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U.S.S. HICKOX

(DD-673)

WE WILL FIND A WAY
OR MAKE ONE

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DD-673 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 12 MAR 1943
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny N.J.
JUL1943-Launch Date: 4 JUL 1943
SEP1943-Commissioned: 10 SEP 1943
OCT1943-JAN1945RIMPAC
OCT1943-JAN1945RIMPAC
APR1952-MAY1953Circumnavigation
FEB1953- Shellback Initiation - 12 FEB 1953 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1953-APR1953Guantanamo Bay
JUL1953-AUG1953North Atlantic
APR1956-OCT1956Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
DEC1957-Decommissioned: 20 DEC 1957
JUL1968-NOV1968Dry Dock

DD-673 General Specifications

Named for: Ralph Hickox

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 39 feet 8 inches

Draft: 17 feet 9 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Transferred to South Korea 15 November 1968