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USS BORDELON (DD-881 / DDR-881)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NBHW

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - FORERUNNER

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel,Orange Texas. September 9 1944.
Launched March 3 1945 and commissioned June 5 1945.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken February 1 1977.
Fate To Iran July 1977 and cannibalized for spare parts.

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Bordelon 52kBorn in San Antonio, Tex., 15 December 1920, William James Bordelon enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941. Staff Sergeant Bordelon was killed in action on Tarawa 20 November 1943. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History DivisionBill Gonyo
Bordelon 110kUndated photo by Bill Wozniak taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27), destroyers from the left are unidentified, USS Cone (DD-866), unidentified, USS Meredith (DD-890), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881) at the French naval port of Mers el-Kébir, near Oran (French Algeria).Rick Rowan
Bordelon 47kUndated, location unknown.Frank Doherty
Bordelon 40kUndated, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Bordelon 41kMay 1946, Wangpoo River, Shanghai, China.Frank Doherty
Bordelon 117kWestern Mediteranean June 1948.Marc Piché
Bordelon 48kCirca 1950, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Bordelon 68kTrieste 1952.Frank Doherty
Bordelon 72kValetta, Malta March 28 1952.Marc Piché
Bordelon 122kSixth Fleet ships in Naples harbour, circa 1955. destroyers in left centre are USS Preston (DD-795) and USS Irwin (DD-794). Destroyer in the centre, slightly to the right, appears to be USS Bordelon (DDR-881). The other U.S.Navy ships present are mainly amphibious types. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (Photo No NH 99290).Robert Hurst
Bordelon 162kBORDELON DD-881 and EUGENE A. GREENE DD-711 at Brest, France 1957.Marc Piché
Bordelon 146kPearl Harbor, circa May 18 1960.© Richard Leonhardt
Bordelon 53kUSS Bordelon (DD 881) shows the appearance of most FRAM-I destroyers in this 20 July 1964 photo: twin 5"/38 gun mounts fore and aft; triple torpedo tubes on the 01 level just before the redesigned bridge; a tripod foremast to support newer and heavier surface- and air-search radar antennas; an ASROC launcher and control cabin between the heightened stacks; a DASH hangar and landing pad; and a short mast, carrying the electronic warfare antennas, atop the hangar. Official US Navy photo.Fabio Peña
Bordelon 53k20 July 1964, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Bordelon 22kTaken in the fall of 1976 after Bordelon and John F. Kennedy were involved in a collision during refueling. Note nearly everything higher then the top of the stack is knocked flat, Forward gun mount knocked askew and riding low in the waterWalter Bengtson Jr. on board Brumby FF-1044 at the time
Bordelon 10kTaken in the fall of 1976 after Bordelon and John F. Kennedy were involved in a collision during refueling. Note nearly everything higher then the top of the stack is knocked flat, Forward gun mount knocked askew and riding low in the waterWalter Bengtson Jr. on board Brumby FF-1044 at the time
Bordelon 62kShip's patchMike Smolinski
Bordelon 84kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski

USS BORDELON DD-881 / DDR-881 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Frank Doherty
Address: 62 Cedar Hill Lane, Sequim, WA 98382
Phone: 360 681-0691
E-mail: kj7sk@arrl.net


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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Bordelon (DD-881/DDR-881) website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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