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U.S.S. ISHERWOOD

(DD-520)


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DD-520 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1942-Keel Date: 12 MAY 1942
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Staten Island
NOV1942-Launch Date: 24 NOV 1942
APR1943-Commissioned: 12 APR 1943
APR1945-APR1945Kamikaze Attack off the coast of Okinawa
APR1952-OCT1952Mediterranean Cruise
APR1953-OCT1953Mediterranean Cruise
FEB1954-JUN1954Boston Naval Yards - refitting
JUL1954-AUG1954Caribbean
DEC1954-DEC1954Deployed to west Coast Via Panama Canal
JUN1956-Shellback Initiation - 11 JUN 1956 - Pacific Ocean
APR1957-Shellback Initiation - 20 APR 1957 - Pacific Ocean
APR1957-Shellback Initiation - 28 APR 1957 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1959-JUL1959West Pac
SEP1961-Decommissioned: 11 SEP 1961

DD-520 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher-class destroyer

Named for: Benjamin F. Isherwood

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:Loaned to Peru 8 October 1961