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U.S.S. JOHN HOOD

(DD-655)

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DD-655 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1942-Keel Date: 12 OCT 1942
at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. Chickasaw Alabama
OCT1943-Launch Date: 25 OCT 1943
JUN1944-Commissioned: 7 JUN 1944
SEP1944-AUG1945WWII North Pacific
AUG1945-NOV1945Japan - Occupation
JAN1947-JAN1947Decommissioned
AUG1951-AUG1951Recommissioned
MAR1952-AUG1953korea
JAN1958-JAN1959Mediterranean
SEP1963-Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1963 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1964-JUL1964Decommisioning

DD-655 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: John Hood

Complement: 319 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 39 feet 8 inches

Flank Speed: 35 knots

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 12 April 1976