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U.S.S. HANSON

(DD-832)

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DD-832 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1944-Keel Date: 7 OCT 1944
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
MAR1945-Launch Date: 11 MAR 1945
MAY1945-Commissioned: 11 MAY 1945
NOV1945-NOV1945Panama Canal
JAN1950-JAN1954Inchon Landing
JAN1961-DEC1963West Pac
JAN1963-NOV1963Middle Pacific
APR1963-Shellback Initiation - 19 APR 1963 - Pacific Ocean
APR1963-NOV1963West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1963-NOV1963Middle Pacific
APR1963- Shellback Initiation - 19 APR 1963 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1963-Shellback Initiation - 17 MAY 1963 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1964-DEC1964HUNTERS POINT FRAM 4 SAN FRANCISCO
MAR1965-NOV1965West Pac
OCT1965-OCT1966West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1965- Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1965 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1966-FEB1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1968-DEC1969West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1968-SEP1968West Pac - Viet Nam
OCT1968-MAR1969West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1969-AUG1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1971-JUL1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1971-JUL1971West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1972-NOV1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1972-NOV1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1972- Shellback Initiation - 30 MAR 1972 - Pacific Ocean

DD-832 General Specifications

Class: Gearing-class destroyer

Named for: Robert M. Hanson

Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 3460 tons

Length: 390 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet 10 inches

Flank Speed: 35 knots

Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to Republic of China 18 April 1973