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USS ''Sampson'' (DDG-10), named for Admiral William T. Sampson USN (1840–1902), was a ''Charles F. Adams''-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. ''Sampson'' was laid down by the Bath Iron Works at Bath in Maine on 2 March 1959, launched on 21 May 1960 by Mrs. John S. Crenshaw and commissioned on 24 June 1961, Commander Forrester W. Isen in command. ==1960s== Following shakedown off Guantanamo Bay in September, ''Sampson'' tested and evaluated the Tartar missile system off Puerto Rico. Homeported at Norfolk, Virginia, she conducted further tests and trials in early 1962 before joining Destroyer Squadron 18 (DesRon 18) and Destroyer Division 182 (DesDiv 182) in July. Composed completely of missile ships, DesRon 18 was then the most modern squadron in the Navy. Further radar and missile tests followed in 1963; and, in July, ''Sampson'' operated in the Midshipman Training Squadron. Finally, in January 1964, ''Sampson'' fired two Tartar missiles under simulated combat conditions. During 1964, she also underwent her first regular overhaul, and received missile replenishment at sea from helicopters. In January 1965, ''Sampson'' sailed for her first Mediterranean deployment, but an electrical fire on the night of 14 January caused extensive damage to her fire control capability and forced her to abbreviate her deployment and enter the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs on 15 March. The destroyer returned to fleet duties on 24 June. While conducting gunnery exercises, on 17 July, Sampson spotted the 50-foot sailing sloop, ''Cecelia Anna'', flying distress signals and rescued her 6 crewmen and mascot puppy moments before the sloop sank. In 1966, ''Sampson'' conducted gunnery exercises and escort duties near Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; then, in March, she deployed to the Mediterranean for extensive operations with the 6th Fleet. She returned to Norfolk in August. On 28 November, following three weeks of exercises in the Caribbean and additional tests, Sampson got underway to participate in exercise "Lantflex 66" in which she provided ASW and AAW services for the ASW carrier, , and conducted exercises in the Puerto Rico operating area before returning to Norfolk in December. ''Sampson'' re-deployed to the Mediterranean in mid-1967. While there, a ''Sampson'' radarman rescued a German seaman from the harbor at Ferrol, Spain. By 25 May 1967, there was evidence that a crisis was brewing in the Middle East that eventually lead up to The Six Day War, 5-10 Jun 1967. The Sampson was assigned to the USS America CVA-66 task group. This task group also joined up with TG 60.2, the carrier Saratoga CVA-60, and her destroyers under the command of Rear Admiral Geis. On the morning of 2 June, 1967, soviet destroyers appeared and began constantly cutting in and out of the carriers formation. The Sampson was ordered to shadow one soviet destroyer, hule number 626 and attempt to keep it out of the carriers formation. Which it did. On 5 June 1967, the word was passed over the !-MC, the ship-wide general announcement system, to set condition three, an advanced stat of defensive readiness. On 8 June, 1967 the USS Liberty AGTR-5 was attacked by Israeli fighter jets aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats. The attack killed 34 crew members and wounded 171 crew members. The Sampson was a member of the force which steamed to rendezvoused with the heavily damaged USS Liberty (AGTR-5) 9 June. Leaving the 6th Fleet at the end of August 1967, ''Sampson'' steamed back to the United States, and soon shifted to her new home port of Charleston, South Carolina. ''Sampson'' operated out of Charleston in the Atlantic and Caribbean during 1968 until again deploying to the Mediterranean in September. She returned to Charleston in February 1969 and resumed operations in the Atlantic and the Caribbean until redeploying to the Mediterranean in October of that year. After six months with the 6th Fleet, she returned to Charleston on 28 March 1970. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Sampson (DDG-10)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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