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U.S.S. EVERETT F. LARSON

(DD-830)

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DD-830 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1941-DEC1952Guantanamo Bay
SEP1944-Keel Date: 4 SEP 1944
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
JAN1945-FEB1945Middle Pacific
JAN1945-Launch Date: 28 JAN 1945
APR1945-Commissioned: 6 APR 1945
JAN1951-MAY1951Mediterranean
JUN1951-Shellback Initiation - 1 JUN 1951 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1953-DEC1954Dry Dock
FEB1958-JUN1958West Pac
APR1958- Shellback Initiation - 10 APR 1958 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1960-MAY1961West Pac
OCT1961-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1963-MAR1964West Pac
NOV1963-DEC196322 November 1963 FULL NATIONAL SECRUITY ALERT
JAN1964-SEP1965West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1964-JAN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-SEP1965West Pac
APR1965-OCT1965West Pac
AUG1967-APR1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1968-JAN1973West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1968-NOV1969West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1969-JUL1969West Pac
JAN1969-OCT1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1969-NOV1969West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1969-MAR1970West Pac
JAN1971-JUL1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1972-AUG1972West Pac-Viet Nam

DD-830 General Specifications

Class: Gearing-class destroyer

Named for: Private First Class Everett F. Larson )1920-1942)

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 South Korea 30 October 1972