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U.S.S. JOHN R. PIERCE
(DD-753)THE FIERCE PIERCE
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DD-753 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-753 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-753 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 24 MAR 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Staten Island | ||
| SEP | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 1 SEP 1944 | ||
| DEC | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 30 DEC 1944 | ||
| JAN | 1947 | - | JAN | 1949 | decommisioned1947--recommisioned1949 |
| OCT | 1952 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Indian Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1952 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1958 | - | SEP | 1958 | Guantanamo Bay |
| OCT | 1958 | - | APR | 1959 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1964 | - | APR | 1965 | Mediterranean |
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.