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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 1979DD-835 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 2 DEC 1944 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
APR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 2 APR 1945 | ||
JUN | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 29 JUN 1945 | ||
OCT | 1954 | - | MAR | 1955 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1955 | - | AUG | 1955 | Guantanamo Bay |
OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
SEP | 1964 | - | JAN | 1965 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1965 | - | DEC | 1965 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1966 | - | MAR | 1966 | GEMINI 8 NASA NAVY RECOVERY SHIPS |
APR | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1966 | - | OCT | 1967 | Circumnavigation |
MAY | 1966 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | Dependents Cruise |
AUG | 1966 | - | APR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1966 | - | APR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | Panama Canal |
JAN | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | SUEZ CANAL |
MAR | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 MAR 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR THE ROCK |
JAN | 1968 | - | DEC | 1970 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
MAR | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | Red Sea cruise |
MAR | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 MAR 1969 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 FEB 1972 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
APR | 1972 | - | JUL | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1979 | - | 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]