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U.S.S. JOHNSTON
(DD-821)THE JOLLY J
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DD-821 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-821 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-821 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 26 MAR 1945 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
OCT | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 10 OCT 1945 | ||
AUG | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 23 AUG 1946 | ||
JAN | 1952 | - | JUN | 1952 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1957 | - | JAN | 1957 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1959 | - | APR | 1960 | Mediterranean |
NOV | 1961 | - | NOV | 1961 | Blockade on coast of Dominican Republic |
MAR | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
OCT | 1962 | - | FEB | 1963 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUN | 1966 | - | FEB | 1967 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
NOV | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac |
NOV | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1969 | - | MAR | 1970 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1975 | - | APR | 1976 | Dry Dock |
DD-821 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: John V. Johnston
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 Republic of China 27 February 1981