History of the USS Dealey (DE-1006)

USS Dealey (DE-1006): History, Patrols, Crews

Commissioning

The USS Dealey, (DE-1006: destroyer escort), was named for CDR Samuel D. Dealey, a Medal of Honor winner and submarine commander during WWII. Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, earned the contract and laid down her keel on December 15, 1952. Dealey launched on November 8, 1953. She was commissioned on June 3, 1954, carrying one hundred seventy enlisted men and officers, under the command of LTCDR R. H. Rossell.

Underway

From June of 1954 to December of 1956, Dealey took part in several local exercises near her new homeport of Newport, Rhode Island. She also sailed to Key West, Florida, to participate in Fleet Sonar School and work with other ships in the Caribbean during convoy exercises.

Beginning in January 1957, Dealey cruised to South America for three months before returning to Newport. In September and October, she took part in NATO exercises in the Irish Sea with port calls in England and France.

In May of 1958, Dealey steamed for the Mediterranean and served as flagship for Escort Squadron 10 with the US Sixth Fleet. Her duties consisted of patrols in the eastern Mediterranean during the Lebanon crisis and protecting the aircraft carrier Wasp from enemy attacks. She returned to Newport after her deployment completed in October.

Dealey took part in exercises near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in February 1959, then transited the Panama Canal and sailed along the west coast of South America. She made port calls in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile while taking part in exercises with navies of those nations. She sailed past the end of the continent and made the long voyage back to the North Atlantic. She returned to Newport in April, then left to participate in NATO exercises for the next six months. Once she came back home in October, she spent the rest of the year operating in the Narragansett Bay area.

For the first half of 1960, Dealey kept up with local operations, a trip to the Caribbean and an amphibious exercise off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. Starting in late June, she spent a month at the New York Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. In August, she made another Caribbean voyage, then headed for South America before arriving backing Newport in December.

In October of 1962, Dealey took part in fleet operations during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She helped enforce the blockade by stopping and escorting Soviet freighters away from Cuban waters. She was also the only ship of her class to take part in fleet operations during the Dominican crisis in May 1965. Later that summer, her officers and crew were reassigned to other ships in the fleet to meet personnel needs elsewhere. A year later, in June 1966, she was restaffed and put back into service.

Decommissioning

Dealey was decommissioned on July 28, 1972 and stricken from the Naval Register on the same day. She was transferred to Uruguay and renamed ROU 18 De Julio. She was broken up and scrapped in 1991.

Characteristics of the USS Dealey (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Class and type: Dealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement:     1,270 long tons (1,290 t)
Length: 314 ft 6 in (95.9 m)
Beam:     36 ft 9 in (11.2 m)
Draft:     18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers
1 × De Laval geared turbine
20,000 shp (15 MW)
1 shaft
Speed:     25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Complement: 170
Armament:
• 4 × 3"/50 caliber guns
• 1 × Squid ASW mortar
• 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes
• Mark 46 torpedoes

Career:

Namesake:     Samuel David Dealey
Builder:     Bath Iron Works
Laid down:     15 December 1952
Launched:     8 November 1953
Commissioned:     3 June 1954
Decommissioned:     28 July 1972
Struck:     28 July 1972
Fate:     Transferred to Uruguay

Timeline:

December 1952 – USS Dealey keel laid down
November 1953 – USS Dealey launched
June 1954 – USS Dealey commissioned
January 1957 – USS Dealey cruised to South America
September 1957 – USS Dealey participated in NATO exercises
May 1958 – USS Dealey patrolled eastern Mediterranean during Lebanon crisis
October 1958 – USS Dealey returned to Newport after Mediterranean deployment
February 1959 – USS Dealey participated in exercises near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
April 1959 – USS Dealey participated in NATO exercises
October 1959 – USS Dealey conducted local operations in Narragansett Bay area
June 1960 – USS Dealey underwent brief overhaul at New York Naval Shipyard
August 1960 – USS Dealey conducted exercises in Caribbean Sea and off the coast of South America
October 1962 – USS Dealey participated in fleet operations during Cuban Missile Crisis
May 1965 – USS Dealey participated in fleet operations during Dominican crisis
June 1965 – USS Dealey officers and crew reassigned to other parts of the fleet to meet manpower demands
June 1966 – USS Dealey restaffed
July 1972 – USS Dealey decommissioned
July 1972 – USS Dealey stricken from Naval Vessel Register

Crewmembers of the USS Dealey:

An unofficial list of crewmembers that served on the USS Dealey can be found on the unofficial navy website at: http://navysite.de. This list is compiled by former crewmembers that voluntarily register. Some quoted comments from former crewmembers are listed below; many more are available on the source website at the following web address:
http://navysite.de/crewlist/commandlist.php?commandid=2002

Richard Osburn: (Served from February 1964 - July 1965) “Lots of good memories, in and out of Key West and hanging around Cuba escorting Russian freighters during the missile crisis. Anyone remember the Cubans we picked up when their boat ran out of fuel? How many men were there, two or three?”

Links:
http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org/destroyerspostwwii.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dealey_(DE-1006)
http://navysite.de/crewlist/commandlist.php?commandid=2002
http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021006.htm
http://www.newportdealeys.com/De1006/Dealey%20DE1006%20History.htm

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