Picking (DD 685) - Naval Cruise Book

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Departed Transitecl: Departed Crossed: Departed Crossed : Departed Transited: Departed : Arrived : IT I ERARY Fall River, Massachusetts Panama Canal Balboa, C. Z. San Diego, California Pearl Harbor, T. H. Midway Island International Date Line Yokosuka, Japan Task Force 77 Operations Sasebo, Japan Task Force 95 Operations Sasebo, Japan Hong Kong, B. C. C. Saigon, French Indo-China Equator Singapore Trincomalee, Ceylon Aden, Arabia Suez Canal Port Said, Egypt Izmir, Turkey Naples, Italy Cannes, France Gibraltar Argentia, Newfoundland Boston, Massachusetts 1 Apri '953 7 Apri '953 8 April '953 15 Apri '953 25 Apri '953 27 Apri '953 28 Apri '953 4 May 1953 May 1953 3-29 June 1953 July-August 1953 4 August 1953 11-13 August 1953 16-19 August 1953 21 August 1953 21-23 August 1953 27 August 1953 5 September 1953 8 September 1953 8 September 1953 10-12 September l1953 14-16 sepfembef 1953 17-20 September 1953 22 September 1953 30 September 1953 2 October 1953

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,x , , ...S 5 1 P 2 I lljgflslg like Q if T C ' fyf , ' ' . . .L fi g iw li it 4 A A 4 4 l tatistics The PICKING was named in memory of Captain Sherwood Picking, USN, who died in a plane crash in Scotland en route to London on 1 September 1941. Captain Picking was born at Baltimore, Maryland 21 February 1890 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in the Class of 1911. He was promoted to Captain on 1 July 1939. During World War I, he was cited for distinguished and heroic action as Commanding Officer of a submarine which operated in waters infested with enemy vessels and mines. Length-376 feet Personnel-Officers-16 Chief Petty Officers--11 Enlisted Men 286 Construction-Bethlehem Steel Co. Quintuple Torpedo Mount Launched-1 June 1943 Six K-Guns Width-40 feet Armament-Four 5-inch guns Six 3-inch guns Sponsor-Mrs. Sherwood Picking Two Hedgehog Mounts Commissioned-21 September 1943 Displacement-2050 tons Miles Steamed 1 April 1953 2 October 1953 47000 Rounds Fired Korean Action 572 ll 'lr s K l 'l ri ml il . . f - l V I O V v 1 . . Q -. . 5

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