August Returned to home port allowing the crew to enjoy a period of leave and liberty. The King, as a gesture of gratitude, sent the officers and men a gift of three tons of oranges, tangerines, sardines, and orange juice.
After a visit to Rota , Spain and exercises with the USS America CVA , she participated in a search for survivors of a small British trawler; and four of six missing sailors were recovered.. She then proceeded via Gibraltar to Casablanca, Morocco.
While there, the Soviet military attache came on board for a special tour of the ship. After brief stop at Rota, she returns to Mayport via Bermuda. She endures seven days of hurricane winds and over foot swells in the mid-Atlantic where the storm snaps off part of mast on top of MACK see Sea Stories section for details.
She returned to her home port and underwent various inspections and tender availability. September She returns to Mayport and spends the rest of the year and the first part of in training and in improving the physical condition of the ship.
She then proceeded to the naval weapons station where she offloaded weapons in preparation for going into the shipyard. SIMS suffered an engineering casualty and was towed to Charleston for repairs. The ship went into drydock on until December. After she was refloated, work renewing the ship continued into the spring of March Completed routine overhaul in Philadelphia and returned to homeport by way of Charleston Naval Station for ammunition reloading.
Tender availability occupied the month of July and August. There was great concern the Russians might salvage the jet and thus obtain secrets of US fire control systems.
Then again the JFK collides with a naval vessel. Port of visits included Tromso, Norway and Edinburgh, Scotland. She spent the remainder of and January in tender availability and sea trials preparing for April MED cruise. During the remainder of the month, SIMS prepared for upcoming deployment. Sims departed Edinburgh, Scotland; headed home; and arrived at Mayport on 9 November. The ship spent the remainer of and January in availability.
Shipyard work and underway training occupied February. On 1 March, a propulsion examining board embarked; and the ship passed in all respects. During the remainder of the month, the escort ship prepared for an upcoming deployment. Sims departed Mayport on 30 March, bound for Lisbon, Portugal, and a six and one-half month Mediterranean deployment. A severe storm with to foot seas, encountered en route, damaged the main mast to the point where it had to be supported by riggings of mooring lines.
As a result, the ship arrived in Rota rather than Lisbon and remained there from 12 April to 13 May undergoing repairs.
The destroyer escort then conducted operations in the areas of Crete, Greece, Tunisia, and Sicily. Sims arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, on 8 August and, during her visit there, was visited by the American consul general, the Governor of Alexandria, and the Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Navy.
She then departed for Augusta Bay, Sicily. The exercise concluded on 22 August when the fleet anchored off Taranto, Italy, for debriefing. The crew enjoyed a port visit to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, before going to sea for "Bystander" operations near Gibraltar. After a tender availability at Naples, W. When the exercise ended, the escort ship acted as the sole escort for Independence CV as they visited Malaga and Rota, Spain.
On 14 October, W. Sims, along with Independence and several other ships, departed Rota and arrived at Mayport on the 21st. The ship spent most of November undergoing tender availability and, on the 28th, participated in Operation "Marcot," a joint operation with the Canadian Navy.
On 3 December, while operating near Bermuda, the ship lost all power due to an engineering failure. The ship had no power to any equipment except those powered by batteries.
An aircraft responded to distress flares and contacted surface ships in the area. Ainsworth DE responded and came alongside, "skin to skin" on the high seas, with all lines tripled. In the midst of six-foot swells, there began heavy movement between the two ships causing frequent contact, buckling several frames in the midships section, and causing considerable superficial damage to the starboard side.
After temporary repairs were made, all lines were cleared, and W. Sims returned to home port for repairs. The year ended with the destroyer escort in restricted availability, conducting repairs on both diesels and structural repairs to the starboard side.
Sims remained in restricted availability into March On the 8th, she joined units of the 2d Fleet in the Caribbean for Exercise "Safepass " After refueling at New London, Conn. Sims arrived back at Mayport on 24 March and began an upkeep period until 6 April.
