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U.S.S. ISHERWOOD
(DD-520)Click to view crew list
DD-520 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-520 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-520 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 12 MAY 1942 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Staten Island | ||
NOV | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 24 NOV 1942 | ||
APR | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 12 APR 1943 | ||
APR | 1945 | - | APR | 1945 | Kamikaze Attack off the coast of Okinawa |
APR | 1952 | - | OCT | 1952 | Mediterranean Cruise |
APR | 1953 | - | OCT | 1953 | Mediterranean Cruise |
FEB | 1954 | - | JUN | 1954 | Boston Naval Yards - refitting |
JUL | 1954 | - | AUG | 1954 | Caribbean |
DEC | 1954 | - | DEC | 1954 | Deployed to west Coast Via Panama Canal |
JUN | 1956 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 JUN 1956 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 APR 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 APR 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1959 | - | JUL | 1959 | West Pac |
SEP | 1961 | - | Decommissioned: 11 SEP 1961 |
DD-520 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher-class destroyer
Named for: Benjamin F. Isherwood
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Loaned to Peru 8 October 1961