USS O'Hare (DD-889)

USS O'Hare (DD-889) was a Gearing class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Edward ?Butch? O?Hare who was shot down at Tarawa on December 27, 1944.

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''Gearing'' class - Destroyer - United States Navy - Edward ?Butch? O?Hare - Tarawa - December 27 - 1944

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O'Hare was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 27 January 1945, launched on 22 June 1945 by Mrs. Selma O?Hare, the mother of Lieutenant Commander O?Hare and commissioned on 29 November 1945.

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Orange, Texas - 27 January - 1945 - Launched - 22 June - Commissioned - 29 November

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O?Hare served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the conflict in Vietnam.

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Yankee Station - Tonkin Gulf - Sea Dragon - Naval Gunfire Support - Vietnam

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O?Hare was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 June 1973, transferred to Spain and renamed Mendez Nunez.

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Naval Vessel Register - 2 June - 1973 - Spain

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