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U.S.S. LOWRY
(DD-770)THE LUCKY LOWRY
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DD-770 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 1 AUG 1943 at Bethlehem Steel San Pedro | ||
| FEB | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 6 FEB 1944 | ||
| JUL | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 23 JUL 1944 | ||
| NOV | 1944 | - | OCT | 1945 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1946 | - | AUG | 1946 | Operation Crossroads-Bikini Atoll BAKER Bomb Test |
| JUN | 1947 | - | JUN | 1947 | Decommisioning |
| DEC | 1950 | - | DEC | 1950 | Recommisioning |
| JAN | 1952 | - | AUG | 1952 | West Pac |
| FEB | 1954 | - | AUG | 1954 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| MAR | 1965 | - | AUG | 1965 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1969 | - | JUL | 1969 | Gun turret explosion |
| OCT | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 OCT 1969 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | Decommisioning |
| OCT | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | Sold to Brazil |
| FEB | 1996 | - | FEB | 1996 | Brazil Decommissioned Espirito Santo D38 (ex DD-770) |
| APR | 1997 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 APR 1997 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1999 | - | JAN | 1999 | Espirito Santo D38 (ex DD-770) sunk as target vessel |
DD-770 General Specifications
Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Named for: Reigart Bolivar Lowry
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2200 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet
Flank Speed: 34 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Scrapped October 1996
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