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SHIP ' S HISTORY The United States Ship McMORRIS (DE-1036) is the fourth and last ship of her class. She embodies several recent developments including a unique upper deck arrangement, aluminum mast and superstruc- ture, and an ever changing array of sophisticated detec- tion equipment. McMORRIS displaces 1900 tons, is 312 feet long, has a maximum beam of 38 feet, and a navigational draft of 18 feet. Her main battery consists of two 3 750 single-gun rapid fire mounts and two trainable MK 32 torpedo tube mounts. Four Fair- banks-Morse diesel engines deliver 9200 shaft horsepower to the single screw which can propel the ship to speeds in excess of 20 knots. Habitability engineering features the McMORRIS with semi-- private living compartments and complete air con- ditioning. McMORRIS keel was laid on 5 November 1958, at Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana, where she was subsquently christened and launched by Mrs. Charles H. McMorris, wife of the late Vice Admiral McMORRIS, on 26 May 1959. On 4 March 1960, McMORRIS was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina. Following a brief fitting out period on the East Coast, McMORRIS was assigned to the Pacific Fleet where she deployed to WestPac three times between 1961 and 1965 from her homeport of San Diego, California, as a unit of Escort Squadron THREE and Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SEVEN. Receiving a homeport reassignment in 1965, McMORRIS became the flagship of Commander Escort Squadron FIVE, a unit of Destroyer Flotilla FIVE operating from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the spr- ing of 1965, McMORRIS deployed for her fourth tour of duty with the Seventh Fleet. Upon her return to Pearl Harbor, McMORRIS was assigned to Task Force NINETY-TWO, and became the flagship of Com- mander Escort Division ELEVEN. During 1966-1967, McMORRIS conducted special operations incident to duties with Task Force NINETY-TWO, received the Battle Efficiency E for CORTDIV ELEVEN, and served as flagship for COMCORTRON SEVEN during convoy operations. Subsequent to an Indian Ocean deployment in 1968-1969, McMORRIS and her sister ships combined to form the newly created Escort Squadron ONE. In addition to successive assignments to WestPac in 1969-1970, and 1970-1971, McMORRIS participated in various special operations for which she received the Meritorious Unit Commendation. Additionally, McMORRIS was awarded the Battle Efficiency E for Escorl Squadron ONE for the year 1971. McMORRIS deployed for another tour with the Seventh Fleet in WestPac during the Summer of 1972.
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