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U.S.S. JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG
(DE-1030)WE ARE READY NOW!
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USS JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG (DE-1030) - a Dealey-class destroyer escort
In Commission 1957 to 1972DE-1030 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-1030 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-1030 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1956 | - | Keel Date: 3 JAN 1956 at New York Shipbuilding Company | ||
MAR | 1957 | - | Launch Date: 9 MAR 1957 | ||
SEP | 1957 | - | Commissioned: 10 SEP 1957 | ||
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
MAR | 1963 | - | JUN | 1963 | Equator Crossing Crew Initiation 3/17/63 |
JAN | 1964 | - | MAY | 1964 | Dry Dock |
JUN | 1964 | - | JUL | 1964 | Caribbean |
MAR | 1968 | - | JUN | 1985 | Dry Dock |
JUN | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | UNITAS |
JUL | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1970 | - | OCT | 1971 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
JUL | 1972 | - | Decommissioned: 1 JUL 1972 |
DE-1030 General Specifications
Class: Dealey-class destroyer escort
Named for: Joseph Taussig
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 15 June 1973
USS JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG (DE-1030)
Joseph K. Taussig (DE-1030) was laid down 3 January 1956 by the New York
Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J.; launched 9 March 1957; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph K.
Taussig, widow of Vice Admiral Taussig, and commissioned 10 September 1957,
Lt. Comdr. R. S. Moore in command.
Following a Caribbean
shakedown Joseph K. Taussig reported to Newport, R.I., 22 December for
duty with the Atlantic Fleet. She departed
Newport 12 May 1958 for Mediterranean
service with the 6th Fleet. During this tour that a crisis erupted in Lebanon, and the 6th Fleet was dispatched to the area to prevent a Communist
takeover. Joseph K. Taussig was at the scene, giving credibility to her namesake's words; "We are ready
now." The destroyer escort
remained on patrol until the crisis subsided, and then returned to Newport 7
October.
She
was assigned to an antisubmarine warfare group and continued these operations until 6 February
1959 when she
made a goodwill cruise to South America. Upon completion of an overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard, Joseph K. Taussig operated out of Newport prior to Caribbean exercises during January 1960. She returned
to Newport 14 February and resumed
operations along the Atlantic coast.
The
destroyer escort steamed toward the North Atlantic 6 September for NATO exercises, designed to
show the enemies of freedom, that
peace-loving nations would join forces
to thwart any efforts to undermine that freedom. Joseph K. Taussig resumed coastal operations upon her return to Newport 20 October.
During
January and February 1961, Joseph K. Taussig once again participated in
annual exercises in the Caribbean
and in April engaged in joint American-Canadian exercises off Nova Scotia. For the remainder of the year she operated in a state of readiness along the
Atlantic coast and in mid February
1962 commenced 6 months of extensive
ASW exercises.
During
October, intelligence reports revealed evidence of Russian missile
installations in Cuba. President Kennedy responded to this Communist challenge, by
establishing
a naval quarantine around the island. Joseph K. Taussig was ordered off
Jacksonville, Fla., in November to provide a second line of defense in the crisis.
With
the easing of tensions, she began preparations for a goodwill cruise to
Africa, and departed Newport 15 February 1963. After visiting 9 African and 3
Mediterranean
ports, she returned Newport 25 May for summer convoy escort exercises and Cuban patrol duty. From August to December, Joseph
K. Taussig engaged in coastal training operations.
Between
January and May 1965 Joseph K. Taussig received DASH installation at
Boston Naval Shipyard; and. after completing training in the Caribbean, she participated in the massive
amphibious exercise, Operation "Steel Pike I," in October. During the
remainder of 1965 and throughout 1966, she trained along the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean and,
in addition, served as sonar school ship at Key West. Early in 1966 she began 6 months of duty as an E-4
training ship to train seamen as petty officers in response to the growing commitment
of the Navy
in the troubled waters of Southeast Asia. She resumed squadron training exercises in July. During
the next 12 months she operated
from New England waters to the Caribbean
maintaining her high degree of readiness for defense of the nation and the free
world.
[Note: The above USS JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG (DE-1030) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG (DE-1030), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]