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U.S.S. BORDELON
(DD-881)REMIS VELISQUE
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USS BORDELON (DD-881) - a Gearing class destroyer
In Commission 1945 to 1977DD-881 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-881 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-881 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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SEP | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 9 SEP 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | JAN | 1947 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 3 MAR 1945 | ||
JUN | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 5 JUN 1945 | ||
DEC | 1945 | - | MAR | 1946 | Occupation assignment Kure bay Japan Dec.1945 to Mar.1946. |
JAN | 1952 | - | JUN | 1952 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1953 | - | FEB | 1954 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1960 | - | AUG | 1960 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1960 | - | AUG | 1960 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
FEB | 1964 | - | APR | 1964 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUL | 1964 | - | JUL | 1964 | Assigned to guard duty as civil rights legislation enacted |
JAN | 1965 | - | DEC | 1966 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 MAR 1965 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Dominican Republic Intervention |
SEP | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1967 | - | JUN | 1968 | Middle Pacific |
OCT | 1967 | - | JUN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1967 | - | JUN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JUL | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | Bordelon fired her first shots at an enemy, on 20 January 1968 |
APR | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 APR 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | JUL | 1968 | Sea Trials |
SEP | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | Antarctic Circle |
NOV | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1969 | - | JUN | 1969 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1969 | - | JUN | 1969 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
MAR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 MAR 1970 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
APR | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | Com Mideast Force - Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1973 | UNITAS |
JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1972 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | UNITAS |
AUG | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 AUG 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 AUG 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1972 | Guantanamo Bay |
JAN | 1972 | - | DEC | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1972 | - | MAR | 1972 | Guantanamo Bay |
SEP | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 DEC 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | Caribbean |
MAY | 1974 | - | DEC | 1974 | UNITAS |
MAY | 1974 | - | SEP | 1974 | UNITAS |
JUN | 1974 | - | SEP | 1974 | UNITAS |
AUG | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 AUG 1974 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 AUG 1974 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
OCT | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 31 OCT 1975 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
NOV | 1975 | - | APR | 1976 | Mediterranean |
NOV | 1975 | - | NOV | 1975 | Belnapp collision with Air Craft Carrier Kennedy |
FEB | 1977 | - | Decommissioned: 1 FEB 1977 |
DD-881 General Specifications
Named for: William J. Bordelon
Displacement: 2616 tons
Length: 390.5 feet
Beam: 40.9 feet
Draft: 14.3 feet
Flank Speed: 36 Knots
Final Disposition: Transferred to Iran 1 July 1977
USS BORDELON (DD-881)
Bordelon (DD-881) was launched 3 March 1945 by Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd. Orange Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. W. J. Bordelon mother of Staff Sergeant Bordelon and commissioned 5 June 1945 Commander M. J. Lyosey in command.
Until November 1945 Bordelon underwent shakedown and training along the east coast and in the Caribbean. She departed Norfolk 7 November and reported to Commander Destroyers Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor 28 November. She immediately proceeded to Kure Japan arriving in December. She operated in the area as a part of the occupation force until March 1946. She was then assigned to TF 77 based in the Marianas. During this tour she made several extended cruises to Hong Kong; Manila Philippine Islands; Shanghai and Tsingtao China Sasebo Japan; and Okinawa. She returned to the United States in December 1946.
Bordelon returned to the east coast ln January 1947 and was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14. She was ordered to Plymouth England in September 1947 and became a unit of the Northern European Task Force. She returned to the United States in February 1948.
Since then Bordelon has carried out the normal operating schedule of Atlantic Fleet ships. She has served
tour tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean; conducted five midshipmen training cruises in
European waters
and made several voyages to the Caribbean. In addition she has participated in local
operations and type training along the eastern seaboard.
[Note: The above USS BORDELON (DD-881) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS BORDELON (DD-881) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]