April 2020 ALUMNI NEWSLETTER

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32nd Reunion— Jacksonville, Florida

The 32nd Stoddard Reunion for 2020 has been cancelled and re-scheduled

Double Tree by Hilton for Jacksonville the following year: Jacksonville Riverfront 1201Riverplace Blvd. September 15th thru 18th, 2021 Jacksonville Fl. 32207

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Breakfast for 2 Included The USS Stoddard 32nd Reunion has been cancelled for Additional Breakfast $10 2020. After talking with our tour director who informed us the

Free Parking Mayport Naval Base has been closed to civilian traffic and the clo- sure of restaurants and other venues for the reunion, it was decid- Inside this issue: ed to cancel the 2020 Reunion. We secured the Double Tree by

Stoddard Tidbits 2 Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida for the Reunion in 2021. The hotel has agreed to honor the rate for next Navy Ship Namesakes 3 year. If you have already made hotel reservations, please call the Namesakes (Cont.) 4 hotel and change the dates. Namesakes (Cont.) 5

Chaplain’s Report 6 Please stay safe,

Secretary Report 6 we want to see you next year! Westpac 63-64 (pics) 7

Stoddard History 7 There will be no newsletter in July, the next newsletter will be February 2021 with the 32nd Stoddard Reunion details. Ship’s Store 8 USS Stoddard Alumni Newsletter—April 2020 Page 2 Stoddard Tidbits On the 16th of You may want to this month, I traveled to put on your calendar the my local Safeway Super scheduled release on June Market to refresh my 12, 2020 of an exciting refrigerator with food Navy WWII war movie for the coming week. I staring Tom Hanks. arrived early in the Pre-production photog- morning, as in Califor- raphy took place in Janu- nia we have been placed ary 2018 at sea on board on lockdown due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), to HMCS Montréal, a frigate find the large parking lot filled with no place to of the Royal Canadian Na- park. I then spied a woman leaving and grabbed vy. In March 2018, and her spot immediately. filming had commenced in Inside the large grocery store, I found all of Baton Rouge, Louisiana the isle ways naked of products on the shelving, and aboard USS Kidd. The hundreds of folks with shopping carts overflow- USS Kidd is a Fletcher-Class Destroyer like USS ing. (The hoarders had settled in). All of the isles Stoddard. perhaps several hundreds of feet long were lined up The movie is based on the novel The Good to the back of the store with people waiting to check Shepherd (1955) a nautical and war novel by C. out. A store employee who happened to just pass S. Forester. Below is part of the story: by at this moment, told me that it will take 45 minutes to over an hour to get to the register. So in During the early days of the United States' line, I waited with my 8-10 items in my shopping involvement in World War II, an international convoy cart. of 37 Allied ships, led by Commander Ernest After about 10-15 minutes of going nowhere, Krause, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while another store employee came down the isle, pulled being hotly pursued by a wolfpack of German U- my cart out of the line, and lead me forward to a boats. The film focuses on Krause, a career officer new register that she was about to open. She said who was finally given command of a destroyer, USS that she had saw my cap, and I immediately began Keeling (radio code named '"Greyhound"). Unlike the to thank her for the courtesy that she had bestowed prototypical hero, he must battle his own self- on me in that moment. Her father, it turns out, was doubts and personal demons to be an effective lead- also in the Navy in WW2. Thanking her again for er of the defenders. See you at the movies! her courtesy, I again thanked her once more and also said, “and my President at that time also thanks you now”. And she asks, “and who was that she said”. I replied: John F. Kennedy. What fol- Follow-up from February Newsletter lowed was an over whelming moment of silence. on Stoddard Boiler Incident All of this because of a Stoddard Ball Cap in a Grocery Store in California early in the morning. I was the engineering officer of the light off watch stationed in the forward engine room during the start-up of fireroom and engine room equipment. Anyone interested in finding out more about the incident please email me or call my phone.

