USS Duncan

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My second tour in the Navy was quite different than my first.

Since I was somewhat fluent in Japanese, I was transferred to the USS Duncan (DDR-874)] homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. We made port calls all over the Western Pacific including the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea, and I made a side trip to Macau. This allowed for a fair amount of "in port time", and I was able to spend time traveling around Japan, making friends and learning the various Japanese styles of bondage. (I find it interesting that although we did a fair amount of bondage, we never used the title, "Shibari".)

ComDesRon Nine

USS Duncan (DD/DDR-874) [1]

Duncan was the flagship for ComDesRon-9's (Captain Hartigan) and his staff. He was the Commander of eight US Navy destroyers.

During the Vietnam War Duncan served as plane guard for aircraft carriers on "Yankee Station" in the Gulf of Tonkin, participated in Operations "Sea Dragon" and "Market Time", patrolled on search and rescue duties, and carried out naval gunfire support missions.

Duncan was decommissioned on 15 January 1971, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 February 1974, and sunk as a target off California on 31 July 1980.

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USS Knox (DD/DDR-742}

USS Knox was named for Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, who was the father of Elyse Knox and grandfather of tv celebrity Mark Harmon.

USS DeHaven (DD-727)


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