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Contact Info
Home Town Gary
Last Address Jacksonville, FL
Date of Passing Jul 18, 2010
Location of Interment Jacksonville National Cemetery (VA) - Jacksonville, Florida
NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Not Specified
State/Country Not Specified
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USS Dewey (DDG-45) Details
Pax Propter Vim
Means
Peace through Power
Hull number DDG-45
FARRAGUT - class guided missile destroyer
Keel laid: August 10, 1957
Launched: November 30, 1958
Commissioned: December 7, 1959
Decommissioned: August 31, 1990
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines
Propellers: two
Length: 512.5 feet (156.2 meters)
Beam: 52 feet (15.9 meters)
Draft: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
Displacement: approx. 5,800 tons
Speed: 33 knots
Aircraft:none
Armament: one Mk 42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 10 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard (MR) Missiles, two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers
Crew: 21 officers and 356 enlisted
CDR Elmo Russell (Bud) Zumwalt Jr. Dec 7 1959 - Jul 15 1961 (Later ADM & CNO)
CDR Mark George Tremaine Jul 15 1961 - Aug 21 1962
CDR Owen A. Roberts Aug 21 1962 - Oct 9 1964
CDR Claiborne Sheldon Bradley Oct 9 1964 - Jun 19 1966
CDR Reid Stringfellow Jun 19 1966 - Apr 1 1968
CDR Virgil C. Snyder Apr 1 1968 - Nov 21 1969
(Decommissioned Nov 21 1969 - Mar 13 1971)
CDR Conrad Jonathan Rorie Mar 13 1971 - Sep 4 1972 (Later RADM)
CDR John Allen Mack Sep 4 1972 - Jan 11 1974
CDR Joe Pat Harrison Jan 11 1974 - Jun 12 1976
CDR Michael P. Kalleres Jun 12 1976 - Jul 22 1978 (Later VADM)
CDR Charles Lance Terry Jul 22 1978 - Jun 11 1980
CDR Harlan L. Morrison Jun 11 1980 - Aug 27 1982
CAPT Ronald Lawrence Lassiter Aug 27 1982 - Jan 11 1985
CDR Joel Brion Heaton Jan 11 1985 - Dec 19 1986
CDR Richard Lewis Coleman Dec 19 1986 - May 19 1989
CDR Ronald Arthur Route May 19 1989 - Aug 31 1990 (Later VADM)