USS Stickell ( DD - 888 ) USS " Stickell " ( DD - 888 ) was a of the United States Navy . She was named for Lieutenant John H . Stickell USNR ( 1914 – 1943 ) , who was killed in action at Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 13 December 1943 and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross . USS " Stickell " ( DD - 888 ) . 1945 – 1950 . " Stickell " ( DD - 888 ) was laid down on 5 January 1945 at Orange , Texas , by the Consolidated Steel Corporation ; launched on 16 June 1945 ; sponsored by Miss Sue Stickell ; and commissioned on 31 October 1945 , Comdr . Francis E . