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U.S.S. CUSHING
(DD-797)OLD RELIABLE
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DD-797 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-797 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-797 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1943 | - | JUL | 1943 | Middle Pacific |
MAY | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 3 MAY 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Staten Island | ||
SEP | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 30 SEP 1943 | ||
JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 17 JAN 1944 | ||
JUL | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JUL 1953 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JAN 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 8 NOV 1960 |
DD-797 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher class destroyer
Named for: William B. Cushing
Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Brazil 20 July 1961