USS DECATUR DDG 31 ex DD 936

DDG 31   DECATUR   Sydney   26 09 1981 a                                          (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

DDG 31   DECATUR
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : CONVERTED FORREST SHERMAN-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 13 September 1954
LAUNCHED  : 15 December 1955
COMMISSIONED : 07 December 1957
DECOMMISSIONED : 30 June 1983

She was stricken from the Naval Register on 16 March 1988. She was converted for weapons trials purposes as a Self Defense Test Ship ( SDTS ) who began on 04 March 1992. In October 2004 she was placed in use as EDDG.31 and pendant number E.31.Removed from the SDTS service on 15 December 2003 and towed to Pearl Harbor.
On 14 July 2004 she was sunk as a targetship in the RimPac exercise.

DDG 31   DECATUR   Sydney   26 09 1981 b                                      (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

DDG 31   DECATUR   Sydney   26 09 1981 c                                        (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )