USS Turner Joy

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) is one of 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN (1895–1956). Commissioned in 1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacific. She participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident as well as serving as destroyer squadron 13 lead flag ship under Captain George S. Grove and Commander Robert Huntley Pidgeon, litigated and inspired the Vietnam Paris Peace Accords.

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Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, preserved watercraft, destroyer, museum ship, Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, United States Navy, 

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  Adventuress ⓘ
  1913 schooner

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  Bathyscaphe Trieste II ⓘ
  US Navy's second bathyscaphe

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  USS Bremerton ⓘ
  1944 Baltimore-class cruiser

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  USS Constellation ⓘ
  1960 Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Dubuque ⓘ
  1966 Austin-class amphibious transport dock

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  USS Independence ⓘ
  1958 Forrestal-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Ingraham ⓘ
  1988 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

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  USS Kitty Hawk ⓘ
  1960 Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Long Beach ⓘ
  1959 Long Beach-class cruiser

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  USS Memphis ⓘ
  19th-century American steamship

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  USS Ranger ⓘ
  1956 Forrestal-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Rodney M. Davis ⓘ
  1986 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

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  USS Triton ⓘ
  nuclear radar picket submarine

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  USS White Sands ⓘ
  American floating dry dock

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  USNS Bridge ⓘ
  1996 Supply-class fast combat support ship

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  USNS Rainier ⓘ
  1991 Supply-class fast combat support ship

1964-08-02T00:00:00Z

1964-08-02T00:00:00Z

Gulf of Tonkin incident

1957-09-30T00:00:00Z

1957-09-30T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1959-08-03T00:00:00Z

1959-08-03T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1958-05-05T00:00:00Z

1958-05-05T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1982-11-22T00:00:00Z

1982-11-22T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1856-01-26T00:00:00Z

1856-01-26T00:00:00Z

1856 Battle of Seattle

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DD-951 Turner Joy - DPLA - 84f5f9a9616f01d7084a874549459366

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) at sea c1962

USS Turner Joy bridge

DD-951 Turner Joy - DPLA - 84f5f9a9616f01d7084a874549459366

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway c1960

HUP-3 of HU-1 delivers mail to USS Turner Joy (DD-951) c1962

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company on 1 July 1958

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) docked at Midway Atoll, circa in 1975

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway at sea on 9 May 1964 (NH 98257)

USS Turner Joy (DD-951) at sea c1962

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1856	Battle of Seattle	battle	Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Adventuress	preserved watercraft, schooner	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Bathyscaphe Trieste II	preserved watercraft, ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Bremerton	Baltimore-class cruiser, heavy cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Constellation	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Dubuque	Austin-class amphibious transport dock, amphibious transport dock	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Independence	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Ingraham	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Kitty Hawk	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Long Beach	guided missile cruiser, Long Beach-class cruiser, surface combatant	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Memphis	steamship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Ranger	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Rodney M. Davis	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Triton	nuclear submarine, radar picket	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS White Sands	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1998	USNS Bridge	fast combat support ship, Supply-class fast combat support ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	2003	USNS Rainier	fast combat support ship, Supply-class fast combat support ship	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1891	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	shipyard, shipbuilding, watercraft maintenance facility	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1916	Skinner & Eddy	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1959	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1977	Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation	shipbuilding, subsidiary company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1898	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1911	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Lawton	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Ward	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Turner Joy	preserved watercraft, destroyer, museum ship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Coast Guard Museum Northwest	United States federal agency, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Naval Undersea Museum	naval museum, United States Navy	Wikidata
commons	image		DD-951 Turner Joy - DPLA - 84f5f9a9616f01d7084a874549459366		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy (DD-951) at sea c1962		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy bridge		Commons
commons	image		DD-951 Turner Joy - DPLA - 84f5f9a9616f01d7084a874549459366		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway c1960		Commons
commons	image		HUP-3 of HU-1 delivers mail to USS Turner Joy (DD-951) c1962		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy (DD-951) at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company on 1 July 1958		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy (DD-951) docked at Midway Atoll, circa in 1975		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway at sea on 9 May 1964 (NH 98257)		Commons
commons	image		USS Turner Joy (DD-951) at sea c1962		Commons