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USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Charles R. Ware.
For the United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient, see Charles R. Ware.
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) off Staten Island in 1945
History
United States
NameCharles R. Ware
NamesakeCharles R. Ware
BuilderBethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
Laid down1 November 1944
Launched12 April 1945
Commissioned21 July 1945
Decommissionedunknown
Stricken30 November 1974
FateSunk as target 15 November 1981
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement2,425 tons
Length390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement367 officers and enlisted
Armament6 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 5 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.

USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865), was a Template:Sclass- of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1974. After her decommissioning, she was sunk as a target in 1981.

Construction

Charles R. Ware was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 1 November 1944, launched on 12 April 1945 by Mrs. Z. Ware and commissioned on 21 July 1945. The destroyer was named for Lieutenant Charles R. Ware USN (1911–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism in the Battle of Midway.[1]

Operational history

From her home ports at Norfolk, Virginia, and after December 1950, Newport, Rhode Island, Charles R. Ware operated through 1960 with the Atlantic Fleet. Along with many deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and northern Europe, she carried out training and overhaul necessary. Her first major cruise, between 1 March and 9 April 1946, was to northern waters, where she aided in developing techniques for cold weather operations, crossing the Arctic Circle.[1]

Shortly thereafter, she served as target ship for submarines training off New London, Connecticut. On 10 November 1947 the ship got underway for the Mediterranean, and her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet. After exercising with this force, and calling at ports of northern Europe, she returned to Norfolk 11 March 1948. Her next tour of duty in the Mediterranean came in 1949, during which for 2 weeks she patrolled off the Levant Coast under the direction of the United Nations' Palestine Truce Commission.[1]

Through two cruises to the Caribbean in the summer of 1949, Charles R. Ware aided in the training of members of the Naval Reserve, then took part in a large-scale Arctic operation before preparing for a 1950 tour with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. Her 1951 tour was highlighted by operations with ships of the Royal Hellenic Navy. Following her 1953 tour, she conducted antisubmarine warfare exercises with British ships off Northern Ireland, calling then at ports in Ireland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and Belgium. Later that year she took part in exercises with the aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent off Narragansett Bay.[1]

Early in 1954, she returned to the Mediterranean once more, for a tour of duty which included participation in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation. Her 1955 deployment began with antisubmarine warfare exercises with the Royal Navy off Northern Ireland, and was followed by her 6th Fleet duty. In summer 1956, she carried midshipmen on a summer training cruise to Northern Europe.[1]

The year 1957 was marked by assignment to escort the ship carrying King Saud of Saudi Arabia into New York harbor for his state visit, and a European cruise during which she exercised with Spanish destroyers. That fall, she put to sea for North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises and on 20 January 1958, she rescued a downed pilot from the aircraft carrier Essex while conducting air operations off the east coast. Shortly thereafter she cleared for the Mediterranean once more.[1]

During the summer of 1959, Charles R. Ware took part in the historic Operation Inland Seas,[2] the first passage of a naval force through the Saint Lawrence Seaway into the Great Lakes. She took part in the Naval Review in Lake Saint Louis on 26 June, which was taken by Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and sailed on to call at a number of United States and Canadian ports. During her 1960 Mediterranean tour, she carried German naval observers during an exercise in the Ionian Sea.[1]


Charles R. Ware was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 November 1974 and sunk as a target in the Caribbean on 15 November 1981.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Charles R. Ware (DD-865)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
  2. ^ "1959: Operation Inland Seas". Torsk Volunteer Association, Inc. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

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