USS Ozbourn (DD-846)
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| Name: | USS Ozbourn |
| Namesake: | Joseph W. Ozbourn |
| Laid down: | 16 June 1945 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 5 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1975 |
| Identification: | DD-846 |
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| Class and type: | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,425 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 officers and enlisted |
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USS Ozbourn (DD-846) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Marine Private Joseph W. Ozbourn (1919–1944), who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his “great personal valor” during the Battle of Tinian.
Ozbourn was laid down by Bath Iron Works 16 June 1945; launched 22 December 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Ozbourn; commissioned 5 March 1946, Commander Bernard A. Smith was put in command.
Following shakedown, Ozbourn reported for duty with the U.S. Pacific Fleet at San Diego, California in August 1946. She departed San Diego 6 January 1947 with Destroyer Division 171 (DesDiv 171) for the Far East; returned to San Diego in October; began her next deployment 1 October 1948, shortened by a collision with Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717). Although two crew members were killed, damage control parties saved the ship and she returned to Long Beach Naval Shipyard for repairs. During 1949 and early 1950, Ozbourn trained midshipmen, underwent overhaul and participated in various exercises, one of which was the first guided missile test at sea conducted with Norton Sound (AVM-1).
When hostilities began in Korea, Ozbourn joined Task Force 77 (TF 77). She participated in the Inchon landing, the Blockade of Wonsan and assisted with air operations off the Korean coast, twice receiving the Korean Presidential Citation for her efforts. In February 1951, despite having received two direct hits and several near misses from shore batteries the same day, Ozbourn sent her motor whale boat to rescue a downed pilot floating in a mine field. After returning to San Diego for repairs and overhaul and a brief assignment with TF 95 in the Wonsan area, Ozbourn returned to TF 77 in July 1952. In short order she rescued 18 men who had jumped from USS Boxer to avoid a menacing fire and picked up 3 downed airmen from USS Essex. During the next two years Ozbourn made regular tours with the 7th Fleet followed by training operations in the San Diego area.
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