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U.S.S. DUPONT
(DD-941)PAR EXCELLANCE
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The USS DUPONT (DD-941), a Forrest Sherman class destroyer was commissioned on 1 JUL 1957. Built by the Bath Iron works in Bath, Maine, USS DUPONT was served with the Atlantic Fleet for the majority of her career. She deployed to the Mediterranean several times, the Great Lakes to celebrate the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway and participated in the Cuban Missile Blockade in her first five years in service. The war in Vietnam called DUPONT to the Western Pacific in 1967-68. DUPONT spent the remainder of her career stationed on the East Coast and deploying routinely to the Indian Ocean and Lebanon. USS DUPONT served her country for 25 years, 8 months and 3 days, until decommissioned on 4 MAR 1983. The hulk of the DUPONT was scrapped in 1993.
The USS DUPONT (DD-941) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
DD-941 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1941 | - | JAN | 1942 | North Atlantic |
FEB | 1941 | - | JAN | 1942 | North Atlantic |
MAY | 1955 | - | Keel Date: 11 MAY 1955 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
SEP | 1956 | - | Launch Date: 8 SEP 1956 | ||
JUL | 1957 | - | Commissioned: 1 JUL 1957 | ||
NOV | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 NOV 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 NOV 1957 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
NOV | 1957 | - | DEC | 1957 | Commissioning/Shakedown Cruise South America |
AUG | 1958 | - | JAN | 1959 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1959 | - | AUG | 1959 | Great Lakes |
JAN | 1960 | - | AUG | 1960 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1962 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUN | 1961 | - | MAY | 1962 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
NOV | 1963 | - | MAY | 1965 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1964 | - | AUG | 1964 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | Portsmith Yards for refit |
DEC | 1964 | - | MAR | 1965 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | Dominican Republic AE Medal |
JUL | 1965 | - | SEP | 1965 | Gemini V Recovery Ship |
SEP | 1965 | - | MAY | 1966 | Med. Monico |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | tet offences |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1968 | - | APR | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 FEB 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1969 | - | MAY | 1970 | Recommisioning |
MAY | 1970 | - | MAY | 1970 | Commisioning |
JUL | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1972 | - | JUL | 1973 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1974 | - | JUN | 1974 | North Atlantic |
JUN | 1974 | - | DEC | 1974 | North Atlantic |
FEB | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | Regular Overhaul |
JAN | 1976 | - | MAR | 1976 | Guantanamo Bay |
SEP | 1976 | - | APR | 1977 | Middle East |
DEC | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 DEC 1976 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Brazil |
JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1977 | - | DEC | 1977 | North Atlantic |
AUG | 1978 | - | JAN | 1979 | UNITAS |
AUG | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1978 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
DEC | 1978 | - | JUN | 1979 | Dry Dock |
JUN | 1979 | - | JUN | 1980 | Dry Dock |
OCT | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Guantanamo Bay |
JAN | 1981 | - | SEP | 1981 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
FEB | 1981 | - | DEC | 1982 | Beirut Lebanon |
JAN | 1983 | - | MAR | 1983 | Decommisioning |
MAR | 1983 | - | Decommissioned: 4 MAR 1983 |
DD-941 General Specifications
Class: Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Named for: Samuel Francis Du Pont
Complement: 15 Officers and 218 Enlisted
Displacement: 2800 tons
Length: 407 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Flank Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking Limited at Brownsville in Texas on 10 February 1999
USS DUPONT (DD-941)
The third Du Pont (DD-941) was launched 8 September 1956 by Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine; sponsored by Mrs. H. B. Du Pont great-great-grandniece of Rear Admiral Du Pont; and commissioned 1 July 1957 Commander W. J. Maddocks in command.
From 6 to 31 July 1958 Du Pont served on a midshipman cruise and antisubmarine exercises in the Atlantic duty broken by a visit to New York. Du Pont sailed 2 September for a tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean during which she participated in highly realistic air defense and antisubmarine warfare problems. She returned to Norfolk 12 March 1959 to prepare for Operation "Inland Sea " the historic first passage of a naval task force into the Great Lakes through the Saint Lawrence Seaway. She escorted HMS Brittania with Queen Elisabeth II of England embarked during the dedicatory ceremonies of 26 June.
Du Pont crossed the Atlantic in August and September 1959
visiting Southhampton
England
after serving as plane guard for the transatlantic flight of President D. D. Eisenhower. On 28 January 1960 Du Pont sailed from Norfolk for a second tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean
returning to Norfolk on 31 August for an overhaul in the Naval Shipyard where she remained through the end of 1960.
[Note: The above USS DUPONT (DD-941) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS DUPONT (DD-941) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]