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DD-989 USS DEYO

CLASS - SPRUANCE As Built.
Displacement 7800 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 563' (oa) x 55' x 20' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), 1 Sea Sparrow SAM (1x8) ASROC ASW (1x8),
6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3). 1 Helicopter.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; 4 LM 2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30 Knots, Range 6000 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 296.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula Miss. October 14 1977.
Launched January 20 1979 and commissioned March 22 1980.
Decommissioned November 6 2003 in Norfolk, VA.
Stricken April 6, 2004.
Fate Sunk as a target August 25 2005 in the Atlantic.

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Deyo 106kUSS Deyo (DD-989) was named for Vice Admiral Morton L. Deyo (1887-1973), a veteran destroyerman and distinguished naval gunfire support task force commander of World War II. Photo #: 80-G-231642. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army (left), with Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN (center) and Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN on board USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) on 19 May 1944, during preparations for the Normandy invasion. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 63kUndated, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Fred Prisley, CDR, USN (Ret.)
Deyo 197kUndated, location unknown.-
Deyo 187kUndated, location unknown.-
Deyo 35kMCPON Thomas S. Crow inspects the troops at the commissioning ceremony for USS Deyo (DD-989) on March 22 1980. This was also the first time that a MCPON served as a principal speaker at a commissioning. Photo from the book Winds of Change, The History of the Office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, 1967-1992 by JO1 Charlotte D. (Roberts) Christ.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 117kPersian Gulf 1981Jim Thomas
Deyo 149kDN-SC-92-04492. A Light Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 34 (HSL-34) SH-2F Seasprite helicopter sits on the flight deck of the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989). Photo by OS2 John Bouvia, June 1 1982.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 85kJanuary 14 1987 - Atlantic Ocean: the destroyer USS Deyo (DD-989), bottom, the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), center, and the destroyer USS Comte De Grasse (DD-974) underway.Fred Weiss
Deyo 109kDN-ST-87-09510. A starboard bow view of the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) underway. Crew members are manning the rail. Photo by PHC Jeff Hilton, February 1 1987.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 75kJune 1 1993 - Aarhus, Denmark, the destroyer USS Deyo (DD-989) arriving in port during Exercise Baltops `93. Deyo served as flagship for the exercise commander.Fred Weiss
Deyo 128kDN-SC-94-00914. A port quarter view of the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989), flagship for the commander of exercise BALTOPS '93. A Danish navy Lynx helicopter is parked on the flight deck of the ship. Photo by CDR Nathan Jones, Jun 1 1993.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 152kDN-SC-94-00921. Capt. W. Scott Slocum, Commander Destroyer Squadron 26 and commander of exercise BALTOPS '93, tours an engineering space aboard the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) with Russian Rear Adm. W.P. Comoyedoff, chief of the Baltic Squadron. DEYO is serving as Slocum's exercise flagship. For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. DEYO is serving as flagship for the exercise commander. Photo by CDR Nathan Jones, June 1 1993.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 129kDN-SC-94-00829. Captain W. Scott Slocum, Commander Destroyer Squadron 26 and exercise commander for BALTOPS '93, speaks with a Russian naval officer aboard the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989). Midshipman 2nd Class Christopher Akins, center, is serving as an interpreter. For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. Photo by CDR Nathan Jones, June 1 1993.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 61kUSS Deyo DD 989 in Gibraltar on 3rd November 1994.© Daniel Ferro
Deyo 149kFebruary 3, 1997, location unknown.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 70kPhotographed off Suez, August 4 1998. From the website of Karsten Petersen located at http://www.geocities.com/kp_diver/index.htm.Karsten Petersen
Deyo 80kNorfolk February 27 2000.Marc Piché
Deyo 48kNorfolk March 3 2000.Marc Piché
Deyo 131kDN-SD-03-12923, 001018-N-1110A-506. Gunner's Mate 3rd Class (GM3) Casey Rogers (left) and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class (GM2) Christopher Doe verify rounds fired after a "Pre-Aim Action Calibration Fire" (PACFIRE) aboard the USS DEYO (DD 989). Photo by PH1 Tina Ackerman, October 18 2000.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 92kDN-SD-03-12926, 001018-N-1110A-510. Sailors aboard USS DEYO (DD 989) work on the "Magnum 446" engine in the hangar bay. Photo by PH1 Tina Ackerman, October 18 2000.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 144kDN-SD-03-12918, 001018-N-1110A-501. Fire Controlman (FC) Dennis Kenyon passes firing orders to gun mount two during naval surface fire support exercises aboard the destroyer USS DEYO (DD 989). Photo by PH1 Tina Ackerman, October 18 2000.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 28kBarcelona, Spain February 8 2001.Marc Piché
Deyo 98kDuring a NATO's STANAVFORMED port visit to Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 10, 2001. Outboard is the Greek frigate HS Epirus (F 456), ex-USS Connole (FF 1056).Fabio Peña
Deyo 91kAs above.Fabio Peña
Deyo 90kAboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Sept. 2, 2002, the Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) (center), and the destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) (left) steam alongside Truman during a simultaneous underway replenishment (UNREP) operation at sea. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class H. Dwain Willis.Fred Weiss
Deyo 74kSuez Canal March 14 2003, the crew of the Spruance-class destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) maintains a close watch as the ship transits the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Deyo is equipped with vertical launch Tomahawk missiles and can deliver more firepower and at greater distances than could the battleships of World War II. Fred Weiss
Deyo 44kSuez Canal March 14 2003 the Spruance class destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) makes it’s transit through the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Deyo is the first U.S. warship to enter the Red Sea during recent movements to the Cental Command area of operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Fred Weiss
Deyo 104kMarch 29, 2003, the Spruance Class destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) conducts underway operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo.Fred Weiss
Deyo 58kThis and the next 8 photos are from the decommissioning ceremony of the Deyo and the beginning of her journey to the Philadelphia ISMF on November 6 2003.John H. Smalley
Deyo 102kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 114kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 126kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 105kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 103kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 94kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 101kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 116kAs above.John H. Smalley
Deyo 99k031106-N-0880K-110. Norfolk, VA, November 6 2003, sailors assigned to the Spruance-class destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) depart the ship for the final time during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The ship was commissioned March 22, 1980, and during its 23 years Deyo played a major role in operations in Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas, and the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Apprentice James Kusher.Bill Gonyo
Deyo 80kShip's patchMike Smolinski

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