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USS Gurke

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to the US Marines retaking Hue City. She then took some R&R in Hong Kong and participated in Sea Dragon operations along the North Vietnamese Coast. She returned to San Diego in June 1968 after an eight-month West Pac deployment. In April 1975 she participated in the evacuation of Saigon known as Operation Frequent Wind.
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In November 1967 Gurke headed west again via Hawaii and Japan. She operated on Yankee Station, on search and rescue in the northern Gulf of Tonkin, and took part in the Formation Star effort in the Sea of Japan. Rushing south at the start of the 1968 Tet Offensive, she provided Naval Gunfire Support
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s Korean War service. But she continued, when deployed with the Seventh Fleet, to screen attack carriers and bombard enemy coastal supply routes and installations, once destroying a Communist train through accurate gunnery. She again drew fire from Communist shore batteries on 25 June 1953, but
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taking three hits that caused two wounded and minor damage. The destroyer's 5-inch batteries opened in a prelanding shore bombardment on 15 September 1950 until the first assault wave of Marines crossed the line of departure for Wolmi Do, which was secured by high noon. Wolmi Do was no longer a
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for return to San Diego, on 7 May 1965. The remainder of the year was filled with a rapid succession of coastwise training exercises ranging north to Seattle, which continued until she sailed for the western Pacific on 12 May 1966. After visiting
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to help keep the peace. Six- to eight-month deployments to the Western Pacific were alternated with stateside overhauls and training in a full peacetime routine. During 17–18 June 1960, she was a unit of the escort for
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participated in training operations until 4 September 1947 when she sailed for another WesPac cruise. Two further WesPac cruises, alternating with operations out of San Diego and a cruise to
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resumed duty in the Gulf of Tonkin in September and set a record in completing 113 in-flight refuelings. On this assignment she bombarded
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screened fast attack carriers launching powerful strikes against enemy positions and supply lines. She also patrolled the narrow
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intercepted the raiders and sank all three within minutes. The destroyers picked up 19 survivors for questioning.
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was withdrawn from active use by 1994, and stricken on 12 January 1997; as of January 1998, she was laid up in
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became "hot" in late January she served as one of the escorts for an amphibious task group in the vicinity of
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by a new in-flight refueling process enabling them to rescue American pilots downed in hostile territory.
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and joined the 7th Fleet on 16 November 1964 to begin her duties as a unit of Fast Carrier Task Force 77.
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11 July 1963, with the refit completed on 1 May 1964. The FRAM I conversion added a launcher for
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made visual signal: "The Navy and Marines have never shone more brightly than this morning."
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escaped without serious damage from two direct hits and the shrapnel of five air bursts.
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between 1980 and 1981, while the ship's armament was supplemented by the addition of an
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recovery work as America's space effort rolled into high gear, facilitated by seapower.
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and to ensure that Formosa was not used as a base for military operations against the
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that would be borne in on the incoming afternoon tide. After this initial landing
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deltas. After being relieved early in the fall, the destroyer returned home, via
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and three sister destroyers and closing at high speed. Fighter aircraft from
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After a brief respite in Hong Kong, Formosa, and the Philippines in August,
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4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
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on 2 September. From there she continued west to participate in the
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Two interludes in the States for repairs and training interrupted
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to Task Element 90.62 for extraordinary heroism in support of the
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The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991
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in 1948 to aid in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
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automatic gun on the helicopter deck and two twin launchers for
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on 30 January 1976, and on 17 March 1977 she was transferred to
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anti-submarine torpedoes and a hangar and flight deck for the
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was purchased by the Republic of China Navy for spare parts)
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waterfront. Communist fire concentrated on three of the "
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late in June for search and rescue duty. On 1 July three
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Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
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were purchased by the Hellenic Navy for spare parts)
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were purchased by the Iranian Navy for spare parts)
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During the first year of war 413:", but that name was reassigned to the 901:, the third ship named after Admiral 693:Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization 29: 511:s schedule until the outbreak of the 272:390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) 167: 46: 7: 612:Carrier Task Force 77 (TF 77). 409:DD-783 was originally laid down as " 280:40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) 1077:PrĂ©zelin, Bernard and A. D. Baker. 1039:Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 161. 993:Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 594. 264:3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full 1066:. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1985. 982:Dictionary of American Naval Ships 549:bombarded Wolmi-do island and the 529:task forces off the west coast of 288:14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) 25: 3146:Ships built in Tacoma, Washington 657:cruise. She also participated in 2885: 2795: 2679: 2619: 2505: 2473: 2357: 2324: 2107: 2053: 2011: 1093: 1030:PrĂ©zelin and Baker 1990, p. 216. 860:and prepared for future action. 169: 48: 33: 733:after her FRAM I-modernization. 484:possessions. Returning to her 1: 1109:. 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Index

USS Gurke (DD-783)

Henry Gurke
Todd-Pacific Shipyards
Tacoma, Washington
battle stars
Greece
Iakovos Tombazis
Gearing-class destroyer
knots
5"/38 caliber guns
40 mm AA guns
20 mm AA guns
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charge
Gearing-class
destroyer
United States Navy
John A. Bole
John A. Bole (DD-755)
United States Marine Corps
Henry Gurke
Medal of Honor
launched
Todd-Pacific Shipyards
Tacoma, Washington
commissioned
West Coast
Western Pacific

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