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U.S.S. FRED T. BERRY
(DD-858)Click to view crew list
DD-858 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-858 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-858 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUL | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 16 JUL 1944 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Pedro CA | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 28 JAN 1945 | ||
MAY | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 12 MAY 1945 | ||
MAR | 1950 | - | MAR | 1951 | Circumnavigation |
JUL | 1950 | - | FEB | 1952 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 JAN 1957 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 JAN 1957 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1959 | - | JAN | 1961 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1960 | - | MAY | 1960 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
SEP | 1962 | - | APR | 1963 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac |
FEB | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 MAR 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JUL 1966 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JUL 1966 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JUL 1966 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1970 | - | APR | 1970 | From Norfolk, Va. to San Juan Puerto Rico |
DD-858 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: Fred T. Berry
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:Scuttled as an artificial reef 14 May 1972