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After sea trials and shakedown exercises off the east coast, she reported to desdiv 182 for duty in the atlantic fleet. Admiral mitscher was then assigned as commander in chief, u. Mitscher s grandfather, andreas mitscher 18211905, was a german immigrant from trabentrarbach. There, on 18 of march, she was decommissioned for conversion to a guided missile destroyer, ddg 35. Shear, was a member of the wisconsin state assembly. Us navy 1200 navy pentagon washington dc 203501200. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. From logistics management assessment to a usnifgn missile exercise, mitscher continually demonstrated its technical prowess, versatility, teamwork, professionalism and winning spirit. Uss mitscher ddg57 arleigh burke class destroyer us navy. The uss john paul jones ddg 53 is a guided missile destroyer currently in service with the united states navy and is the third of the 75 planned arleigh burkeclass of surface ships dd represents basic destroyers per us. Mitscher dl2 1965 mitscher ddg35 1971, 1971a, 1973, 1977. The wisconsin is moored permanently next to the hampton roads museum as a museum ship. Navys arleigh burkeclass guidedmissile destroyer uss mitscher ddg 57 performed a standard missile sm launch off the coast of virginia to test the latest version of the aegis weapon system. Uss mitscher leaves us 5th fleet area of operations naval today.
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Known to his friends as pete, the admiral is most famous for his exploits as commander of task force 58, a powerful combination of aircraft carriers and other warships which wreaked havoc upon the. Mitscher dl2 1965 mitscher ddg35 1971, 1971a, 1973, 1977 moale dd693 1953. Uss john paul jones ddg53 guided missile destroyer warship. Find uss mitscher ddg 57, military gifts and more at. Lake champlain cg57 1993, 2000 lamoure county lst1194 1974, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1996. Ddg 57 was built by ingalls shipbuilding, in pascagoula, mississippi.
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