UNDERWAY! 2025 Wall Calendar / W.W. II SPECIAL EDITION

NOW AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE
For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below:
AB AC AD AE AG AK AM AO AQ AS AT AW AX AZ BM BT BU
CE CM CS CT DC DK DM DP DS DT EA EM EN EO ET EW
FC FT GM GS (53-61) GS (78-Now) HM HT IC IM IS IT JO LI LN LS
MA (48-67) MA (72-Now) ME ML MM MN MR MS MT MU NC ND OM OS OT
PC PH PM PN PR QM RD (WW2) RD (48-72) RM SD SF SH SK SM
SO ST SV SW TM UT WT YN DIVER


U.S.S. DES MOINES

(CA-134)

DAISY MAE
Click to view crew list
 

CA-134 Deployments - Major Events

Add a CA-134 Shellback Initiation Add a CA-134 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1945-Keel Date: 28 MAY 1945
at Bethlehem Steel Company
SEP1946-Launch Date: 27 SEP 1946
OCT1946-MAR1947Antarctic Circle
NOV1948-Commissioned: 16 NOV 1948
AUG1949-JAN1950Mediterranean
FEB1952-Mediterranean = please enter exact dates for each cruise
SEP1953-FEB1954Mediterranean
SEP1953-Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1953 - Atlantic Ocean
FEB1958-JUL1961Mediterranean - 6th Fleet Flag Ship
JUL1958-SEP1959Mediterranean
SEP1958-SEP1958Lebanon
SEP1958-SEP1959Mediterranean-Lebanon
DEC1958-NOV1960Mediterranean
JAN1959-APR1961Mediterranean
SEP1959-SEP1959Mediterranean
DEC1959-DEC1959President Dwight D. Eisenhower Visit while achored off Athens Greece
JUL1961-Decommissioned: 6 JUL 1961

CA-134 General Specifications

Class: Des Moines-class heavy cruiser

Named for: Des Moines

Complement: 1799 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 17000 tons

Length: 716 feet 6 inches

Beam: 76 feet 6 inches

Flank Speed: 33 knots

Range: 10 500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Broken up