USS Berkeley ( DDG - 15 ) USS " Berkeley " ( DDG - 15 ) was a " Charles F . Adams " - class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named for Major General Randolph C . Berkeley , USMC ( 1875 – 1960 ) , a Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the U . S . occupation of Veracruz ( 1914 ) . She was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 June 1960 , launched on 29 July 1961 sponsored by Mrs . James B . Berkeley , Major General Berkeley ’ s daughter - in - law ; and commissioned on 15 December 1962 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , Commander Wyatt E . Harper in command . " Berkeley " was decommissioned on 30 September 1992 at a ceremony in San Diego , California , and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register . She was turned over to the Hellenic Navy on 1 October , and recommissioned as HHMS " Themistocles " ( D - 221 ) . The ship remained in Greek service until her decommissioning on 18 February 2002 and was sold for scrap in 2004 . USN operational history . 1960s . After fitting out at Philadelphia , " Berkeley " set out for her assigned homeport of Long Beach , California , mooring there on 16 March 1963 after visits to Port Royal , South Carolina ; Kingston , Jamaica ; and Acapulco , Mexico . Designed primarily to provide long - range anti - aircraft cover for task forces at sea , " Berkeley " devoted the next six weeks testing her Tartar anti - aircraft missile system ' s proficiency in that role . The warship ' s crew also conducted gunnery , engineering , and communication systems trials . In early May , the guided - missile destroyer demonstrated her capabilities to President John F . Kennedy , knocking down two jet drone targets with two TARTAR missiles . At the end of a short visit to the Rose Festival at Portland , Oregon , in early June , " Berkeley " entered the San Francisco Naval Shipyard for a three - month availability . At the end of the repair period , she became a unit of Destroyer Division ( DesDiv ) 12 and spent the rest of the year engaged in local operations in the Long Beach area . The warship remained in southern California waters for the first 10 weeks of 1964 , preparing for a Far East deployment . On 13 March , " Berkeley " stood out of Long Beach in company with and 11 other destroyers bound for her first tour of duty with the 7th Fleet . After calling at Pearl Harbor , where joined company , the task group steamed to the East China Sea for a month of training . Detached on 18 April , " Berkeley " proceeded to Hong Kong , where she embarked Vice Admiral Thomas H . Moorer , and sailed on to Bangkok , Thailand , for the annual Southeast Asia Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) conference . After rejoining her task group in late April , the guided - missile destroyer spent the next two months screening and and participating in a SEATO landing exercise in the Philippines . After spending Independence Day in Sasebo , Japan , she put to sea with the " Ticonderoga " task group on 5 July for routine operations . This quickly changed , however , when the warships received orders diverting them to the South China Sea where they joined other Navy units off the South Vietnam ese coast and in the Gulf of Tonkin . As part of President Lyndon B . Johnson ' s effort to limit North Vietnam ese attacks on Laos and South Vietnam , the carrier launched Vought F - 8 " Crusader " jet aircraft to reconnoiter suspected communist infiltration routes in eastern and southern Laos . " Berkeley " continued to screen " Ticonderoga " throughout that summer . On 2 August , she provided antiair protection to the task group during air strikes against North Vietnamese missile boats during the Tonkin Gulf incident . After American warships reported more attacks on the 4th , the guided - missile destroyer again screened the carrier during extensive retaliatory strikes on North Vietnamese gunboat s and torpedo boat s on 5 August . " Berkeley " remained in the South China Sea during the relative lull that followed , patrolling the region during the slow buildup of American naval forces in Southeast Asia . The warship joined while there and sailed for home on 10 October , mooring at Long Beach , via Yokosuka , Japan , on 21 November . After leave and upkeep , the guided - missile destroyer entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a restricted availability . Following these repairs , " Berkeley " spent the next six months carrying out training missions , passing various communications and engineering inspections , and preparing for her next deployment to the Far East . This pattern of activity — combat service in Vietnamese waters followed by repairs and training to prepare for her next deployment — characterized her service for the next ten years . Underway with in late November 1965 , " Berkeley " made a brief stop at Subic Bay in the Philippines before proceeding to the South China Sea for combat operations off Vietnam . Upon arrival on " Yankee Station " on 16 December , " Berkeley " joined Task Force ( TF ) 77 in support of Operation Rolling Thunder . This naval air campaign , begun the previous March , sought to cut the flow of munitions and supplies to the Viet Cong insurgents in the south by interdicting North Vietnam ' s logistics pipelines through Laos and across the demilitarized zone ( DMZ ) . Assigned to the northern search - and - rescue ( SAR ) station in the Gulf of Tonkin , " Berkeley " , in company with and , patrolled the area through the end of January 1966 . Following minor repairs at Sasebo in early February , and a port visit to Hong Kong , the guided - missile destroyer returned to the Gulf of Tonkin for a second SAR tour on 26 February . Her first rescue mission took place on 14 March when " Berkeley " received notice that a McDonnell F - 4C " Phantom " had ditched off Hon Me Island . In company with , " Berkeley " coordinated rescue helicopter flights , and those of fighter aircraft from and " Kitty Hawk " , as the two warships closed the ditch site . Before they arrived , an Air Force HU - 16 " Albatross " amphibian — which had landed to pick up the two " Phantom " crewmen — was taken under fire by North Vietnamese shore batteries . The amphibian was hit shortly thereafter , killing two crewmen and the aircraft burned and sank . " Berkeley " then closed Hon Me Island , drawing the enemy fire to her , and engaged in a 22 - minute gunnery dual with the coastal batteries . At the same time , her combat information team directed friendly air strikes against enemy gun emplacements and coordinated three SH - 3 helicopters from " Yorktown " and as they retrieved the six survivors from the water . Although repeatedly straddled by enemy fire during this action , " Berkeley " suffered only minor damage from shell fragments . Relieved two weeks later by , the guided - missile destroyer proceeded to Qui Nhon , where she joined Operation " Sea Dragon " for a week of call - fire missions against communist supply craft and coastal infiltration routes . After completing this mission on 8 April , she steamed to Subic Bay where the crew began preparing the warship for visits to Australia and New Zealand . Departing the Philippines on 17 April , " Berkeley " crossed the equator north of the Admiralty Islands and moored at Sydney , Australia , on the 29th . Over the next three weeks , the warship ' s crew took part in the annual " Coral Sea Celebration " — which honored the victory won by the Allied navies in May 1942 — and visited Sydney , Adelaide , and Hobart in Australia as well as Auckland , New Zealand . Underway for home on 22 May , the guided - missile destroyer stopped at Suva in the Fiji Islands and at Pearl Harbor before arriving at Long Beach on 6 June . Subsequent to a leave and upkeep period , " Berkeley " entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a restricted availability on 19 July . During that yard period , workers installed the new Standard missile system , including launch rails and guidance equipment . Upon leaving the shipyard on 25 August , the warship commenced a three - month missile development test and evaluation program . This entailed weekly cruises in southern California waters and the firing of Standard missiles at air and surface targets . Following the removal of test equipment in mid - December , the guided - missile destroyer spent the rest of the month getting ready for upcoming fleet exercises . Following the early January 1967 Exercise " Snatch Block , " which was devoted to SAR and electronic countermeasure ( ECM ) procedures , " Berkeley " spent the next three months preparing for another Far East deployment . This included many local evolutions — such as shore bombardment , carrier screening , and ASW exercises — as well as numerous operational readiness inspections . During this period , her engineers and technicians busied themselves maintaining and improving the warship ' s complex electronic and fire - control systems , a task abetted by a three - week tender availability in early February . Underway for the western Pacific on 29 April , the guided - missile destroyer crossed the central Pacific ; and , after a short liberty period at Yokosuka , Japan , the warship headed south to Subic Bay , arriving there on 24 May . Underway again three days later , " Berkeley " sailed with " Constellation " to the Gulf of Tonkin before joining and TU 77 . 1 . 