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.
Fate Sold July 1970
and broken up
for scrap.
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
and was permitted to strike for STG.
During one drill weekend the ship visited Vancouver, BC. In those
days we
all wore our 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 cigarette cost around
$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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