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USS POWER

(DD-839)

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DD-839 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB 1945 Keel Date: 26 FEB 1945
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
JUN 1945 Launch Date: 30 JUN 1945
SEP 1945 Commissioned: 13 SEP 1945
NOV 1948 - MAR 1949 Northern Europe/Eastern Med
MAR 1963 - SEP 1963 Mediterranean
AUG 1967 - DEC 1967 Mediterranean
AUG 1968 - JUL 1969 West Pac-Viet Nam

DD-839 General Specifications

Class: Gearing-class destroyer

Named for: John V. Power

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:Sold to Republic of China 1 October 1977