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Berthed at Stockton, California, ... back to R.O.C. by sale. ... and become a missile destroyer, DDG-919. She was decommissioned 16 October 1999 and stricken on 11 ...
The destroyer was decommissioned in November 1945 and sold for scrap in 1947. 8. USS Taylor (DD-468) ©national_museum_of_the_us_navy / Public Domain Flickr. ... (CA-38), a heavy cruiser, began ...
California suffered damage when an intense squall broke her moorings and the ship collided with USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092), docked at the same pier on 6 June 1977. California suffered minor stern damage on 6 June 1977 when high winds in Norfolk harbor broke her moorings and the cruiser drifted in into the frigate USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092). [1]
Decommissioned in 1947, the destroyer was recommissioned again in 1949 as an anti-submarine warfare platform. Its final decommission came later, in 1969. ... USS New Orleans (CA-32)
Between 1960 and 1969 the destroyer made nine annual deployments to the Mediterranean, interspersed with northern European operations, coast-wise trips, and visits to the Caribbean. In June 1962 she entered the New York Naval Shipyard for a FRAM II conversion, which was completed in March 1963. [2] Putnam continued active deployments to 1970. [2]
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California: Laid down: 30 April 1942: Launched: 18 December 1942, as HMS Essington (BDE-21) Commissioned: 31 May 1943: Decommissioned: 26 October 1945: Renamed: USS Harold C. Thomas, 19 February 1943: Stricken: 28 November 1945: Honors and awards: 2 battle stars (World War II) Fate: Sold for scrapping, 25 ...
Decommissioned: 31 January 1996: Stricken: 4 July 1999: Fate: Sold for scrap 2014: General characteristics; Class and type: Yellowstone-class destroyer tender: Displacement: 20263 tons: Length: 642 ft (196 m) Beam: 85 ft (26 m) Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m) Propulsion: Steam Turbines: Speed: 20 knots: Complement: 87 Officers 1508 Enlisted: Armament
The USS Stewart arriving under tow in San Francisco Bay, California in early March 1946. / Credit: Donald M. McPherson / U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command