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USS ''William R. Rush'' (DD/DDR-714) was a in the United States Navy during the Korean War. She was named for William R. Rush. ''William R. Rush'' was laid down on 15 October 1944 at Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation; launched on 8 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Flagg Biddle, a cousin of Captain Rush; and commissioned on 21 September 1945, Commander Theodore E. Vogeley in command. ==1946–1949== After fitting out at the New York Navy Yard and shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay and Casco Bay, Maine, ''William R. Rush'' took part in 8th Fleet maneuvers off the eastern seaboard into May 1946. The destroyer then moved southward, to Pensacola, Florida, where she served as a plane guard for as the veteran carrier conducted flight training operations. Arriving back at Newport, Rhode Island, her home port, on 28 July, ''William R. Rush'' spent the rest of the year in local operations. The destroyer departed Newport on 9 February 1948, bound for Europe and her first overseas deployment. She touched at ports of call in England, Ireland, Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, French Morocco, and Gibraltar before returning to Newport in June. For the next two years, ''William R. Rush'' operated off the eastern seaboard, exercising with submarines and escorting and plane-guarding for carriers. In July 1949, ''William R. Rush'' sailed for Europe for an extended European and Mediterranean deployment that lasted into the following year. She touched at ports in France, Greece, Crete, Turkey, Gibraltar, England, Scotland, and Belgium, before she returned to Newport. Subsequently overhauled for three months at Boston, Massachusetts the destroyer carried out refresher training in Guantanamo Bay from May into July 1950. Commencing in mid-July, ''William R. Rush'' conducted a training cruise that took the warship and her embarked midshipmen from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Guantanamo Bay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS William R. Rush (DD-714)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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