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U.S.S. MARKAB
(AR-23)SERVICE TO THE FLEET
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AR-23 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AR-23 Shellback Initiation | Add a AR-23 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1940 | - | Launch Date: 21 DEC 1940 | ||
MAY | 1941 | - | NOV | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1941 | - | Commissioned: 15 JUN 1941 | ||
JUL | 1955 | - | Decommissioned: 31 JUL 1955 | ||
JUL | 1960 | - | JUL | 1960 | Re-Commisioned |
FEB | 1961 | - | NOV | 1963 | china art treasure |
FEB | 1961 | - | FEB | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1961 | - | MAY | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1962 | - | MAR | 1963 | West Pac |
JUL | 1962 | - | FEB | 1963 | Westpac Deployment |
JAN | 1964 | - | West Pac - please list dates of each West Pac | ||
JAN | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1964 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1964 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1964 | - | FEB | 1965 | West Pac |
JAN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | TYPHOON |
FEB | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | West Pac |
FEB | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1966 | - | MAY | 1967 | West Pac |
SEP | 1966 | - | MAY | 1967 | uss markab |
NOV | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac |
MAY | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac |
JUL | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | Decommisioning |
SEP | 1970 | - | OCT | 1970 | Decommisioning |
AR-23 General Specifications
Class: Hamul-class destroyer tender
Complement: 864 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 8560 tons
Length: 492 feet
Beam: 69 feet
Draft: 28 feet 6 in
Final Disposition: Transferred to the Maritime Administration 12 March 1976Sold for scrapping 12 April 1977