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U.S.S. HICKOX
(DD-673)WE WILL FIND A WAY
OR MAKE ONE
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DD-673 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-673 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-673 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 12 MAR 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny N.J. | ||
JUL | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 4 JUL 1943 | ||
SEP | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 10 SEP 1943 | ||
OCT | 1943 | - | JAN | 1945 | RIMPAC |
OCT | 1943 | - | JAN | 1945 | RIMPAC |
APR | 1952 | - | MAY | 1953 | Circumnavigation |
FEB | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 FEB 1953 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1953 | - | APR | 1953 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUL | 1953 | - | AUG | 1953 | North Atlantic |
APR | 1956 | - | OCT | 1956 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
DEC | 1957 | - | Decommissioned: 20 DEC 1957 | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | Dry Dock |
DD-673 General Specifications
Named for: Ralph Hickox
Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Draft: 17 feet 9 in
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Transferred to South Korea 15 November 1968