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U.S.S. EUGENE A. GREENE
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USS EUGENE A. GREENE (DD-711) - a Gearing-class destroyer
In Commission 1945 to 1972DD-711 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-711 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-711 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 17 AUG 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 18 MAR 1945 | ||
JUN | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 8 JUN 1945 | ||
FEB | 1947 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 FEB 1947 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1954 | - | AUG | 1954 | Guantanamo Bay |
MAY | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | Guantanamo Bay |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac |
NOV | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 NOV 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 NOV 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 NOV 1966 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
NOV | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 NOV 1967 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | UNITAS |
MAR | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | Operation Deep Freeze |
SEP | 1969 | - | MAR | 1970 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1971 | - | MAY | 1971 | Regular Overhaul |
SEP | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | NATO Exercise Royal Knight |
SEP | 1971 | - | SEP | 1971 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
DEC | 1971 | - | JUN | 1972 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1972 | - | AUG | 1972 | Renamed SNS Churruca (D-61) |
AUG | 1972 | - | Decommissioned: 31 AUG 1972 | ||
SEP | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
DD-711 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: Ensign Eugene A. Greene (1921-1942)
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3460 tons
Length: 390 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Spain 31 August 1972
USS EUGENE A. GREENE (DD-711)
Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) was launched 18 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Kearny N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Anita M. Greene widow of Ensign Greene; and commissioned 8 June 1946 Commander W. V. Pratt III in command.
Eugene A. Greene operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean on shakedown training acting as plane guard during the qualification of pilots in carrier operations and training men for the crews of new destroyers. From her home port in Norfolk she sailed to Guantanamo Bay for training early in 1947 and on 13 February sailed in a task group bound for Montevideo Uruguay to participate in the festivities accompanying the inauguration of Uruguay's president. The group also paid a good will visit to Rio de Janeiro before returning to Norfolk 31 March.
On 10 November 1947 Eugene A. Greene sailed on the first of 9 Mediterranean cruises made over the next 13 years. During those years she and her sisters of the U.S. 6th Fleet have guarded the interests of peace and order in that sea which was the cradle of democratic government. Voyages to northern Europe and the Arctic varied the routine of overseas deployment for Eugene A. Greene.
Except for the period 1 April 1962 to 1 December 1952 when she was out of commission being converted to a radar picket destroyer
Eugene A. Greene
like nearly all other destroyers
has had little time for relaxation. When not on distant duty
she has sailed east coast and Caribbean waters constantly
schooling reservists
serving as plane guard in carrier operations
exercising with large task groups
and standing watch against any air or seaborne threat to the security of the free world.
[Note: The above USS EUGENE A. GREENE (DD-711) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS EUGENE A. GREENE (DD-711) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]