1 for a " Sea Dragon " patrol . The task unit cruised off North Vietnam near Hon Me and Hon Matt Islands , searching for enemy waterborne logistics craft and firing on designated targets ashore . This pattern — small craft search in the morning followed by shore bombardment missions later in the day — became the daily routine of " Berkeley " ' s later " Sea Dragon " patrols . After routine upkeep and replenishment at Subic Bay in late June and early July , the guided - missile destroyer commenced her second " Sea Dragon " patrol on 12 July . Detached 10 days later , she sailed north to the Tonkin Gulf SAR station where she monitored daily strikes over North Vietnam . During three weeks on station , " Berkeley " participated in seven SAR incidents and helped to rescue four pilots . Relieved on 11 August by , the warship sailed to Hong Kong for a week of rest and recreation . Following a tender availability at Kaohsiung , Taiwan , the guided - missile destroyer returned to the gunline on 22 September . " Berkeley " alternated duty between gunfire support for the 3d Marine Division in the I Corps area and night harassment and interdiction missions against coastal infiltration routes . Detached on 1 October , the warship visited Nagoya and Yokosuka before departing Japan on the 12th . " Berkeley " arrived at Long Beach on 25 October and spent the remainder of the year conducting post - deployment maintenance and preparing for various service inspections . The guided - missile destroyer carried out local operations through April 1968 before moving into Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a maintenance overhaul . Upon completion of these repairs on 3 June , " Berkeley " loaded supplies and ammunition before steaming west on 5 July . After fuel stops at Pearl Harbor , Midway , and Guam — as well as a diversion south to avoid a typhoon near the Philippines — the warship arrived at Subic Bay on the 28th . Four days later , the guided - missile cruiser departed for the coast of Vietnam and duty on " Sea Dragon " patrol . Over the next two months , " Berkeley " conducted three gunline patrols — firing nightly interdiction missions , searching for waterborne logistics craft , and bombarding supply routes — off both North Vietnam and the Vung Tau Peninsula . In between these missions , she retired to Subic Bay for upkeep . Her best hunting took place on the night of 10 and 11 September , when she and combined to sink or damage 58 enemy supply boats . After calling at Keelung , Taiwan , in late October and at Hong Kong in early November , " Berkeley " sailed back to Vietnam on the 11th . The rest of November passed uneventfully , with the warship on planeguard duty on " Yankee Station . " Departing the area on 1 December , she stopped at Guam and Pearl Harbor before mooring at Long Beach on 20 December . Aside from a few periods of underway training , which included her annual missile - firing exercises in late February , the warship spent the first three months of 1969 preparing for an extensive overhaul . Entering the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 27 March , " Berkeley " received new weapons and communications systems as well as a general rehabilitation of all internal spaces in the warship . With this work completed , the guided - missile destroyer commenced sea trials and post - overhaul refresher training on 24 July . The warship also tested her new Standard missile system in September before turning to preparations for another Far East deployment which took up the remainder of the year . 1970s . Departing Long Beach on 13 February , the guided - missile destroyer made fuel stops at Pearl Harbor , Midway , and Guam before arriving at Yokosuka on 4 March . After two weeks of upkeep , she sailed to " Yankee Station " — arriving there on the 23d — and provided planeguard support for " Constellation " and " Coral Sea " . Then , starting on 10 May , the warship provided two weeks of naval gunfire support off South Vietnam . Between 25 May and 15 June , " Berkeley " visited Hong Kong and Kobe for rest and recreation before returning to South Vietnam for four weeks of gunline operations . Next came a port visit to Bangkok , Thailand , in mid - July , followed by three days of upkeep at Subic Bay . From there , the warship sailed for home on the 27th and moored at Long Beach on 14 August . The remainder of the year was dedicated to type training and upkeep in preparation for another western Pacific deployment in early 1971 . Those preparations continued into the new year , occupying her time for the first 11 weeks of 1971 . " Berkeley " set sail on 16 March and , after brief stops at Oahu , Midway , and Guam , arrived at Subic Bay on 7 April . Following a brief upkeep period , she steamed to " Yankee Station " on the 10th and began escort duty for " Kitty Hawk " . During