USS Berkeley (DDG-15)
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Laid down: | 29 August 1960 |
Launched: | 29 July 1961 |
Commissioned: | 15 December 1962 |
Decommissioned: | 1 May 1992 |
Fate: | sold to Greece on 1 October 1992 decommissioned in 2002 |
Struck: | 1 May 1992 |
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USS Berkeley (DDG-15) was a Charles F. Adams class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for General Randolph Carter Berkeley USMC (1875-1960).
She was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 29 August 1960, launched on 29 July 1961 and commissioned on 15 December 1962.
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USS Berkeley was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 May 1992.
Berkeley was sold to Greece on 1 October 1992, and renamed Themistocles.
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On 18 February 2002, Themistocles was decommissioned in Salamis, Greece. She was sold for scrap on 19 February 2004.