Talk:USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)

Additional Ships History
<!-- Ware undewent FRAM I overhaul at the New York Naval Shipyard from January 1961 through March 1962. During FRAM I, Ware's anti-submarine capabilities, air detection, equipment and crew's living spaces were modernized. Since FRAM I, Ware has been stationed in Mayport, Florida. In 1962 Ware joined other U.S. Second Fleet Units in the blockade of Cuba during the "missile crisis". During the 1965-66 deployment to the Mediterranean, Ware participated in the successful search for the missing H-Bombs of Palomares, Spain.

The year 1967 was the most different year in the history of the ship. On 21 February, Ware left Mayport enroute to Vietnam. After passing through the Panama Canal, Ware was for the first time in its lifetime in the Pacific Ocean. New Ports of call for this Atlantic Fleet destroyer were Rodman, Canal Zone; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan; Kaohsuing, Taiwan; Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines; Hong Kong; San Francisco, California; and Acapulco, Mexico.

Ware was a member of Task Group 77.1 on "Operation Sea Dragon", the destruction of North Vietnamese radar complexes. In almost twenty missions, 1080 rounds of ammunition were expended at enemy targets. On five occasions the enemy returned fire, but no hits or casualties were sustained. In all, Ware spent 90 days in the combat zone before returning to Mayport on 19 September 1967. Over 61,000 miles were traveled with 58 underway replenishments accomplished to provide Ware her logistical requirements.

On 2 March 1968, Ware left Mayport for a deployment to U.S. Middle East Force. Ware's route to and from the Middle East stretched 11,000 miles each way between Mayport and Port Louis, Mauritius. During the 195 day deployment, Ware steamed 46,122 miles and crossed the Equator six times. Ware men distributed more than 250 cartons of "Handclasp" gifts of the Navy and American people to hospitals, schools, and orphanages. Ware was relieved of her MIDEASTFOR duties on 7 August 1968, and arrived back in Mayport, Florida on 12 September 1968, once again part of the U.S. Second Fleet. On 22 May 1969 the ship began a four month major overhaul at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. Upon completion of overhaul, the ship was underway for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for refresher training. When training was completed Ware received her Operational Readiness Inspection; among other accomplishments, Ware was awarded the highest grades in anti-submarine warfare given any destroyer in recent years.

On 27 August 1970, Ware sailed for the Mediterranean for the first time since 1965, to begin a seven month deployment. The deployment for Ware meant long hours of fleet steaming ranging from carrier operations to screening amphibious support ships. She participated in every kind of exercise from National Week to steaming with Italian ASW research vessels. Shortly after her arrival, Ware found herself along with much of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the eastern zone of the Mediterranean as civil war erupted in Jordan. During the deployment the ship visited Palma and Barcelona, Spain; Suda Bay, Crete; Brandisi; Naples, and La Spezia, Italy; Cannes, France; and Malta. The year 1972 found Ware in her home port preparing for an INSURV Inspection in March. Ware later conducted local operations and qualified for Naval Gunfire Support during a trip to Cuba and San Juan, Puerto Rico in July.

On 27 September 1972, Ware departed Mayport for a deployment to Middle East Force. The cruise would take her around the globe for the first time in her 28 year history. Ports visited enroute MIDEASTFOR were Port of Spain, Trinidad; Recife, Brazil; Luanda, Angola; Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. On 1 November 1972 Ware sailed into Mombassa, Kenya where she became part of MIDEASTFOR. She sailed from Mombassa to Bahrain Island then to sea again as she participated in "Operation Mid-Link" with Navies from Iran, Pakistan, and Great Britain. At the close of "Operation Mid-Link" the Ware crew celebrated Thanksgiving while at anchor off Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Ware then set sail for Karachi, Pakistan and then to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Prior to departure from Jiddah, Ware embarked 20 men from the Royal Navy of Saudi Arabia for a training cruise. During the cruise and enroute to Bahrain the Ware was on the scene of a collision of two super tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Ware assisted in the search and rescue of the crews of the tankers, receiving 31 survivors on board and provided medical treatment. Ware transported 29 survivors to Bahrain for further treatment and transportation to their homes. Ware's action resulted in messages of "Well Done" from the Chief of Naval Operations and other senior military and civilian authorities.

Ware spent Christmas in Bahrain, then on 3 January 1973 set sail for Kuwait; Massawa, Ethiopia; Djiboute, AFARS; Mombassa, Kenya; Victoria, Seychelles; and Port Louis Mauritius, where on 24 February 1973 she was relieved of her duties in MIDEASTFOR. Ware then began her long trek home visiting Colombo, Sri Lanka; Singapore; Hong Kong; Yokosuka, Japan; Midway Island; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; San Diego, California; Manzanillo, Mexico; Rodman, Canal Zone and on 21 April 1973 she returned home to Mayport completing a 207 day trip around the world.

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This article was tagged in 2015 for likely copyvio issues. These have not been addressed even though edits have been made (Pinging User:Nigel Ish) If there is no interest I will try to remove (reword etc...) the issues. If I can not get free to do this shortly I will simply blank the material that shows to be a very likely copyvio of a least one source until such time as this can be addressed. There was direct copy/paste issues as I recall. Otr500 (talk) 04:42, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * DANFS is a public domain source - Hazegray is just another copy of the originally printed DANFS, which is also available on the Naval History and Heritage Command's website (and it was updating a link to the "official" DANFS website in a citation which was my only previous edit to the article, as part of a series of updates to DANFS links for US destroyers), so the stuff copied from it does not need to be removed as a copyvio (although it could always do with some TLC and rewording). I've removed the text copied from the cruise book as that doesn't appear to be PD.Nigel Ish (talk) 09:46, 5 May 2019 (UTC)