Richard Ahlmeyer—MMCM USN Retired Email: [email protected] Phone: 928-770-4301 USS Stoddard Alumni Newsletter—April 2020 Page 3

How One Battle in the Civil War Produced Three Medal of Honor Recipients and the Names of Four U. S. Navy Destroyers in WWII

The Battle: Attack on Yazoo City, Mississippi- 5th March 1864 The Yazoo expedition ended in a small but sharp engagement at Yazoo City on March 5, 1864. The battle included a number of black troops, including former slaves from Mississippi who had enlisted in the Union army. Because of their presence, the battle of Yazoo City was particularly ferocious and would serve as a template for much of the fighting to come in 1864 and 1865. The Yazoo River had long been viewed as a likely avenue of approach for the Union navy, but the river had been blocked by Confederate batteries at Snyder’s Bluff north of Vicksburg and by Fort Pemberton in the north, an earthen and cotton bale fortifica- tion just west of Greenwood. With the fall of Vicksburg, however, the river was open to Union navigation, at least part of the way. The purpose of the 1864 expedition was two-fold: first, Sherman wanted to capture or destroy the enemy’s cotton and corn in order to “Impress on the people along Yazoo and Sunflower that we intend to hold them responsible for all acts of hostility to the river commerce.” Second, he hoped to draw Confederate cavalry in the region to the defense of the Yazoo and away from his main column. On March 5, 1864, USS Marmora was assigned to support the 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in defending Yazoo City, Mississippi from fierce Confederate attacks. During this action Stoddard was assigned with two other sailors (Franks and Laffey) to dismount one of the ships rifled howitzers, mount it on a field carriage and take it ashore to support the Illinois Volunteers. To quote from a report by Rear Admiral Porter to Secretary of the Navy. Gideon Welles: “…At this time the fighting in the city was hand to hand. The gun was placed in position in the street and did good service, helping very much toward winning the day. The crew at one time was driven from the gun, they did not have sufficient support to hold it, but the soldiers seeing the crew driven, rallied charged on the rebels and retook it, losing three men in the charge, and wounding James Stoddard of the Marmora…I am proud to say that the Navy was well represented by three sailors, who nobly stood by their guns through the whole action, fighting hand to hand to save the gun and the reputation of the Navy. The sailors are highly spoken of by the army officials for their gallant conduct. Their names are…James Stoddard, William J. Franks, and Bartlett Laffey of the Marmora. I would recom- mend them for your consideration.” A more detailed report by the Commanding Officer USS Marmora indi- cates that while the gun was severely damaged during the attack, “to the bravery of that gun crew may have attributed to the change of fortune of the day…I would most respectfully solicit in their behalf that you would confer a medal of honor on the following men: James Stoddard, seaman, shot through the neck, slowly recovering, William J. Franks and Bartlett Laffey.

The Tinclad: USS Marmora (1862-1865, "Tinclad" # 2) USS Marmora was a 207 -ton stern wheel “tin clad” paddle steamer river gun boat in the United States Navy. Marmora was built at Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1862, was purchased by the Navy at St. Louis, Missouri, on 17 September 1862 from Messrs. Brenan, Nelson, and McDonnell; and commissioned at Carondelet, Missouri, on 21 October 1862, Captain Robert Getty in command. USS Marmora was soon sent to join the Federal forces campaigning against the Confederate fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. During the rest of 1862, she took part in mine clearance and other operations in the Yazoo River. In Janu- ary 1863, Marmora went up the White River to help capture Fort Hindman, Arkansas, and subsequently was active on the Yazoo, White and Little Red Riv- USS Mamora ers. Decommissioned in July 1865, following the end of the Civil Namesake: Variant spelling of Marmara, an Island in the Sea of Marmara. War, USS Marmora was sold the next month. Laid Down: 1862 Acquired: 17 September 1862 Commissioned: 21 October 1862 Decommissioned: 7 July 1865 Fate: Sold, 17 August 1865 Displacement: 207 long tons (210 t) Length: 155 ft. Beam: 33 ft. 5 in. Draft: 4 ft. 6 in. Speed: 6.9 knots 7.9 mph Armament: 8 x 24-pounder guns Fort Gorges2 x in 12 Casco-pounder Bay guns Calendar Islands—Casco Bay 6 x 14-pounder guns (Continued on Page 4) USS Stoddard Alumni Newsletter—April 2020 Page 4