this tour , the guided - missile destroyer ' s crew welcomed on board three Vietnamese midshipmen and provided them with six weeks of underway training . In May , after a brief period of PIRAZ duty with , " Berkeley " steamed to Japan , arriving in Sasebo on the 19th . Fitted out with specialized reconnaissance equipment , the warship steamed to the Sea of Japan on 10 June for service as Pacific Area Reconnaissance Program ( PARPRO ) picket ship . She collected intelligence off the Korean peninsula for the next 10 days before mooring at Yokosuka on 19 June . The PARPRO equipment was quickly unloaded , and the warship moved south for a visit to Hong Kong . Returning to " Yankee Station " on 5 July , " Berkeley " spent the next two weeks working on the northern SAR station . Heading south on the 18th , the warship passed through the Strait of Malacca and moored at Penang , Malaysia , for a port visit on 23 July . Following four days there , and just over a week in Singapore for upkeep , " Berkeley " returned to the Vietnam war zone on 7 August . Assigned to a naval gunfire support mission , the warship cruised off Cua Viet for the next three weeks in support of friendly forces near the demilitarized zone ( DMZ ) . During this time , she fired 2 , 143 5 - inch rounds at enemy targets . After a brief stop at Subic Bay , the guided - missile destroyer retraced her path across the Pacific and arrived in Long Beach on 16 September . Following a tender availability alongside , " Berkeley " remained in port , aside from a few type training days at sea , for the next six months . On 20 March 1972 , the warship steamed to the Pacific Missile Range for three days of weapons systems exercises — including an ASW drill with — and , later that month , the warship conducted gunnery drills in the southern California operating area . These evolutions proved timely when , on 7 April , the warship received word to get ready for an emergency deployment to Vietnam . After a feverish 72 hours of preparation , " Berkeley " departed Long Beach on 10 April . The guided - missile destroyer arrived in the Gulf of Tonkin , via Pearl Harbor , Guam , and Subic Bay , on 3 May . There , she joined other 7th Fleet units in heavy attacks against North Vietnamese military units pushing south along the coast . After firing numerous bombardment missions against enemy troops and tanks advancing toward Hue , " Berkeley " joined Operation Pocket Money , the mining of the river approaches to Haiphong , North Vietnam , on 9 May . In company with five other destroyers , the warship closed Haiphong to provide a protective barrage of 5 - inch shells as A - 6 " Intruders " and A - 7 " Corsairs " from Coral Seas dropped magnetic - acoustic sea mines off that port . Shortly thereafter , " Berkeley " moved to a surveillance position about 25 miles to the south and kept foreign merchant shipping informed of the newly cordoned waters . In mid - June , an attempt by the North Vietnamese to ferry supplies ashore was foiled when " Berkeley " , supported by helicopters and two other destroyers , sank over 30 small craft . After a brief upkeep period at Subic Bay in mid - July , the guided - missile destroyer moved to the gunline and fired daily missions against enemy targets near the DMZ . Following a short yard period at Sasebo late in August , the warship conducted a final five - week gunfire support tour off North Vietnam . After a five - day visit to Hong Kong in mid - October , " Berkeley " steamed for home — with brief stops at Subic Bay , Wake Island , Guam , and Pearl Harbor and underway refueling by USS " Ponchatoula " ( AO 148 ) — and arrived at Long Beach on 10 November . With the signing of the cease - fire agreement at Paris in January 1973 , American involvement in the war ended ; the 1972 deployment was " Berkeley " ' s final Vietnam service . After a long holiday and post - deployment standdown period , the guided - missile destroyer ' s crew began preparations for a complex overhaul scheduled for early January 1973 . On 5 January 1973 , " Berkeley " moved to Bremerton , Wash . , and , on the 12th , moved into drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard . The overhaul gave the guided - missile destroyer the new tactical data system , a sonar upgrade , new communications and electronic warfare gear , and two new 5 - inch gun mounts . After five months in drydock , the warship moved pierside to finish the installations , which were finally completed on 1 November . " Berkeley " then spent the next eight weeks conducting sea trials , including a voyage to Victoria , British Columbia , and a joint exercise with the Canadian Navy . Departing Bremerton on 4 January 1974 , the warship sailed south to her new home port of San Diego , arriving there on the 18th after a brief stay at Long Beach . With the end of American participation in the Vietnam war following the previous year ' s cease - fire agreement , the Navy concentrated on improving overall operational readiness , a routine markedly different from earlier training which had focused on preparing warships for combat duty off Vietnam . " Berkeley " , therefore , spent the next five months taking part in a series of fleet - wide inspections and maintenance programs . The guided - missile destroyer finally got underway to deploy on 19 June , steaming across the Pacific and arriving in Subic Bay on 10 July . Sailing north on the 14th , " Berkeley " embarked American and Japanese midshipmen at Yokosuka and Kure for two weeks of training with units of the Japanese Maritime Self - Defense Force in the Inland Sea . Returning to Subic Bay on 7 August , the warship spent the next 10 weeks operating locally with Constellation . Then , in response to the growing Soviet Navy presence in the Indian Ocean , several American warships — including " Berkeley " — received orders to " show the flag " in the region . Departing Subic Bay on 27 October , she conducted a four - day port visit to Singapore , before getting underway for the Indian Ocean on 8 November . In company with Constellation and the rest of TG 77 . 6 , " Berkeley " conducted 11 days of operations with Pakistani , Iranian , and British naval units before visiting Karachi , Pakistan , on the 19th . The task group then sailed into the Persian Gulf for another week of exercises before returning to Singapore on 6 December . After an upkeep period there , the guided - missile destroyer sailed for home , via Subic Bay , and arrived in San Diego on 28 January 1975 . Following a two - month , post - deployment standdown , " Berkeley " spent the next four months engaged in a series of inspections , engineering tests , and exercises aimed at improving her overall readiness . In August , she completed various weapons and engineering training requirements and , in September , concentrated on ASW exercises . Following several missile - firing exercises in October and an extensive alignment of all weapons systems in November , " Berkeley " began preparation for her next deployment . On 30 January 1976 , " Berkeley " departed San Diego and set course for Hawaii on the first leg of the voyage to the Far East . Once at Pearl Harbor , however , the warship suffered several engineering failures which kept her in that port through February . Finally repaired in early March , she got underway on the 12th and , after a fuel stop at Guam , moored at Subic Bay on 1 April . Over the next three months , the guided - missile destroyer conducted several " war - at - sea " exercises in the Philippines , including a missile firing exercise in late May and an ASW exercise with and in mid - June . Sailing north on 14 July , she visited Kaohsiung , Taiwan , and took part in Exercise " Sharkhunt XVI " — an ASW exercise with naval units from Taiwan — before returning to Subic Bay on the 29th . Underway again on 3 August , " Berkeley " carried out another missile exercise — knocking down one drone with two missiles fired — before sailing for home on the 8th . Following stops at Guam — where she received 10 days of tender availability — and at Pearl Harbor , the warship returned to San Diego on 6 September . Save for a brief two - week planeguard exercise with " Constellation " in early December , the guided - missile destroyer spent the remainder of the year in port . Over the first five months of 1977 , " Berkeley " stood several inspections and made other preparations in anticipation of an overhaul in Bremerton . Entering the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 6 June , the warship received new turbo - generators , a satellite communications system , and upgrades to her tactical data system . Floated out of drydock on 16 December , she remained pierside until dock trials were complete on 4 May 1978 . Underway for sea trials the following day , the warship finally sailed home to San Diego on 13 June , arriving there on the 23d , after stops at Seal Beach and Long Beach . She spent the rest of the year testing her weapon systems and training with the newly installed equipment . Early in 1979 , " Berkeley " helped to test and evaluate two new missile systems . In February , she test - fired the " Tomahawk " cruise missile ; and , in April , she made eight " Standard " missile evaluation launches . After passing a combat systems readiness test in May , the warship then prepared for her first overseas deployment in almost two years . Departing San Diego on 8 August , the guided - missile destroyer transited the Pacific and arrived in Yokosuka on 