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COMMISSIONING CEREMONY

Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. 17 November 1949 The commissioning ceremony marks the transition from con­ struction to active service as a unit of the United States Fleet. At the moment of hoisting the Commission Pennant, the U. S. S. CONY becomes the responsibility of her Commanding Officer —who, together with her officers and crew, then has the duty of making and keeping her constantly ready for any service demanded by our country in peace or in war. U. S. S. CONY

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Built By

Bath Iron Works Corporation

Bath, Maine

Keel Laid—24 December 1941

Launched—30 August 1942

COMMISSIONED AS DD 508 30 October 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

SPONSOR

MRS. WILLIAM R. SLEIGHT

RECOMMISSIONED AS DDE 508 17 November 1949 Boston, Massachusetts REAR ADMIRAL HEWLETT THEBAUD, USN Commandant of the First Naval District

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CAPTAIN R. M. WATT, JR., USN Commander, Boston Naval Shipyard

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COMMANDER J. A. DODSON, JR., USN Commanding Officer, U. S. S. CONY ☆ ☆ ☆

Band Selections.

Invocation

Captain R. M. Watt, Jr., USN, reads order to commission USS CONY.

Ship is placed in commission. Ensign, Jack, and Commission Pennant are hoisted as Band plays the National Anthem.

Commanding Officer assumes command.

Commanding Officer orders the Executive Officer to set the Watch.

Address by the Honorable John F. Kennedy.

Address by the Commanding Officer.

First W atch set.

Benediction.

Band Selections. JOSEPH S. CONY Acting Master, U. S. N.

The CONY is named in honor of Joseph S. Cony, Acting Master, . He was born in Eastport, Maine, in 1834, ap­ pointed Acting Ensign 3 November 1862, Acting Master 7 September 1863.

He was first attached to the U. S. S. WESTERN WORLD and commanded several small boat expeditions along the Carolina coast.

On 22 August 1863, while Executive Officer of the U. S. S. SHOKOKON, he commanded a boat expedition of six men which sur­ prised a much larger enemy encampment at New Topsail Inlet, near Wilmington, N. C., captured ten men, an army howitzer, eighteen horses, and destroyed the running schooner ALEXANDER COOPER and extensive salt works. For this accomplishment Joseph S. Cony was promoted to Acting Master.

In April 1864, while attached to the BRITANNICA he received the thanks of Major General Peck for his cooperation with the land­ ing expedition at Bogue Inlet. During his cruise in this vessel he participated in the first attack on Fort Fisher. At the time of the second attack he was attached to the U. S. S. FORT JACKSON and was one of the volunteers in the Navy assault party which assisted in carrying the fort.

Mr. Cony was appointed Lieutenant in the regular navy in 1866, but at that time he was master of a merchant vessel at sea. Before he could accept this appointment, he went down with his ship off Cape Hatteras on 10 February 1867. The United States Ship C O N Y (DDE-508)

Built by the Corporation, Bath, Maine, the U. S. S. CONY was first commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts, on 30 October 1942.

The CONY left Boston in December 1942 for the South Pacific area where she fought until the end of World War II. During her time in the Pacific, she participated in the following campaigns: , New Georgia, , Treasury-Bougainville, Marianas, and the amphibious assault and occupation of the Islands.

While in the South Pacific during the initial landing on 15 August 1943 at Babakoma, Vella LaVella, the CONY acted as the Flagship for the late Rear Admiral T. S. Wilkinson, USN, Commander Third Amphibious Force.

On 1 January 1947, she was inactivated and was assigned to the U. S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet. The CONY is one of a group of ships now being converted and recommissioned as Escorts for special­ ized anti- service. SHIP’S OFFICERS

JOSEPH A. DODSON, Jr. Commander, United States Navy- Commanding Officer JOHN B. MUTTY Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Executive Officer LIEUTENANT FRANKLIN C. NORTHRUP, U. S. NAVY Operations Officer

LIEUTENANT RUFUS M. HOOD, U. S. NAVY Engineer Officer LIEUTENANT (jg) HERBERT A. BEHRE, U. S. NAVY Anti-Submarine Warfare Control Officer

LIEUTENANT (jg) GERARD L. NELSON, U.S. NAVY Communication Officer LIEUTENANT (jg) ANDREW D. WHITEHEAD, U. S. NAVY Electronics Officer

LIEUTENANT (jg) ROBERT 0. CLARK, U. S. NAVY Gunnery Officer LIEUTENANT (jg) HAROLD R. OUTTEN, Jr., U. S. NAVY Damage Control Assistant

ENSIGN ROBERT D. DUNCAN, U. S. NAVY Air Defense Officer

LIEUTENANT (jg) WYLY A. MOORE, U. S. NAVY Supply Officer CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS

WILLIAM BERENTSEN ROGER M. LAWS Chief Gunner’s Mate Chief Boatswain’s Mate

GEORGE W. BOLLIN, Jr. S. J. MEINHART Chief Yeoman Chief Torpedoman’s Mate

HARRY CHRISTENSEN JEREMIAH MOHALLEY Chief Fire Controlman Chief Quartermaster

WILLIAM H. DOGAN L. E. ROBINSON Chief Machinist’s Mate Chief Fire Control Technician

CHARLES EDMONDSON JAMES E. THOMAS Chief Electrician’s Mate Chief Radioman

CLAIR B. HOOD WALTER TILLMAN Chief Machinist’s Mate Chief Commissaryman

GEORGE HUCUL WILLIAM WARRINER Chief Boilerman Chief Hospital Corpsman

CHARLES INGALLS EDWARD WILKINS Chief I. C. Electrician’s Mate Chief Electronics Technician

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