855:, England, and Bermuda before arriving back in Norfolk on 23 July. While the rest of her squadron received overhauls, William M Wood was placed in a floating dry dock for a modified maintenance period. She qualified for 5"/38 barrel replacements and new sonar dome but not installed for fears it would delay her last Med deployment in January 1976. While deployed escorting amphibious task force anchored at East of Crete anchorage, she detected a Soviet submarine and alerted other destroyers and they began to hold down the sub. It became known as the East of Crete Hold Down. A new record for submerged endurance of Soviet Foxtrot class subs was established. She returned to the United States that summer and resumed 2nd Fleet operations. On 1 December 1976, she was placed out of commission at Norfolk, and her name was struck from the
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541:. She returned to Norfolk in August and spent the remainder of 1954 engaged in training operations. In January 1955, she embarked upon her fourth deployment to the Mediterranean. Again, NATO exercises and port visits at various points along the Mediterranean littoral kept the ship busy. She was in port at
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for a major overhaul. That fall, the warship conducted refresher training and then returned to
Norfolk to prepare for her upcoming Mediterranean deployment. That tour of duty began in February 1956 and ended the following June. Between June and October, she operated out of Norfolk along the coasts of
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Following that, she conducted refresher training out of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for six weeks. In
November, the destroyer resumed normal duty out of Norfolk, Virginia with the Atlantic Fleet. She began 1958 the same way she began 1957, with "Springboard" exercises in the Caribbean Sea during January
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completed her conversion to a radar picket destroyer during the summer of 1953 and was recommissioned on 6 June 1953. Following a shakedown cruise to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that fall, she began her third tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in
November. At the end of several weeks of operations with the
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On 18 June, after post-refresher availability at
Norfolk, the destroyer embarked upon another tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet and continued alternating such deployments with normal duty out of Norfolk with the Atlantic Fleet. During 1968, she operated with the antisubmarine
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on 24 April. On the 29th, the destroyer received orders interrupting her refresher training, and she hastened to the scene of the conflict to protect foreign nationals caught in the middle and to support an
American, and later, multinational expeditionary force dispatched to the island by the
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in March 1983. It was reported that the ship went neutrally buoyant at a depth of 200 feet and the sinking had to be finished by a submarine-fired torpedo. Operation ReadEx 1-83 was a major naval exercise involving approximately 70 ships in multiple battle groups conducted in the Puerto Rico
795:, to gather intelligence on the new hermaphrodite cruisers/ASW carriers. The second of the two cruises lasted from 8 February to 23 July 1971 and consisted of more routine 6th Fleet operations, mostly training exercises both multinational and unilateral.
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to seek military help from the United States. President
Eisenhower responded immediately by sending Marine Corps units ashore in the troubled country and stationing 6th Fleet ships offshore to support them. During the period 14 July and 3 September,
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made two more routine
Mediterranean cruises and then served there on a three-year extended deployment. During the first of her last two normal Mediterranean deployments, which lasted from 12 November 1969 to 22 May 1970, she shadowed two new
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continued to alternate 6th Fleet deployments with duty along the
Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean area. In August 1962, she returned to the United States from her 10th Mediterranean assignment and resumed operations out of Norfolk.
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At the conclusion of that assignment, she returned to normal duty out of
Newport. In January 1952, she embarked upon her second Mediterranean cruise. That tour of duty lasted seven months during which time she participated in several
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She was transferred to the US Naval
Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she remained until 1983. While there, certain equipment and parts were removed and used in the restoration of the museum ship
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began a coastal patrol and surveillance assignment. While so engaged, she picked up 13 foreigners, including some American citizens, who requested evacuation. These people were transferred to
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coast. During the following month, she conducted underway training out of Newport. July brought a brief tour of duty in Caribbean waters with a hunter/killer group and a quick visit to
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operations during late 1971 and early 1972, the warship embarked upon an extended assignment to the 6th Fleet on 18 August. Her home port was officially changed to Elefsis (
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conducted type training along the Pacific coast and underwent a three-month overhaul. In October 1947, the destroyer joined Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 131 in screening the
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joined ships from several navies in an international search for the merchant ship. Their efforts proved to be in vain for the terrorists eluded capture, entered the
405:, Japan. She returned to San Diego with the unit in May 1948 and resumed normal training and upkeep operations which were broken once by a two-month overhaul at the
663:, she headed back to Norfolk and arrived there on 30 September. Normal Atlantic Fleet operations, including exercises along the coast and in the Caribbean, ensued.
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participated in the quasi-blockade patrols conducted around Cuba to prevent the importation of further missiles and to ensure the removal of those already there.
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in an effort to stem postwar smuggling. That task lasted until February 1947 when she headed back to the United States, arriving in San Diego early in March.
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warfare (ASW) forces attached to the Atlantic Fleet. In May and June 1968, she participated in the unsuccessful search for the nuclear attack submarine
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and February. Then in June, at the conclusion of three months of normal Atlantic Fleet duty, the warship embarked upon a Mediterranean Sea cruise.
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The destroyer returned to Newport in August but put to sea the next month for the first of many deployments with the 6th Fleet in the
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to resume operations out of United States ports. Following a brief leave and upkeep period at Newport, the destroyer moved south to
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on 1 July 1964 and completed her FRAM conversion on 11 March 1965 when she headed back to Norfolk to rejoin the Atlantic Fleet.
