USS Hickox
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For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Busan.
USS Hickox (DD-673) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Ralph Hickox (1903–1942).
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USS Hickox underway on 23 September 1951 | |
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Name | Hickox |
Namesake | Ralph Hickox |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 12 March 1943 |
Launched | 4 July 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Ralph Hickox |
Commissioned | 10 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 1946 |
Recommissioned | 19 May 1951 |
Decommissioned | 20 December 1957 |
Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
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Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 15 November 1968 |
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South Korea | |
Name | Busan |
Namesake | Busan |
Acquired | 15 November 1968 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1968 |
Decommissioned | 1989 |
Stricken | 1989 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1989 |
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Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 officers and enlisted |
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Hickox was launched 4 July 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Ralph Hickox, wife of the late Commander Hickox; and commissioned 10 September 1943.