USS Turner Joy

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway at sea, 9 May 1964.
History
United States
NamesakeCharles Turner Joy
Ordered27 January 1956
BuilderPuget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Laid down30 September 1957
Launched5 May 1958
Acquired27 July 1959
Commissioned3 August 1959
Decommissioned22 November 1982
Stricken13 February 1990
Motto
StatusDonated as a museum and memorial to the Bremerton Historic Ships Association and berthed at Bremerton, Washington on 10 April 1991.
General characteristics
Class and typeForrest Sherman-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,800 tons standard,
  • 4,050 tons full load
Length407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Draft22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Westinghouse steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 × shafts
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range
  • 4,500 nmi. at 20 knots
  •   (8,300 km at 37 km/h)
Complement15 officers, 218 men
Armament

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 incident.

Decommissioned in 1982, she is now a museum ship in Bremerton, Washington.