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USS DES MOINES
(CA-134)Daisy Mae
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CA-134 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1945 | Keel Date: 28 MAY 1945 at Bethlehem Steel Company |
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| SEP | 1946 | Launch Date: 27 SEP 1946 | |||
| OCT | 1946 | - | MAR | 1947 | Antartic Circle |
| NOV | 1948 | Commissioned: 16 NOV 1948 | |||
| FEB | 1952 | - | - | - | Mediterranean = please enter exact dates for each cruise |
| SEP | 1953 | - | FEB | 1954 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1958 | - | JUL | 1961 | Mediterranean - 6th Fleet Flag Ship |
| DEC | 1959 | - | DEC | 1959 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower Visit while achored off Athens Greece |
| JUL | 1961 | Decommissioned: 6 JUL 1961 | |||
CA-134 General Specifications
Class: Des Moines-class heavy cruiser
Named for: Des Moines
Complement: 1799 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 17000 tons
Length: 716 feet 6 inches
Beam: 76 feet 6 inches
Flank Speed: 33 knots
Range: 10 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Broken up
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