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USS Picking

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patrol, and returned to Long Beach 18 November. Departing Long Beach 13 August, she made another tour of the Far East, and returned 24 January 1958. On her next WestPac deployment, 8 October 1958 to 27 March 1959, she operated with an antisubmarine hunter-killer group led by the
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vigorously. She splashed two enemy planes on 6 April, another on 9 April, and saved one Navy aviator on 17 April. She rescued survivors from the destroyer
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on 26 March, and screened transports during landings that morning. Assigned to fire support duty on 1 April, she bombarded Japanese positions on
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off the west coast. From January to June 1960, and from August 1961 to February 1962, she made two more WestPac deployments. During the
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25 April. Following gunfire support duty off South Vietnam and a return to Yankee Station, she arrived Long Beach 17 August.
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on 1 July 1939. He died on 1 September 1941 in a plane crash in Scotland en route to temporary duty in London.
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before returning to Long Beach 2 October. Sailing for WestPac 10 July 1965, she arrived at
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off Vietnam 11 September. During September and November, she bombarded enemy positions in
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on 29 January and provided fire support and screen protection as troops went ashore on
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and gunnery completed 1967. In February 1968 she departed for WestPac, and arrived at
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Island, Kuriles, 13 June, and Paramushiro again 26 June. In August she steamed to
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Deployed to the 7th Fleet on 13 March 1964, she performed escort duty off
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decommissioned 6 September 1969 at Long Beach, Calif., and entered the
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Following stateside operations in 1954, she sailed 5 January 1955 for
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Following replenishment at Leyte, the destroyer arrived off
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20 October. While escorting unloaded transports bound for
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on 1 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Sherwood Picking; and
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recommissioned 26 January 1951. Following duty out of
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provided antiaircraft protection for the beachhead at
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1 March 1975, and sunk as a target 27 February 1997.
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Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy
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After the 3693:Vietnam War destroyers of the United States 896:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 631:, Japan on 5 August, and proceeded via the 3688:Korean War destroyers of the United States 3427: 3413: 3405: 2295: 953: 939: 931: 3435:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1997 3683:Cold War destroyers of the United States 890:This article incorporates text from the 783: 850:"Consolidated Liberator Mk.I AM915..." 794:. www.homeofheroes.com. Archived from 666:, before returning to Newport 26 May. 475:rushed to provide protection. She and 217:38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) 18: 35: 7: 245:5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns 2275:DD-523 (Unnamed) – DD-525 (Unnamed) 853:Peak District Air Accident Research 835:Naval History and Heritage Command 564:until 23 June when she sailed for 511:Following replenishment at Manus, 141:Sunk as a target, 27 February 1997 72:Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation 14: 2984:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 732:. Training off the west coast in 341:, Canal Zone. He was promoted to 204:60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 3653: 3648: 3280: 3199: 3141: 3096: 3030: 2976: 2908: 2778: 2676: 2643: 2565: 2511: 2397: 2307: 883: 497:to Manus Island and returned to 455:, she screened for the southern 37: 22: 619:she operated with Task Forces 349:Construction and commissioning 1: 899:. The entry can be found 3698:Ships built in Staten Island 819:. The Hall of Valor Project. 751:. She was stricken from the 178:376.4 ft (114.7 m) 320:United States Naval Academy 3734: 3718:Maritime incidents in 1997 848:Clark, Alan (2016-08-03). 186:39.6 ft (12.1 m) 3643: 3566:December (unknown date): 3389: 3363: 2294: 615:, Japan, 4 May 1953. Off 508:bringing reinforcements. 423:San Francisco, California 194:13.8 ft (4.2 m) 145: 30: 21: 525:San Antonio, Philippines 425:for upkeep, and then to 389:Following shakedown off 318:. He graduated from the 16:Fletcher-class destroyer 2651:Colombian National Navy 2369:Almirante Domecq GarcĂ­a 718:Gulf of Tonkin incident 650:duty. Operating out of 531:on 15 February, and on 501:20 November to protect 360:on 24 November 1942 by 146:General characteristics 3038:Republic of Korea Navy 2573:Republic of China Navy 675:Long Beach, California 596: 448: 376:on 21 September 1943. 3713:Ships sunk as targets 734:antisubmarine warfare 609:Newport, Rhode Island 591: 574:Pacific Reserve Fleet 483:Battle for Leyte Gulf 443: 407:Destroyer Squadron 49 701:Cuban Missile Crisis 639:arriving 2 October. 403:Dutch Harbor, Alaska 294:, was a ship of the 3302:Clarence K. Bronson 3228:Almirante FerrandĂ­z 1965:Clarence K. Bronson 915:navsource.org: USS 716:in response to the 669:Transferred to the 599:In response to the 417:, 4 February 1944, 366:Staten Island, N.Y. 316:Baltimore, Maryland 76:Staten Island, N.Y. 3516:Richard S. Edwards 3007:Heywood L. Edwards 1930:Heywood L. Edwards 923:hazegray.org: USS 831:"Picking (DD-685)" 817:"Sherwood Picking" 597: 449: 397:proceeded via the 296:United States Navy 3665: 3664: 3402: 3401: 3359: 3358: 3048: 2994: 2928: 2694: 2583: 2553:Charles J. Badger 2415: 2325: 1888:Charles J. Badger 1652:William D. Porter 965:-class destroyers 759:Honors and awards 673:, she arrived at 611:, she arrived at 584:1951 – 1969 457:landings on Leyte 302:commander during 275: 274: 101:21 September 1943 3725: 3657: 3652: 3636: 3626: 3616: 3595: 3572: 3562: 3551: 3541: 3530: 3519: 3508: 3498: 3488: 3478: 3468: 3457: 3429: 3422: 3415: 3406: 3286: 3284: 3283: 3240:Almirante ValdĂ©s 3205: 3203: 3202: 3190: 3147: 3145: 3144: 3102: 3100: 3099: 3041: 3036: 3034: 3033: 3019:Richard P. 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USS Picking (DD-685) underway on 24 October 1951
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Staten Island, N.Y.
Fletcher-class
destroyer
5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns
40 mm
20 mm
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
Fletcher-class
destroyer
United States Navy
submarine
World War I
Baltimore, Maryland
United States Naval Academy
World War I
Navy Cross
USS O-10
Coco Solo
Captain
laid down
Bethlehem Steel
Staten Island, N.Y.
launched
commissioned
Bermuda
Panama Canal
Dutch Harbor, Alaska

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