[Bob]

My grandfather served on the Gridley while serving in WW2.

That would have been a different USS Gridley. Kerry's Gridley was DLG-21 (later redesignated CG-21). It was a Leahy-class guided missile frigate built in the early 1960's. There's no way could it have been the same ship your grandfather served on.

[RaceBannon]

Kerry's boat, USS GRIDLEY, was on float with us in 1980, it is on this page.

http://rescueattempt.tripod.com/id5.html

[APFel]

Thanks, Bob. I appreciate the clarification. The Internet supplies very little information about USN ships, and I wasn't aware that the Navy recycled ship names (especially after only 15-20 years).

Cheers!

APf