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{{Short description|Dealey-class destroyer escort}}
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|Ship country= United States
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|Ship name= USS ''Dealey''
|Ship namesake= [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[Samuel David Dealey]] (1906–1944)
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'''USS ''Dealey'' (DE-1006)''', the [[lead ship]] of [[Dealey-class destroyer escort|her class]] of [[destroyer escort]], was a ship of the [[United States Navy]] in commission from 1954 to 1972 and named for [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[Samuel David Dealey|Samuel D. Dealey]] (1906–1944), who was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] as [[commanding officer]] of the famous [[World War II]] [[submarine]] {{USS|Harder|SS-257}}.

==History==
''Dealey'' was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] 8 November 1953 by [[Bath Iron Works]] Corporation, [[Bath, Maine|Bath]], [[Maine]], sponsored by Mrs. Samuel D. Dealey, widow of Commander Dealey, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 3 June 1954.

Homeported at [[Naval Station Newport]] at [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[Rhode Island]], ''Dealey'' steamed on local exercises, cruised to [[Key West, Florida|Key West]], [[Florida]], to serve with the [[Fleet Sonar School]], and joined in [[convoy]] exercises in the [[Caribbean]] during her first two-and-a-half years of service.

On 4 January 1957 she departed Newport for a [[South America]]n cruise, returning 21 March 1957 for exercises off the [[United States East Coast]]. [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) exercises in the [[Irish Sea]] in September and October 1957 took her to [[Plymouth]], [[England]], and [[Brest, France|Brest]] and [[Cherbourg]], [[France]].

On 12 May 1958 ''Dealey'' sailed for the [[Mediterranean]] as [[flagship]] of [[Escort Squadron 10]] (CortRon 10), screening the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Wasp|CV-18|6}} to her duty with the [[United States Sixth Fleet]]. ''Dealey'' patrolled the eastern Mediterranean during the [[Lebanon crisis]] and returned to Newport on 7 October 1958.

On 3 February 1959 ''Dealey'' put to sea for [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]], [[Cuba]], and after exercises there transited the [[Panama Canal]] for calls at [[Buenaventura, Colombia|Buenaventura]], [[Colombia]]; [[Salinas, Ecuador|Salinas]], [[Ecuador]]; [[Talara, Peru|Talara]] and [[Callao]], [[Peru]]; and [[Valparaíso]] and [[Antofagasta]], [[Chile]]. During this cruise she exercised with the navies of all four countries. She returned to Newport on 20 April 1959, and sailed on NATO exercises, calling at [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]]; [[Greenwich]], [[England]]; and [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], before returning to Newport on 11 October 1959. She operated in the [[Narragansett Bay]] area for the remainder of 1959.

''Dealey'' continued these operations, plus a cruise to the Caribbean and an [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious]] exercise off the [[Virginia]] and [[North Carolina]] coasts, until 20 June 1960 when she began a short [[wikt:overhaul|overhaul]] at the [[New York Naval Shipyard]] in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Returning to Newport on 22 July 1960, she prepared for distant duty. On 22 August 1960, she sailed for exercises in the Caribbean, and continued on a voyage around South America. After visits to [[Trinidad]], [[Venezuela]], and Colombia, ''Dealey'' sailed through the Panama Canal, down the coast of South America, calling in Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, transited the [[Straits of Magellan]], and turned northward, visiting [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], [[Brazil]], and Trinidad. After riding out a wild storm, ''Dealey'' arrived home in Newport coated in ice on 13 December 1960; she passed the remainder of 1960 there.

{{expand section|the ship's history from 1961 to 1972|date=March 2013}}

== ROU ''18 De Julio'' (DE-3) ==
''Dealey'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 28 July 1972 and simultaneously stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]]. She was transferred to the [[Uruguayan Navy]] the same day, and renamed '''[[ROU 18 De Julio (DE-3)|ROU ''18 De Julio'' (DE-3)]]''', the third ship to commemorate the date of the adoption of Uruguay{{'}}s first [[constitution]]. She arrived at [[Montevideo]], Uruguay on 17 April 1973.

In 1981, ''18 de Julio'' rescued the crew of the [[merchant ship]] MS ''Harp'', sunk in heavy storm in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]].

''18 de Julio'' was stricken and broken up for scrap during 1991.

== References ==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dealey.html}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021006.htm  navsource.org: USS ''Dealey'']
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de1006.htm   hazegray.org: USS ''Dealey'']
*[http://newportdealeys.com/DE1006-Ship.htm  USS ''Dealey'' website] dead link
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=y9wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88 "The Pouncer Challenges The Sub."] ''Popular Mechanics'', April 1955, pp.&nbsp;88–93.

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