USS Turner Joy (DD-951) is one of 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers 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 ...

2023年1月12日 · Forrest Sherman -class destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was commissioned on 3 August 1959 with Commander Ralph S. Wentworth, Jr., in command. The ship was named for Admiral Charles Turner...

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DD-951 General Specifications. Class: Forrest Sherman-class destroyer. Named for: Charles Turner Joy. Complement: 15 Officers and 218 Enlisted. Displacement: 2800 tons. Length: 407 feet . Beam: 45 feet . Flank Speed: 32 Knots. Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) is highlined two pallets of five-inch gun powder canisters from the USS Pyro (AE-24), during Vietnam War underway replenishment operations in the South China Sea, March 1970. Photographed from on board Turner Joy.

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Turner Joy’s distinctive service included a double-duty role as flagship for Destroyer Squadron 13 and Destroyer Division 131 with several tours in the Pacific. She also stood air-sea rescue duty near the Marianas Islands for President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s visit to several Asian nations.

USS Turner Joy was named in honor of Admiral Charles Turner Joy (1895-1956), whose long career included command of U.S. Naval forces in the Far East during the first two years of the Korean War. This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Turner Joy (DD-951). For more images related to this ship, see:

2010年5月25日 · Combat Actions of the U.S.S. Turner Joy (DD-951) As witnessed by LCDR Jim Chester US Navy (Retired) Assigned to the Combat Information Center (CIC) as leading Operations Specialist holding the rank of E-5 and rate of OS2 aboard the destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD-951), the last all gun destroyer ever built for the US Navy, Jim Chester and his ...

Turner Joy (DD-951) was laid down on 30 September 1957 at Seattle, Wash., by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.; launched on 5 May 1958; sponsored by Mrs. C. Turner Joy; and commissioned on 3 August 1959, Comdr. Ralph S. Wentworth, Jr. in command.