TISDALE DE 33
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid January 23 1943 - Launched June 28 1943 |
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Postmarks
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Other Information
TISDALE earned four battle stars during World War II
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars- WWII Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - Ryland Dillard Tisdale USN (November 15 1894 - May 23 1942)
Tisdale was appointed Midshipman at the Naval Academy on July 7 1911 and graduated on June 5 1915. On June 5 1917, less than two months after the declaration of war, Tisdale reported on board SS ANTILLES, apparently for duty with an armed-guard gun crew assigned to that chartered Army transport. He served in that ship until she was torpedoed off Brest, France, on October 17 1917.
Lt. Tisdale subsequently received a special letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for displaying ". . . coolness and courage in command of the forward guns, . . ." and for not leaving his post ". . . until he was forced to dive from the bridge of the sinking vessel." Tisdale also assisted other ANTILLES survivors onto life rafts. On June 11 1920 he reported to the Naval Academy for post graduate studies in engineering. A year later, he checked in at the New York Navy Yard for practical instruction during the summer, before entering Colum bia University on September 28 for further course work which lasted until the early summer of 1922, when he moved to the General Electric Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., until the end of July. Tisdale rounded out his scholastic efforts late that summer with six weeks of study at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., at Pittsburgh, Pa. Tisdale returned to sea duty in the fall of 1922 until April 1925, when he went ashore once more, this time to a billet in the Bureau of Engineering. In 1927, he completed his tour in Washington and returned to sea as Executive Officer of USS BRIDGE AF-1. On September 25 1928, he reported for duty at Shanghai, China. Five days later, he assumed his first command, the Asiatic Fleet destroyer USS STEWART DD-224. He was detached on October 31 1929 and, after a month with the 16th Naval District, Lt. Comdr. Tisdale took over his second command, USS PALOS PG-16, and began patrolling the upper reaches of the Yangtze in that gunboat. During this tour of duty, Lt. Comdr. Tisdale earned the Navy Cross. Late in July 1930, he and his ship were in the vicnity of Changsha when that city was attacked, taken, looted, and lost by Chinese communists. Tisdale and his crew assisted in the evacuation of Americans and other foreigners. He also led his crew and ship past the city for two firing passes as a show of force to discourage looting of the foreign concessions. The citation states, in part, that, ". . . the loss of American and other foreign property was limited by his timely action." Lt. Comdr. Tisdale's next assignment took him to the Georgia School of Technology for a two-year tour of duty with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps detachment located there. From there, he went back to the Asiatic Fleet to join the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadron 5. He served in that capacity from January 19 to November 11 1935 when he became Captain of the Yard at Olongapo in the Philippines. Tisdale was placed on the retired list on June 30 1936, with the rank of Commander. In 1940, the United States began preparing for the contingency of war. Comdr. Tisdale returned to the colors in July and served for a brief period in the Bureau of Ships at Washington, D.C. In October, he was relieved of duty; however, within another month, he was back on active duty. On January 14 1941, Comdr. Tisdale reported for duty at the Cavite Navy Yard near Manila in the Philippines. Tisdale spent the remainder of his life in the Philippines. He served in the defense of those islands after the Japanese invasion on December 8 1941. After the surrender at Corregidor in May 1942, Comdr. Tisdale continued to resist the enemy on Mindanao. On May 23 1942, he was killed at Tamparan in Lanao Province during action with Moros, who had collaborated with the Japanese
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