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U.S.S. CLAUDE V. RICKETTS
(DDG-5)INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE
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The USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS (DDG-5), a Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer, was commissioned on 5 MAY 1962. Originally commissioned as USS BIDDLE (DDG-5) and then renamed USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS (DDG-5) on on 28 July 1964, in honor of Admiral Claude V. Ricketts, the vice Chief of Naval Operations, who had passed away July 6, 1964. An Atlantic DGG her entire career, CLAUDE V. RICKETTS deployed routines as needed from the East Coast to the "MED", "GITMO", "IO" and North Atlantic. USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS served her country for 27 years, 5 months and 26 days, until decommissioned on 31 OCT 1989. The hulk of the CLAUDE V. RICKETTS was sold for scrapping, repossed ny the Navy and finally sold and scrapped in 2002.
The USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS (DDG-5) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
DDG-5 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DDG-5 Shellback Initiation | Add a DDG-5 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1959 | - | Keel Date: 18 MAY 1959 at New York Shipbuilding Corporation | ||
| JUN | 1960 | - | Launch Date: 14 JUN 1960 | ||
| MAY | 1962 | - | Commissioned: 5 MAY 1962 | ||
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| SEP | 1963 | - | MAY | 1964 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JUL | 1964 | - | DEC | 1965 | NATO Mixed Manning Demonstration host ship |
| FEB | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| SEP | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | Guantanamo Bay |
| NOV | 1966 | - | MAY | 1967 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1969 | - | NOV | 1969 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JAN | 1971 | - | JUL | 1971 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1972 | - | NOV | 1972 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| MAY | 1972 | - | NOV | 1972 | North Atlantic |
| MAY | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1973 | - | JAN | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1975 | - | MAR | 1975 | Gitmo |
| JUL | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1975 | - | NOV | 1975 | Rescue of USS Belknap (CG-26) after collision with CV-67 |
| OCT | 1976 | - | APR | 1977 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1977 | - | JUL | 1977 | South America |
| JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 JUN 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 JUN 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1979 | - | APR | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 OCT 1979 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1981 | - | DEC | 1981 | North Atlantic |
| APR | 1981 | - | APR | 1981 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| SEP | 1981 | - | SEP | 1981 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| APR | 1983 | - | JUN | 1983 | Guantanamo Bay |
| OCT | 1983 | - | MAY | 1984 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| NOV | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 NOV 1983 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1984 | - | MAR | 1984 | Rescue of USS Tatnall |
| SEP | 1984 | - | FEB | 1985 | UNITAS |
| OCT | 1985 | - | OCT | 1985 | Shellback Initiation 31 Oct 1985 Atlantic Ocan |
| OCT | 1986 | - | MAR | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1987 | - | MAR | 1988 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 APR 1988 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1989 | - | Decommissioned: 31 OCT 1989 | ||
DDG-5 General Specifications
Class: Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer
Named for: Claude V. Ricketts
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:Disposed of by scrapping 8 November 2002