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U.S.S. SHELTON
(DD-790)THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE CHINA COAST
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DD-790 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-790 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-790 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 31 MAY 1945 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
MAR | 1946 | - | Launch Date: 8 MAR 1946 | ||
JUN | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 21 JUN 1946 | ||
JUN | 1949 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUN 1949 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1949 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 JUN 1949 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1950 | - | FEB | 1951 | West Pac - Korea |
JUN | 1953 | - | OCT | 1953 | Far East - May 1953 |
JUN | 1956 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JUN 1956 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1957 | - | JUN | 1958 | West Pac |
DEC | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 DEC 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1962 | FRAM 1 Conversion Long Beach Naval Shipyard |
JAN | 1961 | - | JUN | 1964 | Shell Back Initation May 1964 |
JAN | 1961 | - | JUN | 1964 | West Pac |
JAN | 1961 | - | NOV | 1963 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1964 | West Pac |
APR | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 APR 1964 - Indian Ocean | ||
JAN | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Overhaul-Dry Dock Bremerton WA |
AUG | 1965 | - | FEB | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac |
JAN | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUN | 1967 | West Pac |
SEP | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | WEST PAC |
JUN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac |
JUN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | MAR | 1973 | Decommisioning |
DD-790 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: James A. Shelton
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:Sold to Taiwan 18 April 1973