USS Marshall
USS Marshall (DD-676), pulling alongside USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), during refueling exercises off the California coast, 7 March 1963.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Thomas W. Marshall, Jr. |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. |
Laid down | 29 April 1943 |
Launched | 29 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 16 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 19 July 1969 |
Stricken | 19 July 1969 |
Honours and awards | 12 Battle Stars |
Fate | Sold for scrap, July 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 319 |
Armament |
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USS Marshall (DD-676) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
Namesake
Thomas Worth Marshall Jr. was born on 22 December 1906 in
Following instruction at the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, Marshall served on the submarine USS S-42 until 1937, when he began duty with the Office of Naval Communications, in Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Marshall became Executive Officer of the destroyer USS Jacob Jones in 1939 and served on it for the rest of his life. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, effective at the beginning of 1942, he was killed in action when Jacob Jones was torpedoed by U-578 and sunk off Cape May, New Jersey on 28 February 1942.
Construction and commissioning
Marshall was laid down by the
World War II
Marshall's first big assignment came while she was still on her shakedown cruise off Bermuda. Speeding from that area, she rendezvoused in mid-Atlantic with Iowa, 13 December 1943, to escort President Franklin D. Roosevelt back from the Big Three Conference at Tehran (28 November to 1 December).
On 6 January 1944, Marshall departed New York for Pearl Harbor, arriving on the 28th. She remained at Pearl Harbor, undergoing further training and providing escort services to battle-damaged ships returning for repairs, until mid-March. Then, with Task Group 58.2 (TG 58.2), she sailed for Majuro, arriving on the 20th.
The
The next month, the task force was called on to support
, 23 to 27 July.Marshall returned to
After repair and replenishment at newly won Ulithi, Marshall's task group got underway 6 October for strikes against
The new year, 1945, brought further strikes against the Philippines and, with operations in the
During the
Post-War service
On 27 April 1951 Marshall was recommissioned and on 22 August joined TF 77 in the
In March 1952, the destroyer returned to San Diego for overhaul and on 4 October sailed again for the Far East. Arriving on 28 October, she once again began a Korean combat tour as a screening unit for carriers. In mid-November, she was detached and, after two weeks of hunter-killer operations, joined TF 95 in the bombardment of Wonsan on 10 December. On 7 January 1953, she steamed south to join the Formosa Strait patrol. In mid-February, Marshall rejoined TF 77. Two months later, her western Pacific deployment completed, she headed home, arriving at San Diego on 6 May.
For the next 11 years, Marshall operated as a unit of the
On 1 September 1964, Marshall changed her home port to
With her active service completed, Marshall was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 19 July 1969 and sold for scrapping in July 1970 to Zidell Explorations Co., Portland, Oregon for $80,596.66.
Awards
Marshall received eight
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.