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Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California: Laid down: 6 March 1944: Launched: 19 November 1944: Commissioned: 13 September 1945: Decommissioned: 28 June 1968: Stricken: 1 July 1973: Fate: Sold for scrapping, 1 August 1974: General characteristics; Class and type: Klondike-class destroyer tender: Displacement: 8,165 ...
The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.
Livingston was laid down 22 March 1943, under a Maritime Commission(MARCOM) contract, MC hull No. 1637, as the Liberty ship SS Josiah D. Whitney, by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; launched 16 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. D. W. Fernhout; acquired by the Navy 25 October 1943; renamed Livingston 30 October 1943; and commissioned 10 November 1943.
Kendall C. Campbell departed Japan 4 November, arriving San Pedro, Los Angeles, 22 November. The destroyer escort decommissioned at San Diego, California, 31 May 1946 and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was berthed at Stockton, California. On 15 January 1972 she was struck from the Navy List, and, on 15 January 1973, she was sold for ...
On 7 February 1991, Hua Yang, another Sumner-class destroyer, and 8 missile boats took part in a naval exercise off of Kaohsiung. The unit conducted joint sea-air anti-submarine, joint sea-land air defense, anti-missile boat, and underway replenishment exercises. [2] She was decommissioned on 25 April 1994 and sold for scrap. [2]
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
Decommissioned: 30 September 1968: Stricken: 1 October 1968: Fate: Sank in a storm while under tow for scrapping, 2 February 1972. General characteristics; Class and type: Fletcher-class destroyer: Displacement: 2,050 tons: Length: 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) Beam: 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) Draft: 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 ...
USS MacKenzie (DD-614) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third ship named for Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie . MacKenzie was laid down 29 May 1941 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding , San Pedro, California ; launched 27 June 1942; sponsored by Miss Gail Nielsen, descendant of ...