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U.S.S. BRIDGET
(DE-1024)SUBMERSA CAVETE
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USS BRIDGET (DE-1024) - a Dealey-class destroyer escort
In Commission 1957 to 1968DE-1024 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-1024 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-1024 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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SEP | 1955 | - | Keel Date: 19 SEP 1955 | ||
APR | 1956 | - | Launch Date: 25 APR 1956 | ||
OCT | 1957 | - | Commissioned: 24 OCT 1957 | ||
JAN | 1958 | - | JUL | 1959 | West Pac |
APR | 1958 | - | SEP | 1958 | West Pac |
JAN | 1960 | - | JUN | 1962 | West Pac |
MAY | 1960 | - | MAY | 1962 | Middle Pacific |
JUN | 1960 | - | JUN | 1962 | Bay of pigs and Cuba missile crises |
JUN | 1960 | - | JUN | 1962 | West Pac |
JUN | 1960 | - | JUN | 1962 | Man over board on the Kearsarge |
NOV | 1960 | - | JUL | 1964 | Inchon Landing |
SEP | 1961 | - | SEP | 1962 | West Pac |
MAY | 1964 | - | NOV | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1967 | - | AUG | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1968 | - | JUL | 1971 | Reserve Duty Seattle WA |
JUL | 1969 | - | JUL | 1969 | Alaska |
JUN | 1971 | - | JUN | 1971 | Alaska |
DE-1024 General Specifications
Class: Dealey-class destroyer escort
Named for: Francis Joseph Bridget
Complement: 170 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1877 tons
Length: 314 feet 6 inches
Beam: 36 feet 9 inches
Flank Speed: 27 knots
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap
USS BRIDGET (DE-1024)
Bridget (DE-1024) was launched 25 April 1956 by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co.
Seattle
Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. Francis J. Bridget
widow of Captain Bridget; and commissioned 24 October 1957
Lieutenant Commander J. B. Haines in command.
[Note: The above USS BRIDGET (DE-1024) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS BRIDGET (DE-1024) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]