1 September . There , she joined " Kitty Hawk " and put to sea for seven weeks of operations in the East China Sea . During this time , " Berkeley " also made port visits to Hong Kong and Subic Bay . On 22 October , following the assassination of South Korean President Park Chung Hee , the task group took up a position south of the peninsula . The crisis eased after a few weeks , and the task group resumed normal operations . On 10 November , the Kitty Hawk group steamed south for operations in the South China Sea . On 21 November , the warships received orders to proceed west in response to the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran , Iran . Arriving in the Indian Ocean on 5 December , the task group sailed to the Arabian Sea and took up a position south of the Iranian coast . 1980s . Following six weeks of contingency operations , " Berkeley " began her long transit home on 24 January 1980 , arriving in San Diego via Subic Bay and Pearl Harbor on 19 February . Later that spring , the warship conducted several gunfire and missile - firing exercises before beginning a restricted availability at Long Beach on 5 May . During the ensuing six weeks , " Berkeley " received extensive engineering work , including some new boiler tubes , and equipment upgrades to her weapons and operations departments . The guided - missile destroyer then spent the rest of the year conducting engineering tests and working out her new combat systems in air and surface gunnery and missile shoots . Underway on 27 February 1981 , " Berkeley " sailed to Pearl Harbor and then on to Guam , mooring there on 21 March . While en route to Subic Bay in early April , she conducted both antisubmarine and antiair warfare exercises , an underway routine that became the pattern for this deployment . The warship then joined other 7th Fleet units for a port visit to Pattaya Beach , Thailand , before participating in Exercise " Sea - Siam 81 - 2 . " " Berkeley " joined Royal Thai Navy warships in a variety of maneuvers , including tactical communications , formation keeping , and antisubmarine warfare . The guided - missile destroyer then moved back to Subic Bay , after diverting for stops at Sattahip , Thailand , and Hong Kong , where she joined the " Kitty Hawk " battle group . Departing on 13 May , the group sailed into the Indian Ocean for six weeks of antiair and surface warfare exercises before putting into Geraldton , Australia , for a week - long port visit in mid - July . " Berkeley " returned to Subic Bay on 4 August for three weeks of maintenance before steaming for home on 1 September . Arriving in San Diego on 21 September , the warship spent the next six months engaged in local operations and preparing for a regular overhaul . This routine was only broken by a call at San Francisco in late January 1982 and four - day visit to Mazatlan , Mexico , starting on 20 February . Entering the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 29 March , " Berkeley " received new engineering controls , upgrades to her electronic warfare , communications , sonar , and weapons systems — including the new Harpoon weapons system . Perhaps even more important to her crew , she also received a brand new air conditioning system . Underway for sea trials on 18 March , the guided - missile destroyer carried out a series of evaluations , local operations , and refresher training over the summer and fall in preparation for her next deployment . These included underway exercises with the " Kitty Hawk " battle group in September and November . After a flurry of preparations in the new year , she finally put to sea for the western Pacific on 13 January 1984 . Arriving in the Philippines on the 30th , " Berkeley " trained on the Tabones gunfire range during February ; and , following a 12 - day visit to Subic Bay , the guided - missile destroyer steamed to Pusan , South Korea , in early March . There , between 19 and 29 March , she participated in amphibious Exercise " Team Spirit 84 . " She then sailed to Subic Bay , for brief repairs , before steaming west for the Strait of Malacca on 7 April . With the establishment of the United States Central Command ( CentCom ) the previous year — partly in response to the outbreak of the Iran - Iraq war in 1980 — Navy warships began patrolling the Arabian Sea in support of CentCom ' s mission to protect American security interests in the Middle East . " Berkeley " arrived in the Arabian Sea on 16 April and served there for the next six weeks , helping to assure Western access to oil and seeking to stem the spread of Soviet influence in the region . During this period , she visited Al Masirah , Oman , for tender availability alongside . After another tender availability at Diego Garcia during the