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U.S.S. ROBERT A. OWENS

(DD-827)

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USS ROBERT A. OWENS (DD-827) - a Gearing-class destroyer

In Commission 1949 to 1982

DD-827 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1945-Keel Date: 29 OCT 1945
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
JUL1946-Launch Date: 15 JUL 1946
NOV1949-Commissioned: 5 NOV 1949
NOV1953-APR1954Mediterranean
MAY1957-JUL1957North Atlantic
JUN1957-AUG1957Mediterranean
AUG1957-DEC1957Mediterranean
AUG1957-DEC1957north atlantic
JUN1961-DEC1961Mediterranean
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
MAY1963-OCT1963Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
FEB1965-Shellback Initiation - 5 FEB 1965 - Indian Ocean
AUG1965-Shellback Initiation - 12 AUG 1965 - Indian Ocean
FEB1966-Shellback Initiation - 17 FEB 1966 - Indian Ocean
FEB1966-Shellback Initiation - 5 FEB 1966 - Indian Ocean
JAN1967-JUN1967Mediterranean
SEP1968-JAN1969Mediterranean
DEC1970-JUN1971Mediterranean
JAN1971-JUL1972Mediterranean
DEC1971-JUN1972Mediterranean
NOV1973-Shellback Initiation - 8 NOV 1973 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1978-AUG1978Great Lakes
AUG1979-AUG1979Dry Dock
JUN1980-AUG1980Great Lakes
FEB1982-Decommissioned: 16 FEB 1982
NOV1983- Shellback Initiation - 8 NOV 1983 - Atlantic Ocean

DD-827 General Specifications

Class: Gearing-class destroyer

Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 3460 tons

Length: 390 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet 10 inches

Draft: 14 feet 4 in

Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Transferred to Turkey 16 February 1982



USS ROBERT A. OWENS (DD-827)



Robert A. Owens (DD-827) was laid down 29 October 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine; launched 15 July 1946; sponsored by Miss Patricia Hannegan; reclassified DDK-827 on 28 January 1948; and commissioned at Boston 5 November 1949 Comdr. Rexford V. Wheeler Jr. in command.


Following shakedown in February 1950 Robert A. Owens one of the first hunter-killer destroyers so designated was reclassified DDE-827 on 4 March 1950. She operated in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean until late 1952 when she deployed to the Mediterranean. From that time into the 1960's she operated with the 6th Fleet for 6 months out of every 18. During the remaining 12 months she conducted antisubmarine patrols off the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean. In the fall of 1957 she added the North Sea to her operational area as she joined in NATO exercises.


In the 1960's Robert A. Owens continued to rotate between 2d and 6th Fleets. In November 1960 and February 1962 she assisted in the recovery operations for Project Mercury space capsules Mercury 2 and Mercury 6. After the latter Robert A. Owens sailed east to join TG Bravo for eastern Atlantic antisubmarine operations. Reclassified DD-827 on 7 August 1962 she was a unit of the Cuban Quarantine Task Force 136 during October and November. In January and February 1963 she conducted ASW operations in the Atlantic. March brought another period of patrol off Cuba; and in April Robert A. Owens again got underway for extended deployment. Duty in the Mediterranean the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean followed and on 23 December she entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization overhaul.


Completing overhaul on 15 November 1964 Robert A. Owens served as schoolship for the Fleet Sonar School and after refresher training at Guantanamo Bay joined the Recovery Force for Gemini-Titan (GT3) in March 1965 and Gemini-Titan (GT4) in June. On 27 November she sailed for an extended deployment to the 6th Fleet and Middle East Force returning to Fleet Sonar School ship duty in May 1966. She then operated in the Atlantic until deploying to the Mediterranean during the first 5 months of 1967. The balance of the year was spent in Atlantic operations schoolship duties and overhaul which was completed 11 March 1968.


Robert A. Owens then participated in the search for Scorpion 28 May to 13 June and conducted ASW operations before deploying to the 6th Fleet from 5 September 1968 to 27 January 1969. She then operated in the Atlantic and Caribbean without an extended deployment for the balance of that year. Between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1972 she has alternated two Mediterranean deployments with normal operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean out of her home port Norfolk. The year 1973 has been taken up completely by Atlantic and Caribbean operations as of January 1974 she is in port at Norfolk.

[Note: The above USS ROBERT A. OWENS (DD-827) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS ROBERT A. OWENS (DD-827) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]