USS Strong (DD-758)
USS Strong
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Strong |
Namesake | James H. Strong |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco |
Laid down | 25 July 1943 |
Launched | 23 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 8 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1973 |
Stricken | 31 October 1973 |
Motto | Virtute Et Armis |
Fate | Sold to Brazil, 31 October 1973 |
Brazil | |
Name | Rio Grande do Norte |
Acquired | 31 October 1973 |
Stricken | 1996 |
Identification | D 37 |
Fate | Reportedly sunk in high seas in 1997 off the coast of Durban, South Africa, while she was under tow from Brazil to India to be scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
Armament |
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USS Strong (DD-758), an
Service history
The second Strong was
. On 5 December 1945, the destroyer was ordered to sail to the east coast and join the Atlantic Fleet.1946-1952
Strong transited the Panama Canal on 11 January 1946 and arrived at New York on 15 January. After a period of upkeep and repairs, she operated along the northeast coast until rapid demobilization kept her at Boston from 29 April until 1 August. She put to sea again and operated with the fleet as far south as the Gulf of Mexico until she sailed into Charleston, South Carolina, for inactivation and berthing. The destroyer was placed in reserve, out of commission, on 9 May 1947 as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
Strong was placed in commission again on 14 May 1949 and held shakedown training in
Korea
Strong sailed from Yokosuka on 19 June for Korean waters and was attached to Task Force (TF) 77 which launched the first attacks against the hydroelectric plants on the
On 9 October, Strong sailed to Yokosuka on her way back to Norfolk via Singapore,
FRAM II
Strong entered the
Vietnam
Strong sailed from Subic Bay, Philippines, on 15 December 1967 as screen for the aircraft carrier Coral Sea en route to her first assignment in Vietnam, Operation "Sea Dragon." From 18 December 1967 to 2 January 1968, she was on the gunline conducting harassment and interdiction missions against North Vietnamese water borne logistic craft. From 3 January to 5 February she operated at "Yankee Station."
Strong was ordered to the Sea of Japan from 23 February 1968 to 6 March after the North Koreans seized
, California, Mexico, and the Panama Canal, and arrived at Charleston on 4 August.Strong sailed on 11 September 1968 to participate in NATO exercise Operation "Silver Tower" in the Norwegian Sea. After a visit to Gravesend, England, she returned to Charleston on 15 October 1968 and remained there until 9 January 1969 when she resumed routine peacetime training. On 12 November 1969, the destroyer was again deployed to the 6th Fleet for a six-month tour and returned to her home port on 23 May 1970. Much of the remainder of the year was spent in port and she was again deployed to the 6th Fleet from 16 April to 16 October 1971. On 16 November, she was transferred to the Naval Reserve Force and became a unit of DesRon 34. Strong operated as a Naval Reserve training ship until September 1973 when she entered a standdown period at Charleston.
Brazilian service
Strong was decommissioned and struck from the Navy list on 31 October 1973. She was transferred to the government of Brazil the same day as Rio Grande do Norte (D-37) and served until 1996.[2]
Battle stars
Strong received one
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ Swenson, Loyd S.; Grimwood, James M.; Alexander, Charles C. (1989). "7-6". This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. NASA. p. 204. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ "Destroyer Photo Index DD-758 USS STRONG". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2016-01-24.