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U.S.S. JAMES E. KYES
(DD-787)THE JUMPING JIMMY
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DD-787 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 27 DEC 1944 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
| AUG | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 4 AUG 1945 | ||
| FEB | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 8 FEB 1946 | ||
| MAR | 1952 | - | JUL | 1953 | RIMPAC |
| JAN | 1955 | - | JUL | 1955 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1956 | - | JUN | 1956 | operation teapee marshall islands |
| JAN | 1956 | - | JUN | 1956 | operation fishbowl marshall islands |
| NOV | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | suez crisis off to northern pacific |
| JAN | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 JAN 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1957 | - | JUN | 1957 | westpac and australia |
| DEC | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 DEC 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 DEC 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1958 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1958 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1958 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 MAR 1958 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1958 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 MAR 1958 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1958 | - | MAY | 1962 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1958 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 DEC 1958 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1959 | - | MAY | 1962 | Westpac asiatic squadren with desron 3 |
| APR | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | FRAM modernization - Puget Sound Shipyard |
| MAR | 1965 | - | OCT | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1965 | - | OCT | 1965 | Mar 65 to Oct 65 |
| JAN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1969 | - | NOV | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1972 | - | AUG | 1972 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DD-787 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: James E. Kyes
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3460 tons
Length: 390 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Taiwan 18 April 1973
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