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U.S.S. FARRAGUT
(DDG-37)DAMN THE TORPEDOS
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USS FARRAGUT (DDG-37) - a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
In Commission 1960 to 1989DDG-37 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DDG-37 Shellback Initiation | Add a DDG-37 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUN | 1957 | - | Keel Date: 3 JUN 1957 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation Quincy MA | ||
| JUL | 1958 | - | Launch Date: 18 JUL 1958 | ||
| DEC | 1960 | - | Commissioned: 10 DEC 1960 | ||
| JUL | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | UNITAS |
| JAN | 1975 | - | JAN | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| AUG | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | Antarctic Circle |
| JAN | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1979 | - | JAN | 1985 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1980 | - | JAN | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| SEP | 1980 | - | FEB | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 FEB 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1982 | - | JUN | 1983 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| DEC | 1982 | - | MAY | 1983 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1983 | - | JAN | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1986 | - | JAN | 1989 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| MAR | 1986 | - | SEP | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1986 | - | SEP | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1986 | - | JUN | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JAN | 1989 | - | JUL | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1989 | - | Decommissioned: 31 OCT 1989 | ||
DDG-37 General Specifications
Class: Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
Complement: 21 Officers and 356 Enlisted
Displacement: 5800 tons
Length: 512.5 feet
Beam: 52 feet
Draft: 25 feet
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Dismantled
USS FARRAGUT (DDG-37)
The fourth Farragut (DLG-6) was projected as DL-6
reclassified DLG-6 on 14 November 1956 prior to keel-laying; launched 18 July 1958 by Bethlehem Steel Co.
Quincy
Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. H. D. Felt
wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; and commissioned 10 December 1960,
Commander R. E. Spreen in command.
[Note: The above USS FARRAGUT (DDG-37) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS FARRAGUT (DDG-37) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]