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U.S.S. NICHOLSON
(DD-442)Click to view crew list
DD-442 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-442 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-442 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| NOV | 1939 | - | Keel Date: 1 NOV 1939 at Boston Navy Yard | ||
| MAY | 1940 | - | Launch Date: 31 MAY 1940 | ||
| FEB | 1941 | - | JAN | 1945 | North Atlantic |
| JUN | 1941 | - | Commissioned: 3 JUN 1941 | ||
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1943 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1943 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1944 | - | JAN | 1944 | Middle Pacific |
| MAY | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1945 | - | OCT | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1951 | - | Decommissioned: 15 JAN 1951 | ||
DD-442 General Specifications
Class: Gleaves-class destroyer
Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted
Displacement: 1630 tons
Length: 348 feet 4 inches
Beam: 36 feet 1 inches
Draft: 13 feet 2 in
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Transferred to Italy 15 January 1951