The Seaman: James Stoddard (Continued From Page 3) James Stoddard (born 1838, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during an engagement in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Born in 1838 in Port Robinson, Upper Canada (in pre- sent-day Ontario), Stoddard enlisted in the U.S. Navy on September 21, 1863, in Detroit. On April 16, 1864, Stoddard was awarded the Medal of Honor and on May 8, 1864 was promoted to Acting Masters Mate for his heroic action during the battle of Yazoo City. Stoddard continued to serve as an officer on USS Mar- mora until late 1864 when he was transferred to USS Choctaw, another steamer in the Mississippi Squad- ron. Choctaw continued operations in the lower Mississippi into 1865, and Acting Masters Mate Stoddard was discharged from the Navy on May 20, 1865 (well beyond his year enlistment) near New Orleans. No records have been located to indicate where Stoddard settled after the Civil War. His year of death or where he is buried is unknown and sad for a Medal of Honor recipient. The Seaman: William J. Franks William J. Franks was born in Pittsboro, North Carolina in 1830. He enlisted in the Navy on Sep- tember 16, 1863. Franks received the Medal of Honor and was promoted to Acting Master's Mate in recog- nition of his actions. Franks was discharged from the Navy in August 1865, and settled in Arkansas. He married Mary Francis in 1865, after his separation from the Navy; according to the 1880 Federal census, they had five children. William J. Franks died in April 1880 and is buried in Maple Springs Cemetery in Batesville, Arkansas. The Seaman: Bartlett Laffey Bartlett Laffey was born in County Galway, Ireland, he enlisted in the United States Navy from Mas- sachusetts on March 17, 1862 and was assigned to stern wheel gunboat USS Marmora. Seaman Laffey received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Yazoo City. He died at Chelsea, Massachusetts, on March 22, 1901. ************************************************************************************************************************************ Each Medal of Honor citation for Stoddard, Franks, and Laffey reads: Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864. Embarking from the Marmora with a 12-pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage, (Stoddard) (Franks) (Laffey) landed with the gun and crew in the midst of heated battle and, bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the gun carriage and rammer, contributed to the turning back of the enemy during the fierce engagement. ********************************************************************************************************************** The WWII Ships: USS Stoddard (DD-566) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Master's Mate James Stoddard, who was decorated for heroism during the Civil War. Stoddard was laid down at Seattle, Washington, by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. on 10 March 1943; launched on 19 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Mil- dred Gould Holcomb; and commissioned on 15 April 1944, Commander Horace Meyers in command. Stoddard earned three battle stars for World War II and three battle stars for the Vietnam War. She was the last Fletcher-class to be stricken from the U.S. Navy, in 1975. On 30 June 1976, Stoddard was transferred from the inactive ship facility, Mare Island, California, to the Pacific Missile Test Center at Point Mugu. The required equipment removals were accomplished, and the ship was modified to perform a new service. During the next few years she served as a target in various weapons test programs, including the Tomahawk Project. Having survived this first group of test assignments, Stoddard was given a new challenge. In November 1983, a Block 0 Phalanx went aboard the Stoddard for the first time. In November 1984, Stoddard returned to Port Hueneme. In June 1985, Stoddard again set sail, this time with a Block I Baseline 0 Phalanx to protect her. After facing supersonic diving targets, she again returned to Port Hueneme, unscathed, in September 1985. The tests continued into the winter of 1989-1990. During the testing, Stoddard was subjected to attack by no less than forty-three targets, from subsonic BQM drones to supersonic MQM-8 Vandal missiles. Stoddard final fate was to be towed by USNS Salvor (T- ARS-52) to an assigned position near the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Seal Team One installed charges, which sank her 64 nautical miles NNW of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, in the Barking Sands Missile Range on 22 July 1997. The ship lies at a depth of 2,550 fathoms. (Continued on Page 5) USS Stoddard Alumni Newsletter—April 2020 Page 5