After successfully undergoing an operational propulsion plant exam, the frigate got underway for the Caribbean and Exercise "Comptuex;" then headed up the Cooper River to moor at the Charleston Naval Station on 27 April. After onloading weapons, the ship returned to her home port for availability and upkeep which lasted through 5 June. Sims conducted tests and inspections at sea, followed by an inport period from 13 to 28 June during which she completed preparations for the upcoming Mediterranean cruise.
On 29 June, the frigate sailed for her fourth and longest Mediterranean cruise. Following her Atlantic crossing, the ship arrived in Malaga on 9 July. After a brief run to Naples, she received on board Admiral H.
Hayward, paid a visit to tour the ship. The month of September found W. In addition, he also greatly contributed to the effort against German U-Boats. As a result, William Sims deserves to be considered as an influential figure in American Naval history. USS W. Skip to content. Home Videos. Sims Background : — William Sims was born on 15 October She was in commission from to Sims was laid down on 10 April , by Avondale Shipyards , Inc.
She was launched on 5 January , sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Hopkins daughter of Admiral Sims , and commissioned on 3 January , with C.
Plumly in command. Following an extended fitting-out period at the Charleston Naval Shipyard and a restricted availability at Jacksonville Shipyard for correction of minor construction faults, W.
Sims became fully operational in June , and proceeded to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , for shakedown training. After a two and one-half month post-shakedown availability at the Charleston Naval Shipyard to correct deficiencies uncovered during shakedown and to install additional equipment, W.
Sims was put to sea in November to evaluate the feasibility of installing the light airborne multi-purpose system LAMPS. She was the first ship of her class to have a manned helicopter land on her deck and, during the next four days, she successfully demonstrated the capability of these new ships to operate manned helicopters.
Upon completion of the testing, the escort proceeded to her home port, Mayport, Florida, for the holiday season. On 11 January , W. The project consisted of six cruises, numbered 0 to 5, where W.
Sims operated with various types of submarines in order to determine the capabilities and limitations of the installed long range underwater sound detection equipment. The tests continued throughout the year and took the escort to such ports as New Orleans; Fredriksted, St. The ship returned to Mayport in time for Thanksgiving and, between 22 November and 31 December , was involved in a fleet standdown period, during which officials representing the squadron, flotilla, and type commanders conducted a series of inspections.
The final cruise for the Key West testing project began on 4 January Sims returned to Mayport on 15 January and spent the next month preparing for operations with the 6th Fleet. On 15 February , the ocean escort sailed for the Caribbean to participate in "LantFltRedEx " and then proceeded on to the Mediterranean. On 10 March, W. Sims inchopped to the 6th Fleet and took part in various antisubmarine exercises besides visiting Barcelona, Spain, and Naples, Italy.
From 27 March to 6 April, the destroyer escort and William V. Pratt maintained a close surveillance of Soviet naval units in the south central Mediterranean. A visit to Sanremo , Italy, and tender availability at Naples followed the exercise. After visiting Sfax, Tunisia, W. Sims conducted special surveillance operations on Soviet submarines from 23 May to 10 June. When Vreeland relieved W.
Sims late that month, the latter headed home and returned to Mayport on 5 September. Upon completing a month-long standdown period, the ship commenced an extended availability at the Jacksonville Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida, which lasted through the end of the year and the first three months of The ship then carried out post-availability sea trials.
The discrepancies which the testing uncovered were corrected by 9 April. The following day, the ocean escort steamed south to Roosevelt Roads , Puerto Rico, and joined the surface missile fleet in gunfire support exercises conducted at the Atlantic Fleet weapons range, Culebra Island.
On 8 May , W. Sims arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for refresher training, but an engineering casualty soon forced her to return to Mayport for repairs. When the corrections had been made, she returned to Cuba and conducted refresher training from the end of May to mid-June. From 12 to 26 July, W. Sims participated in "LantRedEx " in the Caribbean. As her next assignment, the ship evaluated the basic point defense missile. The ocean escort returned to her home port on 10 August, enabling the crew to enjoy a period of leave and liberty.
Sims sailed for North Atlantic and Mediterranean operations on 14 September. At the time of W.
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