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U.S.S. SIGOURNEY
(DD-643)ANYTIME - ANYWHERE
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DD-643 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-643 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-643 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 7 DEC 1942 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
| APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 24 APR 1943 | ||
| JUN | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 29 JUN 1943 | ||
| JUN | 1953 | - | FEB | 1954 | Circumnavigation |
| JUN | 1953 | - | FEB | 1954 | korea |
| JUL | 1953 | - | JUL | 1953 | International date line |
| JUL | 1953 | - | JUL | 1953 | Panama Canal |
| DEC | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 DEC 1953 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 DEC 1953 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1954 | - | JAN | 1954 | Suez Canal |
| JUN | 1954 | - | AUG | 1954 | Midshipmen cruise/europe |
| NOV | 1955 | - | FEB | 1956 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1956 | - | AUG | 1956 | Midshipmen Cruise/ N. Atlantic |
| OCT | 1957 | - | NOV | 1957 | Guantanamo Bay |
| FEB | 1958 | - | MAY | 1958 | Mediterranean - Red Sea |
| JUN | 1958 | - | AUG | 1958 | North Atlantic - Midshipman Cruise |
| SEP | 1958 | - | OCT | 1958 | Caribbean |
| JAN | 1959 | - | MAY | 1960 | Philly - Selective Reserve Trainee Duty |
| MAY | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 1 MAY 1960 | ||
| OCT | 1974 | - | NOV | 1974 | Removed from list of US Naval Vessels |
| MAY | 1975 | - | MAY | 1975 | Sold for scrap |
DD-643 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher class destroyer
Named for: James Sigourney
Complement: 329 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:Sold for scrap 31 July 1975