Welcome to the USS Kenneth D Bailey DD-713 Guestbook Forum

Years Served: 1956 to 1959…Served as an ET 39 months on the KDB when she was DDR713. Made two Med Cruises and moved the home port from Newport RI to Mayport FL. Great ship and great crew.

Years Served: Nil…I am Lawrence Gatt from Malta. It appears that she was in Malta in 1968. I live in Selmun limits of Mellieha and I have found a Zippo cigarette lighter at my farm with the engraving of Kenneth D Bailey DDR 713. Perhaps there might be somebody who recalls having left this memento to a local.

Years Served: 1966-1968…Served from early 66 to late 68. BT2 in the forward fireroom working for Fred Fields most of the time.

Years Served: 1962-1964…:roll: We had some good times. Gerald & Ronald (both deceased now and missed) were my twin brothers aboard at the same time I was. I believe that we were the first set of more than two brothers (since the five Sullivan brothers killed from the same ship in WWII) on the same ship at the same time. We had Other sets of brothers aboard when we were there. I know that at least the Ender brothers and the Allen brothers were there. This is something that Just happened in the Spring of 1965. I picked up a young sailor looking for a ride back to NAS Millington, TN at a service station in Nashville one Saturday Night. I was on my way back to UT at Martin, TN so I told him I could take him that far. We let him stay in our dorm that night and arranged a ride for him to Millington with one of my UT classmates parents on Sunday afternoon. The thing that really scared him while were heading west on Interstate 40 about forty miles west of Nashville after he’d told me he was in a classified C school at NAS Millington. As we were riding along he said something just like the Allen brothers on our ship. You should have seen the look on h is face. All I said was, Hey Boy, is your name Allen. He finally said, yes. I then told him that I could tell by the word he used that I knew his brothers even though I didn’t know they had a younger brother. I told him who they were, what ship we were on together and showed him pictures of them in my cruise book. Peace in his heart at last. I wish all surviving Bailey sailors a great day and appreciate Your willingness to serve our great country. John K. (J.K.) Hughes II

Years Served: 1966 to 1970…I was in 1st div. and would realy like to hear from other 1st div. hands .Does anybody have any info on JAMES R. LARKIN , if so please pass it on to me THANKS CUNNINGHAM BM3