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U.S.S. CHARLES P. CECIL

(DD-835)

THE CHARLIE P

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USS CHARLES P. CECIL (DD-835) - a Gearing-class destroyer

In Commission 1945 to 1979

DD-835 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1944-Keel Date: 2 DEC 1944
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
APR1945-Launch Date: 2 APR 1945
JUN1945-Commissioned: 29 JUN 1945
OCT1954-MAR1955Mediterranean
JUL1955-AUG1955Guantanamo Bay
OCT1962-NOV1962Cuban Missle Blockade
SEP1964-JAN1965Mediterranean
AUG1965-DEC1965Mediterranean
MAR1966-MAR1966GEMINI 8 NASA NAVY RECOVERY SHIPS
APR1966-MAR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1966-OCT1967Circumnavigation
MAY1966-OCT1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1966-SEP1966Dependents Cruise
AUG1966-APR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1966-APR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1966-OCT1966Panama Canal
JAN1967-APR1967SUEZ CANAL
MAR1967-Shellback Initiation - 17 MAR 1967 - Pacific Ocean
APR1967-APR1967STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR THE ROCK
JAN1968-DEC1970Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
MAR1969-SEP1969Red Sea cruise
MAR1969-Shellback Initiation - 19 MAR 1969 - Atlantic Ocean
FEB1972-Shellback Initiation - 13 FEB 1972 - Atlantic Ocean
APR1972-JUL1972West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1979-Decommissioned: 1 OCT 1979

DD-835 General Specifications

Class: Gearing-class destroyer

Named for: Charles P. Cecil

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 Greece 8 August 1980



USS CHARLES P. CECIL (DD-835)



Charles P. Cecil (DD-835) was launched 22 April 1945 by Bath Iron Works Bath Maine; sponsored by Mrs. C. P. Cecil; and commissioned 29 June 1945 Commander W. Outerson in command.


Charles P. Cecil arrived at San Diego her home port 20 November 1945 and almost at once sailed on a tour of Pacific duty which found her operating as part of Joint Task Force One in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini as well as supporting occupation forces with operations in Japanese waters. She returned to San Diego 9 August 1946 and took part in exercises off the west coast until 26 August 1947 when she cleared for her second deployment to the Far East. She touched at many Pacific islands as well as calling at ports in China Japan and Okinawa before her return to San Diego 5 May 1948.


Reclassified DDR-835 18 March 1949 Charles P. Cecil left San Diego astern 4 April 1949 bound for Newport R.I. and assignment to the Atlantic Fleet. First from Newport and from December 1950 from Norfolk Va. Charles P. Cecil operated through 1960 with the Atlantic Fleet taking part in midshipmen training cruises periodic deployments to the Mediterranean and the overhauls and refresher training necessary to maintain her readiness. She participated in a long list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations in waters ranging from those north of the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. Her tours of duty with 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean included one which coincided with the Suez Crisis of fall 1956 during which she took up watchful patrol in the eastern Mediterranean.


From January 1959 when she was fitted with highly complex electronic computational and tracking equipment Charles P. Cecil concentrated on air defense experiments and exercises contributing to the development of advanced techniques. Her training however continued to include the areas such as antisubmarine warfare and amphibious operations required of the versatile destroyer.

[Note: The above USS CHARLES P. CECIL (DD-835) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS CHARLES P. CECIL (DD-835) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]