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U.S.S. HARLAN R. DICKSON
(DD-708)THE DIRTY DICK
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DD-708 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-708 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-708 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 23 MAY 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | ||
| DEC | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 17 DEC 1944 | ||
| FEB | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 17 FEB 1945 | ||
| JUL | 1953 | - | AUG | 1953 | NROTC Contract Cruise to Coca Solo Trinidad Gitmo & Norfolk |
| JUL | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JUL 1953 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1955 | - | MAY | 1955 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | October 1956 Evacuated Jewish Personnel from Haifa Israel |
| JUL | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JUN | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 JUN 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 JUN 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1957 | - | JUL | 1957 | Valparaiso Chile crossed the equator on 27 june 1957 |
| OCT | 1957 | - | OCT | 1957 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JAN | 1959 | - | JAN | 1959 | black sea cruise 1959 |
| JAN | 1962 | - | MAY | 1962 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| FEB | 1963 | - | SEP | 1963 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1966 | Caribbean |
| FEB | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| FEB | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 FEB 1971 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1972 | - | JUL | 1972 | Decommisioning |
DD-708 General Specifications
Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Named for: Harlan Rockey Dickson
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2200 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet
Flank Speed: 34 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold 18 May 1973 and broken up for scrap