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U.S.S. HALE
(DD-642)HALE AND HEARTY
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DD-642 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-642 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-642 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 23 NOV 1942 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 4 APR 1943 | ||
JUN | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 15 JUN 1943 | ||
APR | 1952 | - | OCT | 1952 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1952 | - | OCT | 1952 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1954 | - | DEC | 1954 | Circumnavigation |
JUN | 1956 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1956 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1957 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUL | 1958 | - | NOV | 1958 | Circumnavigation |
AUG | 1959 | - | APR | 1960 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUL | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUL 1960 |
DD-642 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher class destroyer
Named for: Eugene Hale
Complement: 329 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 Colombia 23 January 1961