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U.S.S. JOHN HANCOCK
(DD-981)FIRST FOR FREEDOM
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USS JOHN HANCOCK (DD-981) - a Spruance class destroyer
In Commission 1979 to 2000DD-981 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-981 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-981 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | 1976 | - | Keel Date: 16 JAN 1976 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| OCT | 1977 | - | Launch Date: 29 OCT 1977 | ||
| JAN | 1979 | - | JAN | 1982 | uss john hancock |
| MAR | 1979 | - | Commissioned: 10 MAR 1979 | ||
| AUG | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Post commission refit Pascagoula |
| NOV | 1980 | - | APR | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUL | 1981 | Caribbean |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1981 | Port Visit to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico |
| JUL | 1981 | - | MAR | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUL | 1981 | - | JUL | 1981 | Port Visit to St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands |
| AUG | 1981 | - | SEP | 1981 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| SEP | 1981 | - | SEP | 1981 | Port Visit to Amsterdam Netherlands |
| NOV | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Port Visit to St. Barts |
| NOV | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Caribbean |
| FEB | 1982 | - | AUG | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1982 | - | FEB | 1982 | Port Visit to Rota Spain |
| APR | 1982 | - | APR | 1982 | Port visit Mogadishu Somalia 3-5 April 1982 |
| APR | 1982 | - | APR | 1982 | Port visit Mombasa Kenya 6-9 April 1982 |
| APR | 1982 | - | APR | 1982 | Port Visit to Abu Dhabi United Arab Emerates |
| APR | 1982 | - | APR | 1982 | Port visit to Bahrain |
| APR | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 APR 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1982 | - | MAY | 1982 | Port Visit to Damman Saudi Arabia |
| JUN | 1982 | - | JUN | 1982 | Port Visit to shipyard in Bahrain |
| JUL | 1982 | - | JUL | 1982 | Port Visit to Malaga Spain |
| DEC | 1982 | - | JUN | 1983 | Dry Dock Pascagoula Miss |
| APR | 1983 | - | JUN | 1983 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JUN | 1983 | - | AUG | 1983 | Shakedown Guantanamo Bay Cuba |
| AUG | 1983 | - | SEP | 1983 | Caribbean |
| SEP | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1983 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1984 | - | SEP | 1984 | Emergency deployment-Hurricane Diana-Cat 4 |
| OCT | 1984 | - | MAR | 1985 | Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1985 | - | MAR | 1985 | Persian Gulf-Iraq fired Missile @ us but hit tug boat |
| MAR | 1986 | - | MAR | 1986 | Guantanamo Bay |
| APR | 1986 | - | NOV | 1986 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1987 | - | DEC | 1988 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| NOV | 1987 | - | OCT | 1988 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1989 | - | MAY | 1989 | Caribbean |
| APR | 1989 | - | APR | 1989 | Guantanamo Bay |
| OCT | 1989 | - | DEC | 1990 | Dry Dock |
| NOV | 1991 | - | JUN | 1992 | med-red-gulf |
| AUG | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 AUG 1992 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1993 | - | JUN | 1994 | Deployment - Med/Red Sea MIF Ops |
| OCT | 1994 | - | MAR | 1995 | Med-Red #2 in 94 |
| JUN | 1995 | - | DEC | 1995 | Regular Overhaul |
| APR | 1997 | - | OCT | 1997 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1997 | - | OCT | 1997 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1999 | - | MAR | 2000 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 2000 | - | Decommissioned: 16 OCT 2000 | ||
DD-981 General Specifications
Class: Spruance class destroyer
Named for: John Hancock
Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted
Displacement: 8040 tons
Length: 529 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Flank Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 6 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Disposed of by scrapping dismantling April 28 2007