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Newport Navalog
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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U.S. Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force reorganization effective Jan. 1, 1962, creates composite divisions for modern warfare. Several destroyers shift homeports between Mayport, Newport, New York, and Philadelphia. (187 chars)
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DD Units To Switch Home Ports 1 Jan.
The Chief of Naval Operations has approved a reorganization of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force effective the first day of the new year.
Each destroyer division, where possible, will be a composite unit consisting of one 931-class, one FRAM I and two FRAM II destroyer types.
This new division will possess a flexibility and versatility that is required for modern destroyer operations in anti-submarine and anti-air warfare.
Incident to the reorganization several homeport changes will be made effective 1 Jan. 1962.
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The Mayport, Fla. based MASSEY, MOALE, C. S. SPERRY and INGRAHAM will move to Newport, while C. R. WARE and WARRINGTON, homeported in New York incident to their FRAM, will be based at Mayport and Newport respectively.
The destroyer USS S. B. ROBERTS, which has been in FRAM overhaul at Philadelphia, will be based here. The Newport-based McCAFFERY, HARWOOD and F. J. HALSTEAD will be shifted to Mayport.
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Mayport, Fla.; Newport; New York; Philadelphia
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1 Jan. 1962
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The U.S. Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force will reorganize into composite destroyer divisions with one 931-class, one FRAM I, and two FRAM II types for flexibility in anti-submarine and anti-air warfare. Homeport changes include MASSEY, MOALE, C. S. SPERRY, and INGRAHAM moving from Mayport to Newport; C. R. WARE to Mayport and WARRINGTON to Newport; USS S. B. ROBERTS to Newport; and McCAFFERY, HARWOOD, F. J. HALSTEAD from Newport to Mayport.