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U.S.S. JOHN R. PIERCE

(DD-753)

THE FIERCE PIERCE
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DD-753 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1944-Keel Date: 24 MAR 1944
at Bethlehem Steel Staten Island
SEP1944-Launch Date: 1 SEP 1944
DEC1944-Commissioned: 30 DEC 1944
JAN1947-JAN1949decommisioned1947--recommisioned1949
OCT1952-Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Indian Ocean
OCT1952-Shellback Initiation - 25 OCT 1952 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1958-SEP1958Guantanamo Bay
OCT1958-APR1959Mediterranean-Lebanon
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1962-DEC1962Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1964-APR1965Mediterranean

DD-753 General Specifications

Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer

Named for: John Reeves Pierce

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 6 November 1974 and broken up for scrap.