USS ''Elliot'' (DD-967) was a in the

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. Built by the

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Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, the ship was named for

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Arthur J. Elliot II, USN (1933–1968), who as commanding officer of Patrol Boat River Squadron 57, was killed in action in the Republic of Vietnam on 29 December 1968.

1977 – 1981

''Elliot'' got underway on 24 January 1977 for her maiden voyage, transiting from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to

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, via the

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. She was assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet as a unit of Destroyer Squadron 9 (DesRon 9), under the administrative control of Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Five and Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific. After arrival, ''Elliot'' conducted five weeks of shakedown training and participated in a combat exercise. Following these evolutions, she returned to her builders for a post shakedown yard availability. After leaving the yard, ''Elliot'' sailed to Rockland, Maine arriving on 25 August. Neighboring Thomaston was the hometown of the sailor for whom the ship was named. During a four-day stay, the ship hosted several thousand guests and embarked 650 guests for a six-hour guest cruise. On 24 September ''Elliot'' reported to

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for a six-month restricted yard availability during which her NATO Sea Sparrow and Harpoon missile systems were installed. On 1 August 1978 ''Elliot'' shifted from the operational command of Destroyer Squadron Nine to Destroyer Squadron 31 (DesRon 31). ''Elliot'' departed for her first deployment, a seven-month Western Pacific tour, on 21 February 1979 as

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of DesRon 31 in company with the

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. On 31 March, ''Elliot'' departed Subic Bay, Philippines with ''Ranger'', for operations in the

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. Less than a week later, ''Elliot'' was transiting the Strait of Malacca in lead of ''Ranger'' when the carrier was involved in a collision with the oil tanker M/V ''Fortune'' resulting in the carrier having to return to Subic Bay for repairs. ''Elliot'' arrived in Diego Garcia on 12 April. ''Elliot'' then joined a battle group centered around and participated in operations in the

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to maintain a U.S. military presence in the area. ''Elliot'' returned to Subic Bay on 15 June. ''Elliot'' was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal for Indian Ocean contingency operations. ''Elliot'' arrived back at her homeport from her first deployment on 9 September 1979. Also notable on this deployment was ''Elliot'' tailing

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carrier ''Minsk'' for five days of observation of operations. USS Elliot (DD-967) and Soviet carrier Minsk underway in the Arabian Sea, in 1979

''Elliot'' began her second deployment in 1980, under the command of Captain Stephen Clarey then after a change of command in Subic Bay, Philippines, Commander Doug Norton. On 23 January 1981, ''Elliot'' suffered a main bearing casualty resulting in one of her gas turbine engines having to be replaced. This replacement was completed at Subic Bay in only two days. On 21 April ''Elliot'' encountered the first of several refugee boats. Over the next eight days ''Elliot'' picked up 158 refugees for which the crew was awarded the

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. Port visits on this deployment included stops in

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, Philippines, Japan, and

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. She returned from this deployment on 23 May.

1981 – 1985

On 1 June 1981 ''Elliot'' was transferred to

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. ''Elliot'' reported to

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, Washington on 17 August for the first private sector overhaul ever conducted of a ''Spruance''-class destroyer. Among other refurbishments and installations during this overhaul ''Elliot'' received an SLQ-32(V)2 electronic warfare system. ''Elliot'' completed overhaul on 30 April 1982. She returned to her homeport of

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on 21 May. On 1 July ''Elliot'' was reassigned from DesRon 21 to DesRon 17. ''Elliot'' departed San Diego, California on 13 April 1983 for the third deployment of her career. Port visits on this deployment included stops in Hawaii, Philippines, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Guam and Hong Kong. On 31 July, a small boat was spotted by the forward lookout. A total of 68

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ese

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were subsequently rescued and were turned over to state officials in Subic Bay. ''Elliot'' was again awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal for her rescue operation. During August, ''Elliot'' endured being at sea through the combined forces of two typhoons, though no significant damage resulted. On 1 September, ''Elliot'' departed

