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USS Claude V. Ricketts

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on 1 June 1990 and sold for scrap on 15 April 1994, to NR Acquisitions of NYC and towed to Bethlehem Steel's old Fairfield yard in Baltimore, MD for scrapping by Wilmington Resources, Inc. of Wilmington, NC. Sale price $ 184,550.66. The scrap contract was terminated on 1 October 1996, and the Navy
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battled the conflagration for 7 hours and limited the damage, evacuating the injured while fragments from exploding ammunition showered down upon her decks. In the end, CG-26 was knocked and melted nearly to her main deck. Seven crew members aboard
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and remained continuously at sea for more than 10 weeks over the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Holidays.Finally after 72 days of being at sea, ended with a two day visit in Sitra, Bahrain
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for a ten-month overhaul returning to service in January 1975. She completed refresher training and ship trials in the Caribbean Sea from March to May 1975.
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to commemorate the 13th anniversary of their independence. Just six weeks after returning to Norfolk, the ship deployed for a six-week operation with the
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had made great contributions to the concept of mixed manning and a Multilateral Force. Because of this, he thought it appropriate to rename USS
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deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in August 1973 and returned to Norfolk in January 1974. Shortly after her return, the ship entered the
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made deployments to the Mediterranean Sea from 1966 to 1973. She also made a northern European cruise in July 1972.
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was awarded for service from 1 October 1976 to 30 September 1977. From September 1977 to October 1978,
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at the start of September 1979. During the first part of the cruise, the ship made ports of call to
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repossessed the ship on 18 October, and returned to NISMF Philadelphia and the ship was resold to
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was decommissioned on 31 October 1989 at Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA, stricken from the
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in Ricketts' honor while the ship was conducting a mixed-manning experiment on 28 July 1964.
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was back in the Mediterranean Sea in February 1980 and returned to Norfolk in April 1980. A
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for an overhaul. She returned to Norfolk in April 1979 after refresher training and trials.
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was awarded for service relating to the crisis from 21 November 1979 to 2 February 1980.
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deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in late 1987 and returned to Norfolk, 29 March 1988.
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was immediately tasked to proceed to the Persian Gulf area of operations to join with
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was awarded for three time periods relating to Lebanon during this deployment.
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AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19
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Article on the Multilateral Force the USS Claude V Rickett's involvement.
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from the storage lockers for her two 3-inch guns, but the crew of the
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USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5/USS Biddle DDG-5 Crew Members website
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deployed to Northern Europe in January 1981 and operated with the
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was awarded for service from 19 August 1962 to 28 September 1962.
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on 5 December 2001 . Scrapping was completed on 8 November 2002.
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operated in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea as part of the
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on 18 May 1959, launched on 4 June 1960 and commissioned as USS
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was successful. The ship's crest includes the NATO insignia. A
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4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
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steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts
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was awarded for service from 7 January 1981 to 24 June 1981.
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participated in naval activity near Cuba in weeks before the
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deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. There was also a trip to
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MaritimeQuest USS Biddle/USS Claude V Ricketts DDG-5 pages
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at the close of 1963 returning to Norfolk in March 1964.
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According to Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, Admiral
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was part of a mixed-manning experiment for a proposed
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This article includes information collected from the
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Mixed manning experiment and the decade that followed
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Ricketts" 980:According to the Navy Unit awards list, 681:Damage received while fighting fires on 480:, one of the first five captains of the 1072: 423:5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun 328:1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers 29: 1104:"Claude V. Ricketts – Ship's history" 742:returned to Norfolk in January 1976. 632:was awarded for the 18-month period. 53: 7: 1185:Lundquist, Edward (September 2006). 799:deployed for seven months to the US 617:. Though the MLF never was created, 519:on 28 July 1964 in honor of Admiral 436:Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes 283:3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load 869:(second from front) operating with 713:on the night of 22 November 1975. 693:deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. 19:For United States Navy ships named 1270:Naval History and Heritage Command 1108:USS Claude V. Ricketts Cruise Book 14: 1865:Charles F. 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USS Ricketts (DE-254)
USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) underway off the Virginia Capes in 1986
Nicholas Biddle
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
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Hull number
Claude V. Ricketts
See Awards
Scrapped
Charles F. Adams-class
destroyer
Westinghouse
Foster-Wheeler
knots
AN/SPG-51
Mk 11 missile launcher
RIM-24 Tartar
SAM
RIM-66 Standard
Harpoon antiship missile
5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun
RUR-5 ASROC
Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes
Charles F. Adams-class
guided missile destroyer
United States Navy

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