The WWII Ships: (Continued From Page 4) USS Franks (DD-554), a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Medal of Honor recipient Acting Master's Mate William Jo- seph Franks. Franks was launched on 7 December 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. Martha F. W. Carr, a cousin of Acting Mas- ter's Mate Franks, and commissioned on 30 July 1943, Lieuten- ant Commander N. A. Lidstone in command. Franks received nine battle stars for World War II service. Credited with the first swimming rescue of downed Navy aviators, Mel Collins radar man and first SEAL rescue diver. Franks was placed out of com- mission in reserve at San Pedro, California 31 May 1946, and sold for scrapping on 1 August 1973. The WWII Ships: Two ships in the United States Navy have been given their name in honor of Bartlett Laffey. USS Laffey (DD-459) was a Benson-class destroyer of the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first destroyer named for Bartlett Laffey. Laffey was laid down on 13 January 1941 by Bethlehem Ship- building Company, San Francisco, California; launched 30 Octo- ber 1941; sponsored by Miss Eleanor G. Forgerty, granddaughter of Seaman Laffey; and commissioned on 31 March 1942, Lieu- tenant Commander William E. Hank in command. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was just about to begin when the Japanese force, a group of two battleships, one light cruiser, and 14 destroyers, under Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe, ap- peared on the horizon. Laffey lashed out at the enemy with gunfire and torpedoes. At the height of the violent battle, the battleship Hiei came through the darkness and both ships headed at full speed for the same spot. They missed colliding by 20 feet. Laffey unleashed her torpedoes and, using all her firepower, raked the battleship's bridge, wounding Admiral Abe, and killing his chief of staff. Admi- ral Abe was thereafter limited in his ability to direct his ships for the rest of the battle. With a battleship on her stern, a second on her port beam, and two destroyers on her port bow, Laffey fought the Japanese ships with the three remaining main battery guns in a no-quarter duel at point-blank range. She was hit by a 14-inch shell from Hiei. Then, a torpedo in her fantail put Laffey out of action. As the order to abandon ship was passed, a violent explosion ripped the destroyer apart and she sank immediately with heavy loss of life. This action earned her the Presidential Unit Citation. Of the 247 crew members aboard, 59 were killed, including the commanding officer, William E. Hank. The wounded in the engagement numbered 116.

The second ship was USS Laffey (DD-724), an Allen M. Sumner class destroyer which was laid down less than a year after the loss of the first Laffey and named for that ship as much as for Seaman Laf- fey. Launched in 1943, and commissioned in Febru- ary 1944, the ship earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die" for her exploits during the D- Day invasion and the battle of Okinawa when she successfully withstood a determined assault by con- ventional bombers and the most unrelenting kamika- ze air attacks in history. Laffey received the Presi- dential Unit Citation and five battle stars for World War II service, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and two battle stars for Korean War service, the Mer- itorious Unit Commendation during the Cold War, and the Battle "E" during all three conflicts. Today, Laffey is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is pre- served as a museum ship at Patriots Point, outside Charleston, S.C. USS Stoddard Alumni Newsletter—April 2020 Page 6

al plapp, carlene rauh, chaplain… secretary... Chaplain’s Corner Our anxiety has increased. Our sense of normal has changed and we are unsure of our next step I hope each of you and your family is safe as the Pandemic carries on. I would like to tell you a and well and adapting to our new normal. true story of what has remained one of the most im- During the next months, as we work portant stories of my life and hopefully will give you through this disruption, we will try to keep in courage and faith. After I left the USS Stoddard, I touch. If we have your email address, or if you went to Corpsman school at Balboa Naval Hospital in wish to share your email address, we will keep up San Diego, CA. I use to seek sanctuary from the loud with the news from our members. music and chaotic noise of the barracks by going to You may check to see if your email address the small chapel on the hospital grounds so I could has changed in the last year – some are being re- read my book in quiet. As I was reading in the chapel turned. Please send any information regarding one afternoon a light began to appear in the front up- your email address to [email protected]. per left-hand corner of the room, up close to ceiling. Our next newsletter will be in February As the light grew, an Orb, in a warm intensity to the 2021 with all the news about our 32nd Reunion in size of a basketball, I felt an all-consuming calm and Jacksonville, FL. Bill & Ulla have graciously peace. I was suspended in time as the light moved agreed to host the reunion next year. The hotel from the upper corner of the room to where the front has agreed to honor all prices, etc. for next year. altar met the floor. The light was brilliant, not dis- The 32nd Stoddard Reunion is September turbing but soothing. The only thought in my head 15th thru the 18th, 2021. was, “no matter what happens, even if you are killed, Please remember to change your hotel res- you will be alright. All of this took place surrounded ervations to the correct dates. by a feeling of love. When I returned to Vietnam for God bless each of you until we come to- the Tet Offensive of 68, I flew MediEvac missions into gether in Jacksonville, Florida in 2021. Hue, the bloodiest battle for the Marine Corps during the Vietnam war. I brought out bodies stacked like a cord wood in a helicopter with fresh bullet holes. The Carlene experience of the light brought me comfort then and now. I know we will be alright. I wish you all Peace and Love and light. May we all grow in Wisdom and Understanding from what we are experiencing..

