USS Dashiell
![]() Dashiell in 1952
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Name | USS Dashiell |
Namesake | Robert B. Dashiell |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Laid down | 1 October 1942 |
Launched | 6 February 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 March 1943 |
Decommissioned | 29 April 1960 |
Stricken | 1 December 1974 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 319 |
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USS Dashiell (DD-659) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Robert B. Dashiell (1860–1899).
Dashiell was
Service history
World War II
Dashiell arrived at
After training exercises in the Hawaiian Islands, Dashiell arrived at Guadalcanal 16 March 1944. She cleared the next day to bombard Kavieng, New Ireland, on 20 March. Dashiell provided fire support, patrol, and convoy escort services from 6 April to 13 May as landings were made on the coast of New Guinea. She returned to Port Purvis on Florida Island in the Solomons 17 May to prepare for the invasion of the Marianas. She sailed 4 June to guard transports held in reserve during the assaults on Saipan and on Tinian, then screened the landings at Guam during which she provided fire support from 20 to 26 July.
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Her next action took her to
Arriving in
1951 – 1960
Recommissioned 3 May 1951 Dashiell operated out of
Dashiell was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 December 1974. She was sold 21 September 1975, and broken up for scrap.
Awards
Dashiell was awarded 10
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ "Ship Launches as Jap Nemesis". Courier-Post. Camden, New Jersey. February 6, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via newspapers.com.