USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Charles H. Roan |
Namesake | Charles H. Roan |
Laid down | 27 September 1945 |
Launched | 15 March 1946 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Lillabel Roan |
Commissioned | 12 September 1946 |
Decommissioned | 21 September 1973 |
Stricken | 21 September 1973 |
Homeport | Newport, Rhode Island |
Identification | DD-853 |
Nickname(s) | The Jolly Cholly |
Fate | Transferred to Turkey 1973 |
Turkey | |
Name | Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak |
Acquired | 1973 |
Identification | D 351 |
Fate | Scrapped 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,425 tons |
Length | 390.5 ft (119.0 m) |
Beam | 41.1 ft (12.5 m) |
Draught | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 367 |
Armament |
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USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles Howard Roan, a United States Marine who lost his life in action on the island of Palau during World War II.
Charles H. Roan was built by the
From her home port at
History
1950s
On her first overseas deployment, Charles H. Roan sailed from Newport 9 February 1948 for a cruise which took her to the
On 8 November 1950,
On 2 August 1954, Charles H. Roan stood down
Charles H. Roan's next Mediterranean cruise began with her sailing from Newport 14 September 1956 to join the
Arriving at Annapolis on 12 July 1958 to take the midshipmen on board, Charles H. Roan got underway on what was to be a brief cruise. But plans swiftly changed upon the outbreak of the trouble in the Middle East which led to the landing of
Adding to her list of historic operations, in the summer of 1959, Charles H. Roan participated in Operation "Inland Sea," the first passage of a naval force through the
1960s
On 31 March 1960, the ship once again travelled to the Mediterranean for a cruise which included duty with the key Middle East Force, cruising in the Red Sea, and visits to many Persian Gulf ports. On returning home, Charles H. Roan took on duties as DesLant Engineering School Ship until July 1961 when she entered the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, for her Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) conversion.
Upon completing FRAM in June 1962, the ship sailed to
Now a first-line
Leaving the yard in February 1965, Charles H. Roan underwent refresher training at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. This training was interrupted when she deployed to the
During the Middle East deployment in March and April 1966, Charles H. Roan once again crossed the Equator. She returned to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal and completed operations with the Sixth Fleet for two months, then returned home to Newport, Rhode Island. Later in September Charles H. Roan participated in joint Canadian/U.S. exercises, and paid another visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In January 1967, Charles H. Roan was underway again for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to undergo an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) along with other ships of Destroyer Squadron 10 (DesRon10). She spent a week of heavy exercising in the area of anti-submarine warfare and
Charles H. Roan returned to Newport in August, and remained there except for brief service for the America's Cup Races, held off Newport. During the months of October and November she participated in ASW exercises in the North Atlantic. She returned to Newport, in November and remained there for TAV and holiday leave while preparing for another Mediterranean deployment in January 1968.
From 10 January until 20 May 1968 Charles H. Roan once again traveled to the Mediterranean to serve with the Sixth Fleet. During this cruise she visited
1970s
On 5 April 1972 Charles H. Roan deployed from Newport. She circumnavigated the globe with port calls (chronologically) at
, to return to homeport at Newport on 31 October 1972. During this cruise she entered Vietnamese territorial waters, but because of earlier propeller damage, was not an active participant in action in the area.After a deployment stand down and participating in a few local training exercises, the effort of the crew was directed toward decommissioning activities. On the morning of 21 September 1973, Charles H. Roan was decommissioned at Newport and immediately re-commissioned into the
Charles H. Roan was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 21 September 1973.
Charles H. Roan was then transferred to the
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.