Al MME3 65-66

May They Rest In Peace

Batiste, Earnest SHL2 68-69 3-13-2015 Ehmke, James EN3 65-66 4-20-2019 Frank, Adair C. BTG3 43-46 10-11-2013 Hale, James “Jerre” BT1 63-65 11-25-2016 Saigon Hodil, George W. Jr. PN3 51-53 12-16-2008 Holley, Wesley L. EMP3 52-53 4-04-2015 Here is a photo of USS Stoddard that some may not Magill, Robert T “Bob” DC2 51-54 12-17-2019 have seen before. Maholm, Joash “Joe” BT2 66-69 11-6-2016 I picked this up a number of years ago while visiting McLernan, James J. PN2 53-55 8-24-2005 the museum ship USS Turner Joy, DD 951, in Reynolds, G. W. “Bill” ET1 51-52 3-2-2020 Bremerton, WA. Stoddard had operated with Turner Rhodes, Ronald T. TE3 53-55 3-11-2009 Joy in Vietnam, and I found this photo posted on a bulletin board by their ship’s store….so I photo- Sharrah, Ron “Logan” LCDR 62-63 11-24-2010 graphed it and cleaned it up a bit. Swafford, Wm. “Sonny”Ex-USS MM2 Stoddard 58-59 3-12 -2016 Voorheis, John R. SK1 56-60 4-16-2017 Dale Haskin—RD1 1958 USS Stoddard Alumni Newsletter—April 2020 Page 7

USS STODDARD DD566 USS Stoddard History WWII * Korea * Vietnam PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE USS STODDARD (DD-566) FPO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. November 8, 1968 ************************************************** OFFICAL PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RFELEASE

ON BOARD USS STODDARD (DD-566) OFF THE COAST OF QUI NHON, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

NOV 7---FOUR SECONDARY FIRES LIGHTED ENEMY President: Bill Melyan POSITIONS NORTH OF QUI NHON TODAY AS THIS email: [email protected] 7TH FLT DESTROYER SHELLED THE AREA.

Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Carlene Rauh GUNNERS MATE THIRD CLASS T. E. CAIN OF email: [email protected] JOHNSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA REPORTED: “AT ONE POINT DURING THE Treasurer: Bill Melyan MISSION WE STOPPED FIRING TO COOL THE GUN email: [email protected] BARRELS. AS THE SMOKE FROM OUR GUNS LIFT- ED, I COULD MAKE~OUT TWO FIRES THAT WE HAD Storekeeper: Marlene Brant STARTED ON THE HILLSIDE." email: [email protected] SIGNALMAN SECOND CLASS BILLY J. Chaplain: Al Plapp BROWN OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA email: [email protected] ADDED, "I WAS A PHONE TALKER QN THE BRIDGE DURING THE SHOOTING. AFTER WE SPOTTED THE Webmasters: Dan & Roxane Withers FIRES, I COULD SEE ALMOST EVERY ROUND email: [email protected] DROPPING ONTO THE AREA. IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE FLATTENING EVERYTHING IN THE VICINITY." Email/Database Coordinator: John Rauh email: [email protected] THE AIRBORNE SPOTTER, WORKING WITH THE RUPBLIC OF KOREA’S CAPITAL DIVISION, RE- PORTED TWO MORE FIRES IGNITED AND “TWO Pictures From Roger Gress GMG3 STRUCTURES COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY TWO ROUNDS OF GUNFIRE. THEY’RE NOT THERE ANY- Roger Gress MORE.” GMG3 working on BEFORE THE MISSION WAS COMPLETED gun mount STODDARD'S GUNS HAD DESTROYED during the FOUR (4) STRUCTURES, HEAVILY DAMAGED SEVEN 1963-1964 (7) MORE, DESTROYED A BUNKER, CUT SEVERAL Westpac INFT ILTRAT ION TRAILS, AND VIRTUALLY ELIMI- Cruise NATED TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE (275) YARDS OF TREE-LINE COVER.

E.E. Mahaffey IN OTHER ACTION LATER IN THE DAY, (left) STODDARD FIRED ON A SUSPECTED VIET CONG E. Hudson STAGING AREA, DESTROYING TWO STRUCTURES (middle) & AND COLLAPSING A SYSTEM OF TRENCHES. R.K. Housley in Hong Kong A 25-YEAR OLD SAN DIEGO BASED DESTROYER, Harbor STODDARD IS COMMANDED BY CDR JAMES E. 1963-1964 LACY OF SAN DIEGO. Westpac Cruise USS Stoddard Alumni Association 4337 S Hwy 51

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