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U.S.S. MULLINNIX
(DD-944)ON GUARD
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USS MULLINNIX (DD-944) - a Forrest Sherman class destroyer
In Commission 1958 to 1983DD-944 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-944 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-944 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1956 | - | Keel Date: 5 APR 1956 at Bethlehem Steel Fore River Shipyard | ||
MAR | 1957 | - | Launch Date: 18 MAR 1957 | ||
MAR | 1958 | - | Commissioned: 7 MAR 1958 | ||
MAY | 1958 | - | AUG | 1958 | South America |
JUL | 1958 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUL 1958 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 FEB 1959 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1959 | - | MAY | 1959 | South America |
AUG | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 AUG 1962 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 AUG 1962 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | UNITAS |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
MAR | 1965 | - | MAR | 1965 | gemini shot |
JUN | 1965 | - | SEP | 1965 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 NOV 1966 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1967 | - | SEP | 1967 | Mullinnix was part of UNITAS VIII in 1967. (??Months) |
SEP | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | Unitas VIII |
OCT | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 OCT 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 OCT 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 OCT 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1969 | - | AUG | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | Mullinnix call sign was |
APR | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1972 | - | OCT | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1974 | - | AUG | 1974 | middle east cruise 1974 |
AUG | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 AUG 1974 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
SEP | 1975 | - | MAY | 1976 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1978 | - | JAN | 1979 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1979 | - | AUG | 1979 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1980 | - | JUN | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
NOV | 1982 | - | MAY | 1983 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
FEB | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 FEB 1983 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 JUN 1983 - Indian Ocean | ||
AUG | 1983 | - | Decommissioned: 11 AUG 1983 |
DD-944 General Specifications
Class: Forrest Sherman class destroyer
Named for: Henry M. Mullinnix
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:Sunk as a target 22 August 1992
USS MULLINNIX (DD-944)
Mullinnix (DD-944) was laid down 5 April 1966 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy Mass.; launched 18 March 1957; sponsored by Mrs. Kathryn F. Mullinnix; and commissioned 7 March 1958 Comdr. Clyde B. Anderson in command.
Following shakedown off Cuba Mullinnix escorted Ranger to Rio de Janeiro returning to Boston September 1968. After a second cruise to the South Atlantic she sailed to join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean 7 August 1959. During the next 2 years she engaged in NATO exercises in the Atlantic patrol duty in the Caribbean and a 6th Fleet deployment early in 1961.
Between 24 October 1962 and 19 November Mullinnix as flagship of TF 137 composed of American Argentine Venezuelan and Dominican warships took part in the Cuban quarantine which brought about the removal of Russian missiles threatening the security of the entire Western Hemisphere. The next 2 years she operated in the Caribbean and Atlantic taking part in "Steel Pike I " the largest amphibious training operation since World War II in October 1964 off the coast of Spain.
Following ASW training off the east coast she participated in Gemini recovery operations in March 1966. During the Dominican Republic crisis in April she steamed off Guantanamo helping to stabilize the tense situation in the Caribbean.
After a 3-month deployment with the 6th Fleet
she sailed for
the western Pacific to aid the Vietnamese in their struggle
against Communist tyranny. Between 2 August and 1 November
1966 she was intermittently deployed off South Vietnam
ranging
from the DMZ to Saigon River
providing valuable gunfire
support. She departed Subic Bay and sailed for the east coast
via the Indian Ocean and Suez Canal
arriving Norfolk 17
December. In August 1967 she participated in NASA tests
involving the newest Apollo space capsule. She continued
training exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean from her base at
Norfolk into 1969
adding to the deterrent strength Of the United
States in the Atlantic.
[Note: The above USS MULLINNIX (DD-944) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS MULLINNIX (DD-944) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]