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1 | USS Hoel DDG-13 - All Major Career Events | |||||||
2 | (Courtesy of Todd Creekman, LTJG, 69-71) | |||||||
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4 | Day-Month | Year | Day-Month | Year | Deployment / Event | Cruise Book | Remarks | |
5 | 03 Aug | 1959 | Keel laid, Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI | |||||
6 | 04 Aug | 1960 | Christened, Launched, Defoe Shipbuilding Co. | |||||
7 | 22 May | 1962 | Departed Bay City, MI | |||||
8 | 16 Jun | 1962 | Commissioned, Boston, MA | Yes ”Year One” | ||||
9 | 11 Sep | 1962 | Arrived homeport, San Diego, CA | via Panama Canal | ||||
10 | 11 Jun | 1963 | - | 10 Sep | 1963 | Long Beach NSY - Post Shakedown | 1 year after commissioning | |
11 | 17 Oct | 1963 | - | 16 Apr | 1964 | WESTPAC (1) | No | |
12 | 06 Mar | 1965 | - | 11 Sep | 1965 | WESTPAC (2) (Vietnam War-1) | No | |
13 | SEP | 1965 | - | FEB | 1966 | Regular Overhaul, Hunters Point NSY, CA | ||
14 | 28 Jul | 1966 | - | 03 Feb | 1967 | WESTPAC (3) (Vietnam War-2) | No | |
15 | 28 Dec | 1967 | - | 28 Jun | 1968 | WESTPAC (4) (Vietnam War-3) | Yes | |
16 | AUG | 1968 | - | MAR | 1969 | Regular Overhaul, Hunters Point NSY, CA | ||
17 | 17 Sep | 1969 | - | 23 Mar | 1970 | WESTPAC (5) (Vietnam War-4) | Yes | |
18 | 06 Nov | 1970 | - | 29 May | 1971 | WESTPAC (6) (Vietnam War-5) | Yes | |
19 | 15 Jul | 1971 | - | 23 Dec | 1971 | Regular Overhaul, Long Beach NSY, CA | ||
20 | 13 Jun | 1972 | - | 13 Jan | 1973 | WESTPAC (7) (Vietnam War-6) | Yes | 12/21/72 - Last shot(s) fired for Hoel in Vietnam War |
21 | 01 Feb | 1974 | - | 01 Aug | 1974 | WESTPAC (8) | Yes | |
22 | 07 Jan | 1975 | - | 13 Nov | 1975 | Regular Overhaul, Long Beach NSY, CA | ||
23 | 25 Sep | 1976 | - | 15 May | 1977 | WESTPAC (9) | Yes | |
24 | 26 Sep | 1978 | - | 08 Apr | 1979 | WESTPAC (10) +Indian Ocean+Persian Gulf | Yes | |
25 | 11 Jun | 1979 | - | 11 Jun | 1980 | Regular Overhaul, Long Beach NSY, CA | ||
26 | 01 Apr | 1981 | - | 23 Nov | 1981 | WESTPAC (11) +Indian Ocean | Yes | |
27 | 30 Oct | 1982 | - | 14 May | 1983 | WESTPAC (12) | Yes | |
28 | 03 Oct | 1983 | - | 13 Sep | 1984 | Regular Overhaul, Long Beach NSY, CA | ||
29 | 24 Jul | 1985 | - | 21 Dec | 1985 | WESTPAC (13) +Indian Ocean | Yes | |
30 | 25 Jul | 1987 | - | 19 Jan | 1988 | WESTPAC (14) +Indian Ocean+Persian Gulf | Yes | Operation Nimble Archer |
31 | 24 Feb | 1989 | - | 24 Aug | 1989 | WESTPAC (15) +Indian Ocean | Yes | |
32 | 01 Oct | 1990 | Decommissioned, San Diego, CA | |||||