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U.S.S. KIMBERLY

(DD-521)

THE MIGHTY K
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DD-521 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1942-JAN1944Middle Pacific
JUL1942-Keel Date: 27 JUL 1942
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Staten Island
FEB1943-Launch Date: 4 FEB 1943
MAY1943-Commissioned: 22 MAY 1943
SEP1943-SEP1943Panama Canal
NOV1944-Shellback Initiation - 4 NOV 1944 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1952-DEC1952Round World Cruise and Time spent in Korean Waters
OCT1952-Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1954-Decommissioned: 15 JAN 1954

DD-521 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher-class destroyer

Named for: Lewis A. Kimberly

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 Taiwan 1 June 1967