrave
Gridley 110k Port view. USN
Gridley 85k San Francisco Bay, Calif. Robert Eckman
Gridley 69k

Underway, Starboard view.

Official USN Image.

Les Urban
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146k Undated photo of Gridley firing an ASROC. Robert Hall
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81k Port bow view off Oahu, HI, April 1964. Robert M. Cieri
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137k Starboard side view while in the channel entrance to Pearl Harbor, HI, April 1964. Robert M. Cieri
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862k 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
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78k Starboard bow view while underway, off Bath, ME, 23 January 1970. Robert M. Cieri
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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
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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
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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
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33k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1983. Robert M. Cieri
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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
Leahy 174k USS Gridley (CG 21) (left) and USS England (CG 22) (right) undergoing dismantlement at International Shipbreaking Limited on 27 April 2004. Scott Kowerduck

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Lilly Jr., Percy Anthony, CAPT     05/25/1963 - 07/1964
Loomis, William Ray, CAPT     07/1964 - 07/1965
Sackett, Albert Monroe, CAPT   RADM 07/1965 - 08/19/1966
Slifer, Allen Wayne, CAPT     08/19/1966 - 03/05/1968
Harper Jr., Wyatt Eugene, CAPT     03/05/1968 - 09/10/1968
Decommissioned     09/10/1968 - 01/17/1970
Thorson, Robert Leroy, CAPT     01/17/1971 - 05/10/1971
Reiher, Eugene Joseph, CAPT 1949   05/10/1971 - 04/07/1973
Frudden, Mark Perrin, CAPT   RADM 04/07/1973 - 03/23/1975
Streightiff, Charles William, CAPT     03/23/1975 - 08/25/1977
Stouffer II, John Willoughby, CAPT     08/25/1977 - 12/04/1979
McGrath, James Joseph, CAPT     12/04/1979 - 01/20/1982
Reimann, Robert Theodore, CAPT   RADM 01/20/1982 - 12/31/1984
Metzler Jr., Charles Paul, CAPT     12/31/1984 - 01/14/1987
Hess, Donald Robert, CAPT     01/14/1987 - 04/29/1989
Scott, Norman S., CAPT     04/29/1989 - 04/27/1991
Wacaser III, Anderson W., CAPT     04/27/1991 - 02/12/1993
Gelenter, David Alan, CDR     02/11/1993 - 01/21/1994

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS GRIDLEY (DLG/CG 21) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: J. Moreles
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: jmoralesussgridley@hotmail.com
Date:
Location:

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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