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U.S.S. CONYNGHAM
(DDG-17)READY TO SERVE
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USS CONYNGHAM (DDG-17) - a Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer
In Commission 1963 to 1990DDG-17 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DDG-17 Shellback Initiation | Add a DDG-17 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1961 | - | Keel Date: 1 MAY 1961 at New York Shipbuilding Corporation | ||
| MAY | 1962 | - | Launch Date: 18 MAY 1962 | ||
| JUL | 1963 | - | Commissioned: 13 JUL 1963 | ||
| JAN | 1965 | - | OCT | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1965 | - | MAR | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| DEC | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1968 | - | JUL | 1968 | Caribbean |
| NOV | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1970 | - | FEB | 1970 | Caribbean |
| MAR | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1972 | Guantanamo Bay |
| FEB | 1971 | - | SEP | 1971 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1971 | - | FEB | 1972 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1972 | - | OCT | 1972 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| APR | 1973 | - | NOV | 1973 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| MAR | 1974 | - | SEP | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1974 | - | NOV | 1974 | Antarctic Circle |
| OCT | 1974 | - | JAN | 1975 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | Caribbean |
| APR | 1976 | - | OCT | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1977 | - | JUL | 1977 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1977 | - | APR | 1978 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1978 | - | MAY | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1981 | - | JAN | 1984 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1985 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1985 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1981 | - | OCT | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| APR | 1983 | - | APR | 1984 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| FEB | 1987 | - | AUG | 1987 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| SEP | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| FEB | 1989 | - | AUG | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1990 | - | MAY | 1990 | Class B Fire in forward fire room |
| OCT | 1990 | - | Decommissioned: 30 OCT 1990 | ||
DDG-17 General Specifications
Class: Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer
Named for: Gustavus Conyngham
Complement: 24 Officers and 330 Enlisted
Displacement: 3277 tons
Length: 437 feet
Beam: 47 feet
Flank Speed: 33 knots
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 15 April 1994
USS CONYNGHAM (DDG-17)
The third Conyngham was
built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., launched 19 May 1962;
sponsored by Mrs. Carl B. Albert, wife of Representative Albert of Oklahoma, House Majority Leader; commissioned 13 July 1963, Commander Edwin P. Smith
USN, in command.
[Note: The above USS CONYNGHAM (DDG-17) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS CONYNGHAM (DDG-17), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]