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U.S.S. DEALEY
(DE-1006)Click to view crew list
USS DEALY (DE-1006) - a Dealey-class destroyer escort
In Commission 1954 to 1972DE-1006 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-1006 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-1006 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1952 | - | Keel Date: 15 DEC 1952 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
NOV | 1953 | - | Launch Date: 8 NOV 1953 | ||
JUN | 1954 | - | Commissioned: 3 JUN 1954 | ||
FEB | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 FEB 1957 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAY | 1958 | - | OCT | 1958 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 FEB 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
FEB | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 FEB 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
JAN | 1969 | - | MAY | 1971 | North Atlantic |
NOV | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | Caribbean |
JUL | 1972 | - | Decommissioned: 28 JUL 1972 |
DE-1006 General Specifications
Class: Dealey-class destroyer escort
Named for: Samuel David Dealey
Complement: 170 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1270 tons
Length: 314 feet 6 inches
Beam: 36 feet 9 inches
Flank Speed: 25 knots
Final Disposition: Transferred to Uruguay
USS DEALY (DE-1006)
Dealey (DE-1006) was launched 8 November 1953 by Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Samuel D. Dealey widow of Commander Dealey; and commissioned 3 June 1954 Lieutenant Commander R. H. Rossell in command.
Homeported at Newport Dealey sailed on local exercises cruised to Key West Fla. to serve with the Fleet Sonar School and joined in convoy exercises in the Caribbean during her first 2½ years of service.
On 4 January 1957 she sailed from Newport for a South American cruise returning 21 March for exercises off the Atlantic coast. NATO exercises in the Irish Sea in September and October took her to Plymouth England and Brest and Cherbourg France.
On 12 May 1958 Dealey sailed for the Mediterranean as flagship of Commander Escort Squadron 10 screening Wasp (CV-18) to her duty with the 6th Fleet. She patrolled the eastern Mediterranean during the Lebanon crisis and returned to Newport 7 October.
On 3 February 1959 she put to sea for Guantanamo Bay and after exercises there sailed through the Panama Canal for calls at Buenaventura Colombia; Salinas Ecuador; Talara and Callao Peru; and Valparaiso and Antofagasta Chile. During this cruise she exercised with the navies of all four countries. She returned to Newport 20 April and sailed on NATO exercises calling at Londonderry Northern Ireland; Greenwich England; and Lisbon Portugal before returning to Newport 11 October. She operated in the Narragansett Bay area for the remainder of 1959.
Dealey continued these operations
plus a cruise to the Caribbean and an amphibious exercise off the Virginia and North Carolina coasts
until 20 June 1960 when she began a short overhaul at the New York Naval Shipyard. Returning to Newport on 22 July
the escort prepared for distant duty. On 22 August
she sailed for exercises in the Caribbean
and continued on a voyage around South America. After visits to Trinidad
Venezuela
and Colombia
Dealey sailed through the Panama Canal
down the coast of South America
calling in Ecuador
Peru
and Chile
transited the Straits of Magellan
and turned northward
visiting Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
and Trinidad. On 13 December
Dealey arrived home in Newport
where she passed the remainder of the year.
[Note: The above USS DEALY (DE-1006) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS DEALY (DE-1006) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]