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DD-682 USS PORTERFIELD

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NKNO

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PIVOT POINT

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro. December 12 1942.
Launched June 12 1943 and commissioned October 30 1943.
Decommissioned (?) 1946, recommissioned April 27 1951.
Decommissioned November 7 1969.
Stricken March 1 1975.
Fate Designated as a target 1976, sunk July 18 1982.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
112k	San Diego, circa 1950's.	Marc Piché
87k	Three images of the Porterfield refueling from the USS Hancock (CVA-19). From a report & series of photos documenting shortcomings in the refueling system in 1954.	Tracy White
106k	As above.	Tracy White
102k	As above.	Tracy White
128k	Destroyer Squadron 17, photographed at the foot of Broadway, San Diego, California, in March 1955. Destroyers in front row include (left to right): USS Twining (DD-540); USS Erben (DD-631); USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) and USS Gregory (DD-802). Behind them are (left to right): USS Shields (DD-596); USS Colahan (DD-658); USS Marshall (DD-676) and USS Porterfield (DD-682). USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) is tied up in the left distance, at Naval Air Station, North Island. Structure in the bottom center is the "Naval Destroyer Boat House". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Fred Weiss
110k	San Francisco 1958.	Robert M. Cieri
118k	USS Wedderburn (DD-684) firing her 5"/38 guns at a target drone aircraft, during exercises, 21 August 1964. The ship following next astern is USS Porterfield (DD-682). The relative positions of Wedderburn's signal flags, with the port side red "Bravo" flag hoisted higher, indicate that the ship is firing to port. Evenly hoisted flags on Porterfield indicate that her guns are not yet trained out. Photographed by PH2 R.D. Fennell. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Fred Weiss
57k	Circa 1965, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
58k	Kaoshuing Taiwan, February 28 1966. DD-826 Agerholm Alongside.	© Richard Leonhardt
116k	USS Porterfield (DD-682) and USS Bausell (DD-845) in Mare Island Naval Shipyard, September 1966.	Larry Backus
130k	Mare Island September 1966.	Larry Backus
133k	Mare Island September 1966.	Larry Backus
88k	Circa 1966-1967 on WestPac deployment.	Larry Backus
51k	October 1967 off Japan, headed home.	Larry Backus
49k	Ship's patch	Mike Smolinski

USS PORTERFIELD DD-682 History
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