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U.S.S. JUPITER
(AVS-8)BACA HACHI
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AVS-8 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AVS-8 Shellback Initiation | Add a AVS-8 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1942 | - | Commissioned: 22 AUG 1942 | ||
MAY | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 23 MAY 1947 | ||
OCT | 1950 | - | OCT | 1950 | Recommisioned |
MAR | 1953 | - | MAY | 1956 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1957 | - | JAN | 1959 | Middle Pacific |
JUL | 1957 | - | JAN | 1959 | Middle Pacific |
JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac |
JAN | 1961 | - | DEC | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1961 | - | OCT | 1963 | West Pac |
DEC | 1961 | - | OCT | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1962 | - | APR | 1964 | personal diaries |
OCT | 1963 | - | OCT | 1963 | Crossed the Equator 00-00 105-00 E |
OCT | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1963 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1963 | - | DEC | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1963 - Pacific Ocean |
AVS-8 General Specifications
Displacement: 7293 tons
Length: 459 feet 2 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Draft: 25 feet 10 in
Flank Speed: 15 Knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping in March 1971