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, Japan on four hours' notice, to respond to the downing of

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. ''Elliot'' steamed at for and arrived approximately 48 hours later, the first Allied ship on station. "Elliot" remained on scene until 14 September along with other units of Allied nations (U.S., Korea, Japan). During the tense days immediately after the downing, "Elliot" encountered some thirty-two Soviet ships in the SAS area, most of which were men-of-war. "Elliot" and all Soviet combatant ships were at a continuous state of General Quarters (Battle Stations), with deck weapons ready to fire. ''Elliot'' returned from her third deployment on 18 November 1983. On 27 January 1984, ''Elliot'' conducted a safe weapons offload at the

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. Shortly after departing this facility, ''Elliot'' struck a subsurface obstruction in the Seal Beach channel, causing some limited damage to the underwater hull and the starboard propeller. On 2 February, ''Elliot'' commenced a planned three-month selected repair availability (SRA) period in San Diego. On 30 April, ''Elliot'' proceeded to the

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facilities in

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for repairs to her starboard propeller and sonar dome. In May, ''Elliot'' shifted operational command to

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. In October, ''Elliot'' participated in

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'84 festivities with 18 other ships in

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. ''Elliot'' hosted more than 10,000 visitors during this event.

1985 – 2003

On 10 July 1985, ''Elliot'' departed on her fourth deployment as part of the battle group. Port visits on this deployment included stops in Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Philippines,

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, and Hong Kong. In mid-September ''Elliot'' was engaged in an exercise with

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ships. During the exercise, ''Elliot'' rendered on-scene assistance to the which was disabled during a collision with the merchant ship ''Kansas Getty''. On 1 December ''Elliot'' departed Subic Bay in company with the battle group for transit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii arriving on 12 December. ''Elliot'' returned to her San Diego homeport on 21 December, ending her fourth deployment. In May 1986 ''Elliot'' began a two-month selected repair availability which included installation of flight deck modifications necessary to support LAMPS Mk III helicopter operations. On 11 October ''Elliot'' arrived at San Francisco to participate in Fleet Week '87 festivities. In January 1987, ''Elliot'' departed on her fifth deployment. Highlights off this deployment included operations in the Bering Strait. ''Elliot'' received a major overhaul in the 1988 / 1989 time frame, receiving, among other things, VLS, Phalanx CIWS, new TACAN and an upgraded Sea Sparrow system including MK 23 TAS radar. ''Elliot'' departed San Diego on 9 September 1989 to participate in PACEX-89, said to be the largest major naval exercise in the Pacific since the close of World War II.''Elliot's'' course took it north to the Gulf of Alaska, then on to the

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, the northwest Pacific,

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, and the

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. ''Elliot'' made its sole port stop at Sasebo, Japan before returning home on 9 November 1989. During PACEX-89, ''Elliot'' conducted joint operations with other units of the Pacific Fleet as well as elements of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. ''Elliot'' and its battlegroup were also overflown by two Soviet

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Bear D reconnaissance aircraft. Another highlight was the group photograph ''Elliot'' participated in as one of fifty ships gathered in formation. ''Elliot'' departed San Diego for WestPac-90 on 1 February 1990 as part of the Carrier Battlegroup "Charlie." Ports visited included

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, Hawaii;

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, Korea; Subic Bay, Philippines; Singapore;

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, Thailand; Diego Garcia,

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; Muscat, Oman;

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; and Hong Kong. ''Elliot'' also participated in Team Spirit 1990 exercises with the South Korean military. While transiting the

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on 20 April 1990, ''Elliot'' rescued 35 Vietnamese refugees left adrift in a derelict boat and claiming to be the victims of pirates. ''Elliot's'' captain, CDR Timothy LaFleur, made the determination to embark the refugees and scuttle their boat. After the refugees were fed and clothed (many in clothes donated by crewmembers), ''Elliot'' turned them over to a representative of the

