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_at_Pearl_Harbor_1986.JPEG) USS Berkeley at Pearl Harbor in 1986
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Berkeley |
| Namesake | Randolph C. Berkeley |
| Ordered | 21 July 1959 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 1 June 1960 |
| Launched | 29 July 1961 |
| Acquired | 30 November 1962 |
| Commissioned | 15 December 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1992 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1992[1] |
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| Fate | Sold to Greece, 1 October 1992 |
 Greece | |
| Name | Themistoklis |
| Namesake | Themistocles |
| Commissioned | 1 October 1992 |
| Decommissioned | 18 February 2002 |
| Identification | Hull number: D221 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 19 February 2004. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load |
| Length | 437 ft (133 m) |
| Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
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| Aircraft carried | None |
USS Berkeley (DDG-15) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Major General Randolph C. Berkeley, USMC (1875–1960), a Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz (1914).
She was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 June 1960,[3] launched on 29 July 1961 sponsored by Mrs. James B. Berkeley, Major General Berkeley's daughter-in-law; and commissioned on 15 December 1962 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.[4]
Berkeley was decommissioned on 30 September 1992 at a ceremony in San Diego, California, and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.[5] She was turned over to the Hellenic Navy on 1 October, and recommissioned as the Greek destroyer Themistoklis (D221). The ship remained in Greek service until her decommissioning on 18 February 2002 and was sold for scrap in 2004.
- ^ https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_DDG_15.HTML
- ^ Ships crest Archived 28 February 2002 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ USS Berkeley Association Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine and DANFS say 1 June 1960, but NVR says 29 August 1960.
- ^ "BERKELEY (DDG 15)". www.nvr.navy.mil. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Decommissioning Week". www.ussberkeley.com/. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.