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3 September to 31 December, 1945:
The period between the signing of the capitulation documents on board the battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) and the end of the year 1945, witnessed the surrender of Japanese garrisons on the Asiatic mainland, and on by-passed islands scattered throughout the western Pacific.
Occupation of Japan progressed and the administrative organization of the United States naval forces in the area was adjusted where necessary to enable the Navy to carry out its assigned occupation and demilitarization duties. Naval combat strength contracted as demobilization procedures were set in motion. On 10 October 1945 Headquarters of the Commander in Chief United States Fleet (Fleet Adm. E. J. King) was disestablished.
13 September 1946 BOYD is now assigned to the 19th Pacific Fleet (inactive berthed at San Diego, California.
STATISTICS:
STANDARD DISPLACEMENT 2,050 tons
ARMAMENT: Five 5 inch 38 cal.
LENGTH OVERALL 376 ft. 6 in.
dual purpose guns, BEAM 39 ft. 4 in.
ten 21 inch torpedo
SPEED 35 knots plus
tubes, plus 40-mm &
COMPLEMENT 300 plus 20-mm AA guns.
She then moved to San Diego, arriving 14 January 1948 and was placed out of commission in reserve 15 January 1947.
Recommissioned 24 November 1950, the destroyer reported to the Pacific Fleet. Following training off the west coast, Boyd departed for Korea 28 May 1951. She remained there, serving with TF 77 and on the Formosa Strait Patrol, until returning to San Diego 21 December 1951. Boyd departed San Diego 12 July 1952 for her second Korean tour. She served on the Wonsan blockade and took part in the amphibious demonstration off Kojo (6-15 October).
She departed Korean waters in late January and arrived at San Diego 16 February 1953. Since the end of the Korean fighting Boyd has continued operations along the west coast and has made three Far Eastern tours.
Boyd received 11 battle stars for World War II and five for her Korean service.
- DD-544 Boyd (Fletcher Class)
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro. April 2 1942.
Launched October 29 1942 and commissioned May 8 1943.
Decommissioned Janruary 15 1947, Recommissioned November 24 1950.
Decommissioned October 1 1969, Stricken October 1 1969.
To Turkey October 1 1969. Renamed Iskenderun, Stricken in 1981 and scrapped.
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Items outlined with equal [=]
as well as scanned diary pages
were from:
A personal record of events by Philip J. Schneider
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NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER , Washington Navy Yard, 901 M Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20374-5060
Ships Section, Office of Public Information, Navy Department, "HISTORY OF USS BOYD (DD-544)", A six page document Stencilled September 13, 1946.
UNITED STATES NAVAL CHRONOLOGY, WORLD WAR II, Prepared in the Naval History Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department., Published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1955, Transcribed by Larry W. Jewell, jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu.
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