- USS Chevalier (DD-805)
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Career 
Name: USS Chevalier Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath ME Laid down: 12 June 1944 Launched: 29 October 1944 Commissioned: 9 January 1945 Reclassified: DDR-805 March 18 1949, reverted to DD-805 July 13 1962 Struck: 2 June 1975 Fate: Transferred to South Korea,
5 July 1972Notes: Pennant = DD-805 Career 
Name: ROKS Chung Buk Acquired: 5 July 1972 Fate: Scrapped, December 2000 Notes: Pennant = DD-915 General characteristics Class and type: Gearing class Destroyer Displacement: 3460 tons (Full) Length: 390 ft 6 in (119 m) (overall) Beam: 40 ft 10 in (12.5 m) Draught: 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW);
geared turbines;
2 propellersSpeed: 35 knots (65 km/h) Range: 4,500 nmi. at 20 knots
(8,300 km at 37 km/h)Complement: 336 Armament: 6 × 5 in.(127 mm)/38 guns,
12 × 40 mm AA guns,
11 × 20 mm AA guns,
10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes,
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracksFor other ships of the same name, see USS Chevalier.USS Chevalier (DD/DDR-805) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant Commander Godfrey DeC. Chevalier (1889–1922), a pioneer of naval aviation.
Chevalier was launched 29 October 1944 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. G. DeC. Chevalier; and commissioned 9 January 1945, Commander F. Wolsieffer in command.
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History
Chevalier cleared Guantanamo Bay 18 June 1945, and reached Pearl Harbor 9 July. On the 24th, she sailed to join in the bombardment of Wake on 1 August, arriving at Eniwetok next day. She joined Task Force 38 (TF 38) off Honshū 18 August, and with her force entered Tokyo Bay 26 August. After patrol and escort assignments supporting occupation activities in the Marianas and Philippines, Chevalier sailed from Saipan 25 March 1946 for San Diego, arriving 11 April.
Before the Korean War, Chevalier completed tours of duty in the western Pacific in 1946–7, and 1948–9, and maintained her readiness through local operations from San Diego. On 18 March 1949, she was reclassified DDR-805, a radar picket destroyer, and during the summer and fall of 1949 operated in the Hawaiian Islands. During the Korean War, she served actively in the Far East between 6 July 1950 and 25 March 1951; 15 October 1951 and 31 May 1952: and 2 January 1953 and 22 August 1953. Her duty during the major portion of each tour was to join the protective screen of TF 77, the carrier force which launched almost continuous raids on North Korea. She also sailed on protective patrol in the Taiwan Straits.
Chevalier's post-war operating schedule has alternated tours of duty with the guardian 7th Fleet with necessary overhaul and training activities along the west coast. In 1954, 1955, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958-59, and 1960, she sailed for the visits to Far Eastern and Australian ports, patrol duty in the Taiwan Straits, and exercises off Japan, Okinawa, and in the Philippines which are a part of Far Eastern deployment.
Chevalier's classification reverted to DD-805 13 July 1962.
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ROKS Chung Buk
Chevalier was transferred to South Korea on 5 July 1972. She served in the Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS Chung Buk. She was sold for scrap and dismantled in December 2000.
Awards
Chevalier received one battle star for World War II service, and nine for Korean War service.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Chevalier at NavSource Naval History
Categories:- Gearing class destroyers of the United States Navy
- Ships built in Maine
- 1944 ships
- World War II destroyers of the United States
- Cold War destroyers of the United States
- Korean War destroyers of the United States
- United States Navy ships transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy
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