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U.S.S. IZARD

(DD-589)

PACIFIC PANTHER
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DD-589 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1942-Keel Date: 9 MAY 1942
at Charleston Navy Yard
AUG1942-Launch Date: 8 AUG 1942
MAR1943-MAR1945Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAY1943-Commissioned: 15 MAY 1943
DEC1943-Shellback Initiation - 6 DEC 1943 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1946-Decommissioned: 31 MAY 1946

DD-589 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: Ralph Izard

Complement: 273 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:Sold for scrap 2 April 1970