John Joseph Shea
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 United States
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| Name: | Shea |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island |
| Laid down: | 23 December 1943 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 April 1958 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1973 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap, 1 September 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Robert H. Smith-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 8 in (5.69 m) |
| Speed: | 34.2 knots (63.3 km/h; 39.4 mph) |
| Complement: | 363 officers and enlisted |
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USS Shea (DD-750/DM-30/MMD-30) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Shea.
Shea was laid down on 23 December 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Company yard at Staten Island, New York, as DD-750, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer and launched on 20 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John J. Shea. The ship was modified to be a destroyer minelayer and redesignated DM-30 in late 1944; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 30 September 1944, Commander Charles C. Kirkpatrick in command.
Shea spent 15 more days completing her fitting-out. She then loaded ammunition at Earle and Bayonne, New Jersey, returned briefly to New York and departed for her shakedown cruise on 21 October 1944. She completed shakedown training at and around Great Sound Bay, Bermuda, and was underway for Norfolk, Virginia, on 16 November. Shea's crew underwent a month of further training in the Norfolk area before embarking, 13 December, for Brooklyn, New York, arriving the next day.
From Brooklyn, Shea moved on to San Francisco. Sailing with Task Group 27.3 (TG 27.3), she transited the Panama Canal, 20–22 December, and made San Francisco on the last day of 1944. Four days later, she was underway for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and 13 more days of training exercises. Another round of training complete, she steamed out of Pearl Harbor bound for Eniwetok Atoll in the western Pacific, arriving on 2 March. After 17 days in the vicinity of Eniwetok, her crew engaged in still more of the perennial training exercises. Shea departed for Ulithi Atoll on the first leg of her cruise into the real war at Okinawa.
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