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U.S.S. TAYLOR

(DD-468)

THE TERRIBLE T

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DD-468 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1941-Keel Date: 28 AUG 1941
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
JUN1942-Launch Date: 7 JUN 1942
AUG1942-Commissioned: 28 AUG 1942
JAN1943-JAN1946Panama Canal
APR1952-JAN1956Recommisioning
AUG1959- Shellback Initiation - 19 AUG 1959 - Atlantic Ocean
OCT1959-Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1959 - Pacific Ocean
OCT1959-APR1960West Pac
JUL1962-Shellback Initiation - 30 JUL 1962 - Pacific Ocean
OCT1962-NOV1962Operation Domonic - Johnston Atoll - Nuclear Tests
FEB1966-Shellback Initiation - 10 FEB 1966 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1967-FEB1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1969-Shellback Initiation - 27 JAN 1969 - Pacific Ocean

DD-468 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher-class destroyer

Named for: William Rogers Taylor

Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 39 feet 8 inches

Flank Speed: 35 knots

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to Italy 2 July 1969