36 years ago today, on 6 August 1987, Gearing-class destroyer USS Orleck (DD-886) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at the Jacksonville Naval Museum. Jacksonville, FL
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65 years ago today, on 3 August 1959 Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was commissioned, Cdr. Ralph Strafford Wentworth Jr. in command.
USS Turner Joy, Bremerton, WA
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79 years ago today, on 26 July 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) was launched at Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was sponsored by Miss Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD 850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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On 4 July 1977, Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) arrives at the Buffalo Naval Park.
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On 2 July 1973, Gearing-class destroyer USS Jospeh P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) was decommissioned by her last CO CDR Brian Patrick McCrane, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD 850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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78 years ago today, on 30 June 1947, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was decommissioned for the first time by her CO, CDR Donald Stanley Cramer.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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82 years ago today, on 28 June 1943, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was laid down at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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61 years ago today, on 19 June 1964 Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd DD-661 was decommissioned for the 2nd time.
USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
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On 15 June 1978 Fletcher-class destroyer USS Cassin Young DD-793 arrived at the Boston National Historical Park.
USS Cassin Young at Boston National Historic Park, Boston, MA
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19 years ago today, on 14 June 2004 Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Edson DD-946 leaves the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum in new York city for Philadelphia inactive ship maintenance facility.
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum USS Edson DD946, Bay City, MI
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