Talk:USS Johnston (DD-821)

U.S.S. Johnston Vietnam deployment
Additional information on ships deployment to Vietnam for the following link and source of the information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Johnston_(DD-821)

http://fightingfreddy66.blogspot.com/2009/05/gonzalez-hosts-uss-johnston-dd-821.html

USS Johnston (DD 821) was a Gearing class destroyer laid down in March 1945 and commissioned in August 1946. She was named for her fallen predecessor USS Johnston (DD-557), sunk on October 25, 1944 in the incredibly heroic battle against a much more heavily armed Japanese Task Force at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. For most of her career Johnston was a Cold Warrior, making many deployments to the Mediterranean and operating in the Atlantic and Caribbean out of Newport, Rhode Island and Charleston, South Carolina, but in late 1967 she deployed to the Western Pacific for Vietnam gun line and Tonkin Gulf escort duties. After surviving a typhoon in the mid-Pacific in late 1967 and doing escort duty with USS Ranger in the Gulf of Tonkin during January 1968, Johnston finally arrived off Hue City on 6 February and immediately engaged in intense gunfire support during the height of the Battle of Hue City. Remaining in a continuous gunfire support role until mid-March of 1968, the ship then returned to Charleston having expended over 10,000 5-inch rounds… Johnston remained in commission until 1980 and was then transferred to the Taiwanese Navy and served until 2004 – an incredible 58 years of continuous service. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.255.73.27 (talk) 16:41, 7 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I know this was 11 years ago.. but I can’t thank whoever posted this enough. I’ve been crying for the last 30 minutes after finally seeing the USS Johnston recognized for its major role in Battle of Hue. Those 10,000 rounds firing non stop.. was made possible by a sailor named James No Name Jay. And I have the citation to prove it. He and he alone was given the credit of the success of that battle being won. That sailor is my Uncle Jim and he played a vital role in the success of that mission. Thank you for bringing this information to light. 108.147.93.72 (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2023 (UTC)