USS Dewey (DLG-14/DDG-45) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of George Dewey, the United States' only Admiral of the Navy. [1] She was the third of four ships whose namesake was Admiral Dewey. [2] The ship's motto was The First and Finest.

DLG-14 General Specifications. Class: Farragut-class guided missile destroyer. Named for: George Dewey. Complement: 21 Officers and 356 Enlisted. Displacement: 5800 tons. Length: 512.5 feet . Beam: 52 feet . Flank Speed: 36 Knots. Range: 4500Nautical Miles

The Farragut-class destroyer, USS Dewey (DLG-14), was commissioned on December 7, 1959. She was the first U.S. Navy warship to be built from the keel up as a guided-missile destroyer. Dewey's...

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Official US Navy Photograph taken of the USS Dewey (DLG-14), under going AAW Modernization at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1970. Dewey was decommissioned 21 November 1969 for an extensive 15-month conversion as part of the Navy's Anti-Air Warfare Modernization Program.

The USS DEWEY (DDG-45), a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer, was commissioned on 7 DEC 1959. Orginally built as a Guided Missile Destroyer Leader (DLG-15) at the Bath Iron Works, USS DEWEY was commissioned with COMMANDER Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., the future chief of Naval Operations, in command.

Commissioned as a guided missile frigate (DLG), the USS DEWEY was reclassified as guided missile destroyer (DDG) on June 30, 1975, changing its hullnumber from DLG 14 to DDG 45. Decommissioned on August 31, 1990, and stricken from the Navy list on November 20, 1992, the DEWEY was sold for scrapping on April 15, 1994.

Training operations off New England, the Virginia Capes and in the Caribbean through the first 6 months of 1960 prepared USS Dewey (DLG-14) for her significant role with the Atlantic Fleet. She...

USS Dewey (DL-14 / DLG-14 / DDG-45), the ninth Farragut class destroyer, was laid down 10 August 1957, by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. She was launched 30 November 1958 and was commissioned 7 December 1959 with Commander Elmo R. …

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