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Databank:
USS Henry W. Tucker
DD 875
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Class: Gearing
Displacement:
2,425 tons
Length:
390'6"
Beam:
41'10"
Draft:
18'6"
Speed: 35
knots
Complement:
355
Armament: 6
5"/38, 8 40mm., 2x5 21" torpedo tubes
Power Source:
High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws,
60,000 h.p.
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Launched:
29 May 1944
Consolidated Steel Corp.
Orange, TX
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Commissioned:
DD 875
12 March 1945
Orange, TX
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First Commanding Officer:
Comdr. Bernard H. Meyer
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Reclassified:
DD(R) 875
Radar Picket Destroyer
18 March 1949
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Reclassified:
DD 875
15 March 1963
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Decommissioned:
3 December 1973
San Diego, CA
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Highlights:
> Aided in post-World War II occupation of Japan and repatriation
of Japanese nationals
> Patrolled Pacific Ocean in connection with US atomic tests
> Hit by six enemy shells on 28 June 1951 as she steamed into
Korea's Wonsan Harbor (two men injured and extensive damage to radar
gear)
> Awarded seven battle stars for her participation in the Korean
conflict
> First US ship to provide naval gunfire support against enemy
targets in Vietnam on 16 May 1965
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USS
Henry W. Tucker
DD 875
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