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Assigned to the 19th Fleet ([[Pacific Reserve Fleet]]), ''Owen'' decommissioned 10 December 1946 and was berthed at [[San Diego]]. She remained there until reactivated during the [[Korean Conflict]]. She recommissioned 17 August 1951, becoming [[flagship]] of [[Destroyer Division 282|DesDiv 282]], and reported for duty with the [[US Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]] in November. Cold weather operations in the North Atlantic in early 1952 were followed by overhaul at [[Charleston Naval Shipyard]] and training operations in the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]]. |
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On 7 January 1953, she sailed, with her division, for the Far East. Steaming via the [[Panama Canal]], she arrived at [[Sasebo, Nagasaki|Sasebo]], Japan, 12 February; joined the [[US 7th Fleet|7th Fleet]]; and immediately commenced operations off the embattled [[Korea]]n peninsula. ''Owen'' divided her five months tour with the United Nations Force between the fast carriers (TG 77) and the Blockade and Escort Force (TF 95). With the former, her operations were similar to her World War II missions—screening and plane guard. With the latter, she patrolled from [[Wonsan]] to [[Chongjin]] and acted as flagship for the [[Yong Do]] and Wonsan Defense and Blockade Units. Defense of friendly islands, coastal patrol, shore bombardment to silence enemy batteries and impede their transport and communications activities, and [[Naval mine|mine]] destruction were included in these assignments. |
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On 26 June, ''Owen'' departed Sasebo to return to [[Naval Station Norfolk|NS Norfolk]] via the [[Suez Canal]]. Completing her round-the-world voyage 22 August, she remained on the east coast until January 1954. A 3 month [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] deployment followed, after which she returned to spend the remainder of the year in the western Atlantic. |
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In January 1955, she was transferred to the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]], arriving at [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] on 26 January. On reporting, her division was redesignated [[Destroyer Division 192|DesDiv 192]]. From 1955 to 1958, the destroyer alternated EastPac training operations and shipyard overhauls with WestPac tours. In December 1957, she returned from her last 7th Fleet deployment and reported for inactivation at [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]. She decommissioned 27 May 1958 and was again berthed in California as a unit of the Pacific Reserve Fleet, berthed at [[Stockton, California|Stockton]]. |
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''Owen'' was stricken 15 April 1973, sold 27 November 1973, and broken up for scrap. |
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| Namesake | Elias K. Owen |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 17 September 1942 |
| Launched | 21 March 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 27 May 1958 |
| Stricken | 15 April 1973 |
| Fate | sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement | 329 |
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USS Owen (DD-536), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Elias K. Owen.
Owen (DD–536) was laid down 17 September 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., San Francisco, California; launched 21 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Hope Owen; and commissioned 20 September 1943, Comdr. R. W. Wood in command.
Owen, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 52 (DesRon 52), completed shakedown off California and training in Hawaii in time to join the Fast Carrier Task Force (then called TF 58, as it was then part of the 5th Fleet) for Operation Flintlock. Operating with the carriers throughout most of World War II, she escorted them to their objectives; screened them as they launched dive bombing, straffing, and torpedo attacks; and covered them as they retired.
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1945
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Post-war service
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Honors
Owen earned 9 battle stars during World War II; 2 during the Korean Conflict.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
