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USS JOHN R. PIERCE
(DD-753)The Fierce Pierce
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DD-753 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAR | 1944 | Keel Date: 24 MAR 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Staten Island |
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| SEP | 1944 | Launch Date: 1 SEP 1944 | |||
| DEC | 1944 | Commissioned: 30 DEC 1944 | |||
| OCT | 1952 | - | - | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Pacific Ocean |
| OCT | 1952 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1958 | - | SEP | 1958 | Guantanamo Bay |
| OCT | 1958 | - | APR | 1959 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
DD-753 General Specifications
Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Named for: John Reeves Pierce
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 6 November 1974 and broken up for scrap.
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