USS
Marshall (DD-676)
Fletcher Class Destroyer
- Displacement
2924
Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9"
(Max)
- Armament
5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
- Machinery,
60,000
shaft horsepower; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2
screws
- Speed, 38
Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots
- Crew 273
- Laid down
by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. April 19 1943.
- Launched
August 29 1943 and commissioned October 16 1943.
- Decommissioned
December
(?) 1945
- Recommissioned
April
27 1951.
- Decommissioned
(?).
- Stricken
July 19 1969.
Sold for scrap,
July 1970.
My Duties with USS Marshal
Dec 1964 - Apr 1965
In Dec 1964 the USS Marshal was
assigned as reserve ship in
Tacoma and I served with the SelRes.
In Dec '64, I also was advanced to SN
(E-3) and was permitted to strike for STG.
During one drill weekend the ship visited Vancouver, BC. In
those days we were required to wear uniforms while on liberty and
the Canadians treated us well. I had been to Canada many
times before and since, but this time (although I was still in
high school) I was a U.S. sailor on liberty in a foreign port. Wow!
We looked forward to drill weekends that took us into Canadian
waters because the ship's store could sell sea store cigarettes
(no federal or state tax) which cost $1.10 per carton. (In
those days cigarettes cost about $2.50 per carton or $.30 per
pack.)
I served with USS Marshal SelRes as a non-designated Sonar striker
until I reported for active duty in Apr 1965.
Transfered to Fleet
ASW School, SanDiego.
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