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U.S.S. SEVERN
(AO-61)CAN DO
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AO-61 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a AO-61 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-61 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 31 MAY 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | NOV | 1944 | Battle of Leyte Gulf |
| DEC | 1944 | - | JAN | 1945 | Battle of Lingalen Gulf |
| MAY | 1946 | - | AUG | 1946 | Operation Crossroads Bikini and Marshall Islands |
| JAN | 1947 | - | AUG | 1947 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| APR | 1950 | - | DEC | 1956 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1950 | - | Decommissioned: 3 JUL 1950 | ||
| DEC | 1950 | - | DEC | 1950 | Recommisioning |
| APR | 1951 | - | DEC | 1956 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1957 | - | SEP | 1957 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1957 | - | SEP | 1957 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| MAY | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| SEP | 1962 | - | APR | 1963 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| NOV | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 1966 | - | JUL | 1966 | Gemini 9 |
| AUG | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | Gemini 11 |
| JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | Sea Trials |
| DEC | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 DEC 1967 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JAN | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1973 | - | AUG | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1974 | - | JUL | 1974 | Decommisioning |
AO-61 General Specifications
Complement: 314 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 7236 tons
Length: 553 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draft: 32 feet
Flank Speed: 18 kts