USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
_seen_from_USS_Bon_Homme_Richard_(CV-31),_25_August_1962.jpg) USS Turner Joy (DD-951) |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | destroyer |
| Keel laying | September 30, 1957 |
| Launch | May 5th 1958 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
August 3, 1959 - |
| Whereabouts | Museum ship |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4,050 tons |
| length |
127.50 meters |
| width |
13.80 meters |
| Draft |
6.7 meters |
| crew |
292 |
| drive |
Two steam turbines, 70,000 hp, two screws |
| motto |
Esse quam videri (Better to be than to appear) |
The USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a destroyer of the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy and the last ship of her class. It is named after Admiral Charles Turner Joy .
history
Construction and commissioning
Ordered on January 27, 1956, the Turner Joy was laid down on September 30, 1957 with the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company . Baptized by the Admiral's widow, the destroyer was launched on May 5, 1958 and entered service with the US Navy on August 3, 1959.
period of service
Assigned to the Pacific Fleet in Long Beach , the ship operated as the flagship of the 13th Destroyer Squadron and in the carrier combat group of the USS Hornet . In 1960 the Turner Joy made her first voyage to the Western Pacific off the coast of Taiwan and to Japan . After her return to the States, she operated again off the California coast, then undertook another Pacific voyage in 1962 and took part in extensive exercises with the Hornet and the Bon Homme Richard off the coast of Hawaii. After a visit to Yokosuka in December 1963, the ship prepared for the third stop in the Western Pacific off the American coast. On March 13, 1964, the Turner Joy left her home port and operated with the Kitty Hawk in the Philippine Sea. During a patrol off the Vietnamese coast ( Tonkin incident ) in July 1964, the Turner Joy received an emergency call from the destroyer Maddox , which was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats , and rushed to his aid. 48 hours later, the two ships were now operating together, the Turner Joy located several radar echoes that were rapidly approaching. The ships called the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga for support as they were allegedly attacked with torpedoes. This event came to be known as the Tonkin Incident, which led to the United States' entry into the Vietnam War . During the war, the destroyer mostly operated off the Vietnamese coast, was deployed in the combat groups of various aircraft carriers and supported land operations with artillery fire. The Turner Joy also made several large trips, including to Brisbane and Okinawa . After the end of the war it was completely overhauled in 1974/75, then drove with several porters to the Indian Ocean and visited, among others, Bandar Abbas in Iran . Until it was decommissioned on November 22, 1982, the destroyer continued to operate in the Pacific.
Whereabouts
After the Turner Joy was struck off the navy registers in 1990, the Bremerton Historic Ships Association acquired the destroyer and made it a museum ship ( 47 ° 33 ′ 50.4 ″ N , 122 ° 37 ′ 19.2 ″ W ) in Bremerton Open to the public.
See also
Web links
- Official Homepage of the USS Turner Joy (English)
- Photos of the Turner Joy at navsource.org (English)