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U.S.S. ROOKS
(DD-804)Click to view crew list
DD-804 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-804 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-804 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 27 OCT 1943 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
JUN | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 6 JUN 1944 | ||
SEP | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 2 SEP 1944 | ||
SEP | 1952 | - | FEB | 1953 | West Pac - Circumnavigation |
APR | 1956 | - | SEP | 1956 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1959 | - | APR | 1959 | Caribbean |
JUN | 1959 | - | DEC | 1959 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
SEP | 1960 | - | DEC | 1960 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
SEP | 1960 | - | DEC | 1960 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
JUL | 1962 | - | Decommissioned: 26 JUL 1962 |
DD-804 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher class destroyer
Named for: Albert H. Rooks
Complement: 319 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 5 inches
Beam: 39 feet 7 inches
Flank Speed: 37 knots
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Chile 26 July 1962