second week of June , the warship sailed for home on 15 June . En route , she stopped at Fremantle , Australia ; Subic Bay , Philippines ; and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii before arriving in San Diego on 1 August . " Berkeley " spent the next nine months conducting local operations in California waters , the highlight of which was the mid - October surveillance of a Soviet intelligence gathering trawler prowling the missile - test range at San Clemente Island . The warship then operated locally that spring until entering the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 3 May 1985 for repairs to her sonar dome . Resuming local operations on the 20th , " Berkeley " followed the familiar duty pattern — independent steaming off southern California punctuated by regular upkeep periods in port . The warship ' s first exercise in the new year took place between 14 and 22 January 1986 when " Berkeley " conducted a naval gunfire support exercise at San Clemente Island . Then , after a mid - March command inspection and upkeep early in April , she took part in " RimPac 86 , " an international naval exercise held in Hawaiian waters between 21 May and 12 June . After two more months of local training operations and other preparatory tasks , " Berkeley " got underway for a Far Eastern cruise on 12 August . In a change of pace from her usual route , the guided - missile destroyer followed a great circle route through the northern Pacific and the Bering Sea before arriving at Pusan , South Korea , on 1 September . After an ASW exercise with units of the Japanese Maritime Self - Defense Force at mid - month , and another ASW exercise with South Korean warships in mid - October , " Berkeley " sailed south for the Philippines on 7 November . Following a brief stop at Subic Bay to refuel , the warship conducted Exercise " Burgonex 86 " with the Royal Brunei Armed Forces between 15 and 23 November . Afterwards , she visited Pattaya Beach , Thailand , and then made a " freedom - of - navigation " demonstration off the coasts of Kampuchea and Vietnam in early December . " Berkeley " then stopped at Hong Kong and Subic Bay for port visits , before ending the year on her way to Chinhae , South Korea . Arriving there on 3 January 1987 , the warship conducted an ASW exercise in the Sea of Japan in early January before heading for home on the 12th . The next day , however , she suffered a pressure failure in her sonar dome and diverted to Guam for temporary repairs . Underway again on the 24th , " Berkeley " returned to San Diego , via Pearl Harbor , on 12 February . After a two - week leave and upkeep standdown , the warship resumed her familiar west coast routine . This included various weapons and supply inspections , equipment alterations in the shipyard — including more repairs to her sonar dome that summer — and training ashore for crew members . She rounded out the year with refresher training off southern California punctuated by minor repair periods alongside . " Berkeley " spent the spring of 1988 preparing for her next overseas deployment , on which she embarked on 6 July . In company with and TG 70 . 1 , the warship took the great circle route to South Korea , arriving at Pusan on the 24th . The group participated in surface warfare exercises with the South Korean Navy before heading south to Subic Bay on 5 August . Following a short availability there , " Berkeley " detached from the task group and continued farther south , arriving in Darwin , Australia , on 26 August . As part of Australia ' s bicentennial celebration , the guided - missile destroyer spent the next five weeks visiting ports on Australia ' s northern and eastern coasts . Starting with a visit to Cairns from 4 to 8 September , she moved on to stops at Townsville , Mackay , and Gladstone before putting into Sydney on the 26th for a week - long naval celebration with over 60 warships from 16 countries . " Berkeley " then made a visit to Bell Bay in Tasmania before rendezvousing with " New Jersey " on 18 October for the transit home , arriving in San Diego via Pearl Harbor on 9 November . Following a tender availability , the guided - missile destroyer spent the first nine months of 1989 conducting local training operations , standing combat systems ' inspections , and undergoing a phased maintenance availability at the Continental Marine Shipyard between 17 April and 5 July . After a final series of inspections in August , " Berkeley " got underway on 18 September in company with Enterprise and six other warships bound for the Far East once more . Steaming north to the Sea of Japan , the warship participated in " PacEx ' 89 , " a joint exercise with units of the South Korean and Japanese Navies . During most of October , she carried out antiair , surface , and subsurface warfare exercises off the coasts of Korea and Japan , including four SEAL team insertions , before putting into Hong Kong on the 31st . Sailing south , " Berkeley " arrived in Subic Bay on 11 November . After a two - week availability there , she moved to the Tabones training range to keep up her gunnery prowess . On the 30th , in response to a coup attempt against the Aquino government in Manila , the warship put to sea with the Enterprise battle group for contingency operations . As the crisis eased , " Berkeley " detached from the battle group on 12 December and sailed east to Thailand . En route , the guided - missile destroyer took part in more " freedom - of - navigation " missions off Vietnam and Kampuchea , before arriving at Pattaya Beach on the 14th . After four days there , the warship moved on to Singapore for a week of upkeep . Passing through the Strait of Malacca in late December , " Berkeley " and the " Enterprise " battle group sailed into the Indian Ocean and moored at Diego Garcia Island on 5 January 1990 . Next , the group operated in the northern Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf — keeping an eye on the still - tense ceasefire between Iran and Iraq — until putting into Muscat , Oman , for a port visit on the 20th . Following exercises with the Sultan of Oman ' s Navy , " Berkeley " left the battle group on 1 February and headed back east . She participated in exercises with the Royal Thai Navy on 3 February and , after a five - day visit to Phuket , Thailand , steamed into Subic Bay on the 18th . From there , the warship continued toward home and arrived at San Diego on 15 March . After a four - week leave and upkeep period , " Berkeley " resumed local operations out of San Diego . In addition to her usual training activities , however , the warship made several short indoctrination cruises for midshipmen . She also got underway in mid - July for a week of law enforcement operations with the Coast Guard . During these missions , which were intended to help interdict drug smuggling , the warship used surface - search radars and other equipment to spot small craft , which were then boarded by Coast Guard detachments . Although no drug seizures occurred , the warship did help the Coast Guard enforce maritime safety regulations . After returning to port on 23 July , " Berkeley " spent the rest of the year engaged in engineering inspections and exams . On 11 February 1991 , the warship embarked on another Coast Guard law enforcement mission off Central America . " Berkeley " began counternarcotics patrols off Baja California in mid - February ; and , save for a 22 February visit to Puerto Quetzal , Guatemala , there she remained for the next five weeks . Returning to San Diego on 8 April for maintenance , the guided - missile destroyer then set out on a two - week Coast Guard law enforcement patrol on the 26th . This was followed in mid - May by a gunnery and missile exercise . In early June , " Berkeley " departed San Diego and headed north to Oregon for the Portland Rose Festival , remaining there until the 12th . The warship returned to San Diego three days later and , over the next six weeks , conducted two midshipmen training cruises and another law enforcement patrol . In August and September , the guided - missile destroyer concentrated on refresher training and , in early October , she participated in underway training while in transit to San Francisco for " Fleet Week ' 91 . " Returning to San Diego on 25 October , the warship carried out a succession of engineering drills in the southern California operating area through November . Heading back to Portland on 2 December , " Berkeley " took part in the city ' s 50th anniversary commemoration of the bombing of Pearl Harbor . In light of the defense budget cutbacks following the end of the Cold War , the Navy made its 1990 decision to retire 54 ships . Thus , " Berkeley " was tapped for deactivation and eventual foreign transfer . Inactivated at San Diego on 1 May 1992 , she spent the summer preparing for transfer to the Greek Navy . " Berkeley " was decommissioned at San Diego on 30 September 1992 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1992 . She was transferred to the Hellenic Navy that same day and served as " HHMS Themistoklis " ( D 221 ) . Berkeley received 11 battle stars for Vietnam service . Hellenic Navy operational history . " Berkeley " was sold to Greece on 1 October 1992 , and renamed HHMS Themistocles ( D - 221 ) , after Themistocles . On 18 February 2002 , " Themistocles " was decommissioned in Salamis , Greece , which was the site of the great victory by the ancient Themistocles . She was sold for scrap on 19 February 2004 .