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provided transportation for the members of the press who covered the President's visit. In June, she entered the
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on an extended voyage to the western Pacific. In the ensuing seven months, the ships called at
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spent 40 days on station patrolling off the Lebanese coast. Following brief visits to
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in response to the siting of offensive, nuclear missiles on the island. For 57 days,
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multinational exercises. That tour of duty also included visits to ports in the
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during carrier qualifications. The summer of 1954 brought the ship a two-month
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destroyer. She was placed out of commission on 2 October 1952 and redesignated
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during the first week in July but departed there a week later, bound for
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Organization of American States. The situation was soon stabilized, and
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entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 18 May 1964 to begin a
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was purchased by the Republic of China Navy for spare parts)
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then resumed refresher training and completed it on 20 May.
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from April to June 1946. In June, she was reassigned to the
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conducting air defense exercises. Mounting tensions in the
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cruise to European waters where she made port calls at
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595:in January and February. In March, she escorted
432:In May 1950, the warship participated in a Navy-
774:During her last eight years of active service,
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971:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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874:as a target ship off Puerto Rico, in 1983.
311:Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
98:Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
3033:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1983
16:Gearing-class destroyer, sunk as a target
3338:Cold War destroyers of the United States
965:This article incorporates text from the
702:, hijacked the Venezuelan freighter, SS
19:For other ships with the same name, see
992:http://www.dd715.com/Sam_Greek_Log.html
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727:Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization
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493:in company with the aircraft carrier
451:. After two months of duty, however,
436:amphibious exercise conducted on the
180:390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
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305:was laid down on 2 November 1944 at
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751:on 7 May; and, the following day,
698:'s communist insurgent group, the
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376:During the following six months,
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942:Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
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499:late in September, entered the
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208:(64.1 km/h; 39.8 mph)
937:National Defense Service Medal
824:Following almost 13 months of
172:2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
26:For ships named USS Wood, see
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974:. The entry can be found
631:for a three-month overhaul.
587:The warship began 1957 with
554:Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
401:and Tsingtao in China; and
369:between northern China and
325:Following shakedown out of
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3368:Maritime incidents in 1983
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407:Mare Island Naval Shipyard
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1832:DD-809 – DD-814 (Unnamed)
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361:. The warship arrived in
283:during the final year of
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915:Navy Expeditionary Medal
910:William M. Wood earned:
3135:Almirante Domecq Garcia
315:New York Naval Shipyard
254:2 Ă— depth charge tracks
148:General characteristics
3068:March (unknown date):
2385:Republic of Korea Navy
2213:Presidente Eloy Alfaro
1987:Republic of China Navy
917:(Cuban Missile Crisis)
889:She was sunk by eight
883:Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
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671:Over the next decade,
629:Norfolk Naval Shipyard
618:British Prime Minister
220:5-inch/38-caliber guns
3353:Ships sunk as targets
2353:Imperial Iranian Navy
1510:Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
931:Navy Occupation Medal
899:Operation ReadEx 1-83
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813:Franklin D. Roosevelt
806:
589:Operation Springboard
501:Boston Naval Shipyard
347:San Diego, California
317:on 24 November 1945.
2832:Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak
1132:Theodore E. Chandler
1025:Reunion organization
685:"quarantine" of Cuba
610:Dwight D. Eisenhower
491:Halifax, Nova Scotia
88:William Maxwell Wood
3314:18.1649°N 65.4664°W
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2106:Richard B. Anderson
1792:Woodrow R. Thompson
1412:George K. MacKenzie
1216:Richard B. Anderson
921:China Service Medal
591:, conducted in the
580:on 29 October, and
21:USS William M. Wood
1017:hazegray.org: USS
948:Sea Service Ribbon
926:WWII Victory Medal
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738:Dominican Republic
461:Pensacola, Florida
307:Newark, New Jersey
281:United States Navy
102:Newark, New Jersey
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1391:Herbert J. Thomas
1370:Everett F. Larson
1321:Samuel B. Roberts
1272:Dennis J. Buckley
1104:Kenneth D. Bailey
1064:-class destroyers
902:Operations Area.
818:Mediterranean Sea
644:President Chamoun
449:Mediterranean Sea
345:. She arrived in
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1524:Leonard F. Mason
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1836:Charles H. Roan
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1662:Henry W. Tucker
1587:Charles R. Ware
1531:Charles H. Roan
1426:Ernest G. Small
1349:Robert A. Owens
1167:William C. Lawe
1118:William M. Wood
1111:William R. Rush
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1011:William M. Wood
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810:operating with
808:William M. Wood
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776:William M. Wood
759:William M. Wood
743:William M. Wood
723:William M. Wood
708:William M. Wood
689:William M. Wood
681:John F. Kennedy
673:William M. Wood
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649:William M. Wood
625:William M. Wood
616:to confer with
582:William M. Wood
557:the Carolinas,
515:William M. Wood
485:, Belgium, and
453:William M. Wood
430:
414:William M. Wood
378:William M. Wood
335:William M. Wood
323:
303:William M. Wood
297:William M. Wood
293:Atlantic Fleets
265:William M. Wood
135:1 December 1976
111:2 November 1944
78:William M. Wood
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