USS Dealey

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USS Dealey (DE-1006)
History
United States
NameUSS Dealey
NamesakeCommander Samuel David Dealey (1906–1944)
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down15 December 1952
Launched8 November 1953
Sponsored byMrs. Samuel D. Dealey
Commissioned3 June 1954
Decommissioned28 July 1972
Stricken28 July 1972
FateTransferred to Uruguay
Uruguay
NameROU 18 De Julio
Namesake18 July, the date of the adoption of Uruguay's first constitution
Acquired28 July 1972
Stricken1991
IdentificationDE-3
FateScrapped 1991
General characteristics
Class and typeDealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,270 long tons (1,290 t)
Length314 ft 6 in (95.86 m)
Beam36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers
  • 1 ×
    De Laval
    geared turbine
  • 20,000 shp (15 MW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Complement170
Armament

USS Dealey (DE-1006), the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy in commission from 1954 to 1972 and named for Commander Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), who was awarded the Medal of Honor as commanding officer of the famous World War II submarine USS Harder (SS-257).

History

Dealey was

launched 8 November 1953 by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel D. Dealey, widow of Commander Dealey, and commissioned
on 3 June 1954.

Homeported at

Key West, Florida, to serve with the Fleet Sonar School, and joined in convoy exercises in the Caribbean
during her first two-and-a-half years of service.

On 4 January 1957 she departed Newport for a

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercises in the Irish Sea in September and October 1957 took her to Plymouth, England, and Brest and Cherbourg, France
.

On 12 May 1958 Dealey sailed for the

Lebanon crisis
and returned to Newport on 7 October 1958.

On 3 February 1959 Dealey put to sea for

Talara and Callao, Peru; and Valparaíso and Antofagasta, Chile. During this cruise she exercised with the navies of all four countries. She returned to Newport on 20 April 1959, and sailed on NATO exercises, calling at Derry, Northern Ireland; Greenwich, England; and Lisbon, Portugal, before returning to Newport on 11 October 1959. She operated in the Narragansett Bay
area for the remainder of 1959.

Dealey continued these operations, plus a cruise to the Caribbean and an

Straits of Magellan, and turned northward, visiting Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
, and Trinidad. After riding out a wild storm, Dealey arrived home in Newport coated in ice on 13 December 1960; she passed the remainder of 1960 there.

ROU 18 De Julio (DE-3)

Dealey was

ROU 18 De Julio (DE-3), the third ship to commemorate the date of the adoption of Uruguay's first constitution. She arrived at Montevideo
, Uruguay on 17 April 1973.

In 1981, 18 de Julio rescued the crew of the

South Atlantic Ocean
.

18 de Julio was stricken and broken up for scrap during 1991.


References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

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