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U.S.S. POWER
(DD-839)FLEETS FINEST
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DD-839 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 26 FEB 1945 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
JUN | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 30 JUN 1945 | ||
SEP | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 13 SEP 1945 | ||
NOV | 1948 | - | MAR | 1949 | Northern Europe/Eastern Med |
JAN | 1951 | - | JUN | 1951 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1956 | - | JUL | 1956 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1958 | - | MAR | 1959 | Mediterranean |
DEC | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 DEC 1962 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAR | 1963 | - | SEP | 1963 | Mediterranean |
DEC | 1964 | - | MAR | 1965 | Argentia Newfoundland SHAD and Project 112 testing |
MAY | 1965 | - | AUG | 1965 | Naval Shipyards Charleston SC |
AUG | 1965 | - | OCT | 1965 | Gitmo post-yard training and shake-down |
MAY | 1966 | - | NOV | 1966 | Mediteranian Sea and Red Sea & Persian Gulf |
AUG | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1968 | - | JUN | 1969 | night patrols from SSpower via Dingy and then on land for down |
JUN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1968 | - | JUN | 1969 | Subic Bay Naval Station, Phillipines |
JUL | 1968 | - | JUL | 1969 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
JUL | 1968 | - | SEP | 1969 | Panama Canal |
AUG | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | Panama Canal |
AUG | 1968 | - | JUL | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | Sasebo, Japan Naval Station |
NOV | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | Sasebo, Japan Naval Station |
FEB | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 FEB 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
FEB | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 FEB 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1969 | - | JUN | 1969 | R&R - Brisbane, Australia |
JUN | 1969 | - | JUN | 1969 | Nelson, New Zealand |
JUL | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 JUL 1969 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 AUG 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1970 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUL | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | Crossing equator |
JUL | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | Middle East |
JUL | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | Middle East Red Sea Persian Gulf Bahrain |
OCT | 1972 | - | JUN | 1973 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | Homeport changed to New York NY transferred to Fleet Reserve |
MAR | 1975 | - | APR | 1975 | Caribbean - Gitmo post-yard training and shake-down |
DD-839 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: John V. Power
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 Republic of China 1 October 1977