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USS Massey (DD-778), 1944-1974

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USS Massey, a 2200-ton Allen M. Sumner class destroyer, was built at Seattle, Washington. Commissioned in November 1944, she went to the Pacific war zone early in the new year and took an active part in the Okinawa campaign. Late in the war, Massey made an anti-shipping sweep in the East China Sea, then operated in support of occupation activities until she returned to the United States late in 1945.

Massey transferred to the Atlantic Fleet in January 1946. Except for a trip to Chile during that year, she operated in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean area until mid-1950, when she was sent to the Far East for Korean War service. The destroyer returned to the Atlantic in 1951 and resumed her previous operations in that ocean, with regular deployments to the Mediterranean and Northern European waters.

A "FRAM II" modernization in 1963 enhanced Massey's anti-submarine capabilities and extended her service life. In the course of a 1966 Vietnam War deployment, she steamed around the World. She was in the Mediterranean during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and went to the assistance of USS Liberty (AGTR-5) after that ship was attacked by Israeli forces. In 1969, Massey became a Naval Reserve training ship and operated in that role along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean until she decommissioned in September 1973. USS Massey was sold for scrapping in November 1974.

USS Massey was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Lance E. Massey, USN, who was killed in action during the Battle of Midway.

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