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USS HARLAN R. DICKSON
(DD-708)The Dirty Dick
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DD-708 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1944 | Keel Date: 23 MAY 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
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| DEC | 1944 | Launch Date: 17 DEC 1944 | |||
| FEB | 1945 | Commissioned: 17 FEB 1945 | |||
| JUL | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | October 1956 Evacuated Jewish Personnel from Haifa, Israel |
| JUL | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | Blue Nose - Artic Circle |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| FEB | 1963 | - | SEP | 1963 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1966 | Caribbean |
| FEB | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
DD-708 General Specifications
Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Named for: Harlan Rockey Dickson
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2200 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet
Flank Speed: 34 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold 18 May 1973 and broken up for scrap
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