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U.S.S. HALE

(DD-642)

HALE AND HEARTY

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DD-642 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1942-Keel Date: 23 NOV 1942
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
APR1943-Launch Date: 4 APR 1943
JUN1943-Commissioned: 15 JUN 1943
APR1952-OCT1952Mediterranean
APR1952-OCT1952Mediterranean
JUN1954-DEC1954Circumnavigation
JUN1956-Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1956 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1957-Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1957 - Atlantic Ocean
JUL1958-NOV1958Circumnavigation
AUG1959-APR1960Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JUL1960-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