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U.S.S. HOLLISTER
(DD-788)IT IS FROM HELL WE RETURNED
AND FROM HEAVEN ARE WATCHED...
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DD-788 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-788 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-788 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 18 JAN 1945 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
OCT | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 9 OCT 1945 | ||
MAR | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 29 MAR 1946 | ||
JAN | 1951 | - | JUN | 1951 | West Pac |
SEP | 1956 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 SEP 1956 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | FRAM Overhaul |
JUN | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | West Pac |
JUL | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 JUL 1962 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1964 | - | JAN | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | dd788 under fire |
SEP | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1966 | - | AUG | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1966 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1970 | - | FEB | 1970 | HOLLISTER WAS @ ANCHOR IN VUNG QUI NAHON HARBOR VIETNAM |
FEB | 1970 | - | MAR | 1970 | Naval gunfire support operations@ NINH THUAN &BINH DINH VIETNAM |
FEB | 1970 | - | FEB | 1970 | Hollister DD-788 was anchored @ |
NOV | 1970 | - | MAY | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1971 | - | FEB | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 OCT 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | Escorted HMS Jupiter (With Prince Charles) from Hawaii to L.B. |
DD-788 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: the Hollister brothers
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 Taiwan 3 March 1983