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U.S.S. CATSKILL

(MCS-1)

A LIGHT WIND THAT DISTURBS THE CALM

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MCS-1 Deployments - Major Events

Add a MCS-1 Shellback Initiation Add a MCS-1 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1941-Keel Date: 12 JUL 1941
at Willamette Iron and Steel Works Portland Oregon
MAY1942-Launch Date: 19 MAY 1942
OCT1942-Shellback Initiation - 15 OCT 1942 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1944-JAN1946West Pac
JUN1944-Commissioned: 30 JUN 1944
AUG1946-Decommissioned: 30 AUG 1946
JAN1967-JAN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JAN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JAN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1968- Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1968 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1968-JAN1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1968-DEC1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1968-Shellback Initiation - 21 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1969-JAN1970West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1969-MAY1969West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1969-SEP1970West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1969-NOV1970West Pac
SEP1969-NOV1970West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1970- Shellback Initiation - 12 FEB 1970 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1970-DEC1970Decommissioning

MCS-1 General Specifications

Complement: 400+ Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 5875 tons

Length: 455 feet 5 inches

Beam: 60 feet 2 inches

Draft: 20 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots