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U.S.S. SELLERS
(DDG-11)GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM
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USS SELLERS (DDG-11) - a Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer
In Commission 1961 to 1989DDG-11 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DDG-11 Shellback Initiation | Add a DDG-11 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1959 | - | Keel Date: 3 AUG 1959 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
| SEP | 1960 | - | Launch Date: 9 SEP 1960 | ||
| OCT | 1961 | - | Commissioned: 28 OCT 1961 | ||
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JUN | 1963 | - | OCT | 1963 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 JUL 1969 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | Circumnavigation |
| OCT | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 OCT 1972 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1973 | - | APR | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1974 | - | JUL | 1974 | Caribbean |
| APR | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1976 | - | NOV | 1976 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 JUL 1977 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 JUL 1977 - Indian Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1977 - Indian Ocean | ||
| APR | 1980 | - | SEP | 1980 | Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (SNFL) |
| APR | 1980 | - | SEP | 1980 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| APR | 1980 | - | SEP | 1980 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| APR | 1981 | - | OCT | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1982 | - | JUL | 1982 | Standing Naval Force Atlantic |
| JAN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1986 | - | FEB | 1986 | Guantanamo Bay |
| MAY | 1986 | - | NOV | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1986 | - | NOV | 1986 | Guantanamo Bay |
| AUG | 1987 | - | OCT | 1987 | Guantanamo Bay |
| DEC | 1988 | - | JUN | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1989 | - | Decommissioned: 31 OCT 1989 | ||
DDG-11 General Specifications
Class: Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer
Named for: David F. Sellers
Complement: 24 Officers and 330 Enlisted
Displacement: 3277 tons
Length: 437 feet
Beam: 47 feet
Flank Speed: 33 knots
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sold on 25 July 1995 Disposed of by scrapping dismantling September 15 2004
USS SELLERS (DDG-11)
Sellers (DDG-11) was laid down on 3
August 1959 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Me.; launched on 9 September 1960; sponsored by
Mrs. Hugh Scott; and commissioned on 28
October 1961, Comdr. William R. Johnson
in command.
Sellers completed fitting out at Boston
on 18 January 1962 and was assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 6 with
her home port at Charleston, S.C. She operated with DeaRon 6 until 1969
when she was assigned to DesRon 4.
The guided missile destroyer has spent part of each year
since June 1963, except 1970, on deployment with the 6th Fleet or on special
operations. Into September 1974, Sellers still serves with the Atlantic
Fleet.
[Note: The above USS SELLERS (DDG-11) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SELLERS (DDG-11), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]