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As noted in the Links
Page, http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG21.htm,
GRIDLEY was not cut up for razor
blades after she was decommissioned. She sat at MARAD near San
Francisco for over ten years but is now being broken up in Brownsville,
Texas. The picture below was taken in April 2004 and it looks as
if the bridge and upper level of CIC are gone. The ship on the
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The photo (USS Gridley is on the left and
the almost finished scrapped hulk on the right is the former USS England
DLG/CG-22) shows both ships at International Shipbreaking Limited, Port
Of Brownsville, Texas on 26 April 2004. This photo was taken from the
AMFELS Yard, accross the ship channel. I verified that the ship on the
left is the USS Gridley, by calling the company doing the scrapping:
International Shipbreaking LLC (Limited Liability Corporation) 18500
Southport Road, Brownsville, TX 78521
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Here are some notes on where
GRIDLEY spent the last ten years. "Stopped by the MARAD office
today to see what I could "see/learn." Got a couple of
pictures (attached) but the visit was otherwise not too useful. I'm
going to call the lady Monday who seemed the most squared away but
wasn't there today.You can see a grouping in the "row" of
"double enders" and "single enders" but GRIDLEY is
not really discernable. JOUETT and STANDLEY were named as being on the
row but I plan to get the exact order. Apparently one needs to be in a
boat to get a really good view. I could work on that through some
connections that I'd have to resurrect." |
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Keith Ott reports: Cruiser row at
Benicia has the following CG-16/26 class cruisers in the next to last
row (toward the east) and counted from the northern shore:
CG-29 Jouett
CG-32 W H Stanley
CG-30 Horne
CG-23 Halsey
CG-22 England
CG-21 Gridley
CG-31 Sterett (on hold for memorial ship)
I spoke with the PAO at SURFPAC today and
he said that WORDEN had just been sunk in a RIMEX. The others above will
be scrapped or used as targets at some time in the future.
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