USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS ''Turner Joy'' (DD-951) is one of 18 s of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN (1895–1956). Commissioned in 1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacific. She participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Decommissioned in 1982, she is now a museum ship in Bremerton, Washington. Construction and commissioning ''Turner Joy'' was built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle and commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. Her keel was laid on 30 September 1957. She was launched on 5 May 1958, sponsored by Mrs. C. Turner Joy, and was commissioned on 3 August 1959. Pre-Vietnam War operational duty Following a pre-shakedown goodwill cruise to Central and South American ports and shakedown out of San Diego, ''Turner Joy'' began, early in 1960, duty as flagship both of Destroyer Squadron 13 (DesR ...
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USS Turner Joy (DD-951) Underway At Sea On 9 May 1964 (NH 98257)
USS ''Turner Joy'' (DD-951) is one of 18 s of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN (1895–1956). Commissioned in 1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacific. She participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Decommissioned in 1982, she is now a museum ship in Bremerton, Washington. Construction and commissioning ''Turner Joy'' was built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was a major shipbuilding and construction company, located in Seattle, Washington, on the southwestern corner of Harbor Island, an artificial island in Elliott Bay. The Bridge and Dredging Company created t ... of Seattle and commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. Her keel was laid on 30 September 1957. She was ship naming and launching, launched on 5 May 1958, sponsored by Mrs. C. Turner Joy, and w ...
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