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in Singapore on 21 April. ''Elliot'' returned from deployment on 1 August 1990, one day before Iraq invaded Kuwait. ''Elliot'' then entered the NASSCO yards on 9 September 1990 and remained there until 17 December, thus spending the majority of the Persian Gulf War on the sidelines. ''Elliot'' deployed for WestPac-91 on 31 July 1991 with COMDESRON 17 embarked. Port visits were made to Pearl Harbor; Subic Bay;

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, Thailand;

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; Oman;

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; and Hong Kong. On 21 October, while deployed off the coast of

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, ''Elliot'' was alerted by the French DGSE ship ''Le Berry'' to the presence of a drifting Iraqi

LUGM-145 The LUGM-145 was an Iraqi produced naval moored contact mine. The mine had a 145 kilogram explosive warhead. In February 1991, during the Gulf War, struck a LUGM-145 mine, losing a third of its fuel, and sustaining damage that would cost 3.5 millio ...

mine approximately 12 nm offshore from Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi port. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, Detachment 31 team members were flown in from Bahrain. With the assistance of ''Elliot's'' air detachment the mine was safely detonated, resulting in a plume of water hundreds of feet tall. ''Elliot'' spent the

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holiday in Hong Kong before returning to San Diego on 20 January 1992. ''Elliot'' reported to Southwest Marine Shipyard, San Diego in May 1992 for a yard period where she remained until August. On 16 November ''Elliot'' departed San Diego for a five-week counter

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s cruise. This cruise included a port stop in

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, Mexico. ''Elliot'' returned from this cruise on 21 December. In June 1993, ''Elliot'' arrived in

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for the Portland Rose Festival. On 9 July ''Elliot'' departed San Diego for her next deployment. Port visits on this deployment included Hawaii, Guam, Singapore,

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

, Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Australia, and

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. By late August, ''Elliot'' was operating off the coast of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. ''Elliot'' continued operating in this region into November, serving as anti-air warfare commander and

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

force over-the-horizon track coordinator for portions of this time period. She also frequently conducted contingency strike operations exercises. During these operations, ''Elliot'' participated in boardings of merchant vessels in support of

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resolutions. : '1993-2003'' ''Elliot'' operated out of San Diego,

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until she was decommissioned on 2 December 2003. The decommissioned ''Elliot'' and were sunk off the eastern coast of Australia as part of

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, ''Elliot'' on 22 June 2005 and ''William H. Standley'' on 23 June 2005. ''Elliot'' is now resting at a depth of 4,551

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s ( in the

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, located at , or roughly east of Fraser Island,

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, Australia.

Awards

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– (Aug 1998) * Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation – (Sep 1983, Sep 1989 – Jul 1990, Dec 1992 – May 1993, Jan 1999 – Sep 2001) *

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– (1979, 1981, 1992, 1993) * Navy Expeditionary Medal – (Apr–Jun 1979) *

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– (Sep–Dec 1991) *

– (21–27 Apr 1981, 31 Jul 1983)

Gallery

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on 1 June 1991 File:USS Elliot (DD-967) with an SH-60 flying by.jpg, USS ''Elliot'' with a

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on 7 April 1998 File:USS Elliot (DD-967) underway in the Arabian Sea on 2 January 2002 (6612416).jpg, USS ''Elliot'' in the

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on 2 January 2002 File:US Navy 030101-O-4633P-001 The first sunset of the year provides a beautiful backdrop for the destroyers USS Elliot (DD 967), USS Olendorf (DD 972), USS Fitzgerald (DD 62), and the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5).jpg, USS ''Elliot'' and

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on 1 January 2003

References

External links

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navsource.org: USS ''Elliot''

unofficial USS ''Elliot'' website

''Elliot'' decommissions
article from Navy News
c7f.navy.mil: Operation Talisman Sabre 2005

militarynews.com: USS ''Elliot'' sunk by VFA-195 jets
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