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Ship History Built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation Yard in San Pedro. Launched September 9, 1943 as a Fletcher-class destroyer. Commissioned December 31, 1943 as USS Cassin Young (DD-793) named for Captain Cassin Young who earned the Medal of Honor at Pearl Harbor and died in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Wartime History During April 1944 arrives Pearl Harbor, then joins the fleet first firing on the enemy at Saipan. In October 1944 she participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and rescues 120 survivors of USS Princeton (CVL-23). In December 1944, it survived a typhoon off Luzon that sank three other destroyers. From January - March 1945, the ship serves as an aerial screen. Off Okinawa, it served on the radar picket line. The ship survived two separate hits by kamikazes. The first was April 12, 1945. The second was on July 30, 1945 and killed 22 and wounded twice as many and totally disabled the ship, the heroic efforts of her crew saved the ship. In August 1945, returns to Pearl Harbor. Postwar Decommissioned in 1946, Cassin Young returned to duty in 1951. For the rest of the 1950s, she served primarily in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She entered the reserve fleet for a second time in 1960. She was transferred to the National Park Service for use as a museum ship in June 1978. Display USS Cassin Young is displayed at the Charlestown Navy Yard / Boston National Historical Park at Boston. The ship is a National Park Service. Cassin Young is an example of the type of ship built, repaired, and modernized in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Although built in California, fourteen Fletcher-Class destroyers just like her were produced at this yard. References National Parks Service - USS Cassin Young Contribute
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