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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Borie |
| Namesake | Adolph E. Borie |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 29 February 1944 |
| Launched | 4 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 21 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1972 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Fate | ToArgentina 1 July 1972 |
 Argentina | |
| Name | Hipólito Bouchard |
| Namesake | Hippolyte de Bouchard |
| Acquired | 1 July 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 1984 |
| Stricken | 1984 |
| Identification | D-26 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap 1984 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 2,200 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament |
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USSBorie (DD-704), anAllen M. Sumner-classdestroyer, was the second ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forAdolph E. Borie,Secretary of the Navy under PresidentUlysses S. Grant.
Borie (DD-704) waslaunched on 4 July 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.,Kearny, New Jersey sponsored by Mrs Albert Nalle (née Patty Neill Borie, great-grandniece ofAdolph E. Borie); andcommissioned on 21 September 1944.
Borie joined thePacific Fleet, arriving atPearl Harbor 4 January 1945. She took part in theBattle of Iwo Jima, both the bombardment (24 January) and invasion (19–23 February). After joiningTask Force 58, she participated in theTokyo raids (16–17 and 25 February),Okinawa raid (1 March), and the raids in support of the occupation of Okinawa (17 March–14 May). From 9 July to 9 August, she served withTask Force 38 in itsraids on the Japanese home islands. On 9 August, fourkamikazes attempted to crash intoBorie, one achieving a hit on superstructure between the mast and the 5-inch gun director, causing extensive damage, killing 48 men, and wounding 66. The 3 other were shot down or missed. Due to the hit theBorie's rudder was locked.[1]
The damaged destroyer returned toSaipan and Pearl Harbor for temporary repairs and on 10 September entereddry dock atHunter's Point, California, for permanent repairs. Repairs completed on 20 November, she departedSan Diego 4 February 1946 to join theAtlantic Fleet.Borie remained in the Atlantic Fleet, except for one cruise toKorea (6 September 1950 – 9 June 1951), during which she served with TF 77 and took part in theHungnam Evacuation.Borie made at least five European and Mediterranean cruises. During a deployment (28 July-4 December 1956), she assisted in the evacuation of American nationals and United Nations truce teams from Haifa, Israel and Gaza, Egypt. She returned to more routine operations, with a few notable exceptions, her 1959 recovery of theProject Mercury nose cone and Sam, the space monkey and her 1960 surveillance duties with thePolaris missilesubmarinesGeorge Washington Carver andRobert E. Lee.
In 1961 she completed herFleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. In the Caribbean in 1962, she rescued nine Cubans seeking asylum in the U.S. and, later, three Jamaican fishermen, and then joined the U.S. blockade during theCuban Missile Crisis whereBorie participated in forcing a diesel-powered Russian submarine to the surface, then offered the submarine aid and supplies.Borie, with two other destroyers, escorted the submarine out of the area. During the night,Borie received orders to head for the Panama Canal and wait for 20 amphibious ships from the west coast to establish an attack task force. Over the ensuing years, she acquired a Drone Antisubmarine Helicopter (DASH) system and during a Mediterranean deployment, rescued anF-8 Crusader pilot whose plane crashed in a landing attempt on theaircraft carrierShangri-La.
In February 1968,Borie began herVietnam deployment, serving in theGulf of Tonkin asplane guard and completing radar picket duty. On the gun line, her gunners fired over 7,000 rounds at enemy positions atPhan Thiet and in theMekong Delta. Returning to peacetime operations in 1969,Borie became anaval reservetraining ship until June 1972, when she was decommissioned. She was struck from theNaval Vessel Register on 1 July 1972.
She was sold to theArgentine Navy and renamedHipólito Bouchard (D-26) after the Argentineprivateer,Hippolyte Bouchard and had fourExocetanti-ship missiles fitted in 1977–78.[2] ARABouchard saw action in theFalklands War, forming a part of the escort for the aircraft carrierVeinticinco de Mayo during theinitial Argentine invasion on 2 April 1982. On 26 AprilBouchard andsister shipPiedra Buena formed the escort for thecruiserARA General Belgrano whenBelgrano set out fromUshuaia in response to the approaching British Task Force, and was present when on 2 May 1982,Belgrano was torpedoed and sunk.[3]In author Michael Rossiters' 'Sink the Belgrano', (Random House, London, 2009), it says Belgrano was unable to send any Mayday signal because of electrical failure; this and poor visibility meant the two escorting destroyers, (both also ex-United States Navy vessels), were unaware of the sinking until some hours later. A total of 323 men were killed. During the torpedo attack, the crew felt an impact which was believed to have been one of the three torpedoes fired fromHMS Conqueror. They later found four cracks in the hull which were thought to have been a torpedoe striking at the end of its run.[4][5]
On the night of 17/18 May a helicopter was tracked by the radar ofBouchard, who sent a message to her sister shipARAPiedrabuena, patrolling on the north, and then to the naval base of Río Grande.[6] In fact, aSH-3 Sea King reconnaissance mission on Río Grande had been launched by the British fromHMS Invincible as a prelude toOperation Mikado, but after detecting the Argentine radar signal, the crew of the Sea King and members of the SAS flew to Chile, where they destroyed their aircraft.[7] Argentine Navy reports claim thatBouchard shelled a submarine and a number of inflatable boats while on patrol two miles off Rio Grande on the evening of 16 May 1982, during an alleged British attempt to land special forces on Tierra del Fuego.[8]
She was broken up for scrap in 1984.
Borie received threebattle stars for her World War II services and four battle stars for her participation in theKorean War.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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