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U.S.S. MASSEY
(DD-778)POWER THROUGH PEACE
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DD-778 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-778 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-778 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 14 JAN 1944 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
SEP | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 12 SEP 1944 | ||
NOV | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 24 NOV 1944 | ||
JUL | 1947 | - | NOV | 1947 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1948 | - | SEP | 1948 | good will crulse |
SEP | 1950 | - | JUN | 1951 | Korea |
FEB | 1957 | - | JUL | 1957 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1963 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
OCT | 1963 | - | APR | 1964 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac - Circumnavigation |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1967 | - | SEP | 1967 | Mediterranean - USS Liberty Incident |
OCT | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | Mediterranean |
DD-778 General Specifications
Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Named for: Lance Edward Massey
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:Sold 13 November 1974 and broken up for scrap