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U.S.S. MCGINTY
(DE-365)THE MIGHTY MCGOOCH
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DE-365 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-365 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-365 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 3 MAY 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
AUG | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 5 AUG 1944 | ||
SEP | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 25 SEP 1944 | ||
MAR | 1951 | - | MAR | 1951 | Recommisioning |
OCT | 1951 | - | MAY | 1952 | CorRon 11 Squadron command ship to Korea |
JAN | 1954 | - | JAN | 1957 | West Pac |
APR | 1956 | - | JUL | 1956 | West Pac |
MAY | 1957 | - | AUG | 1957 | Operation Redwing - Atomic Bomb Tests |
MAY | 1957 | - | AUG | 1957 | Middle Pacific |
AUG | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1961 | - | JUL | 1962 | West Pac |
FEB | 1962 | - | JUL | 1961 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 NOV 1965 - Atlantic Ocean |
DE-365 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: Franklin Alexander McGinty
Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Scrapped starting 1969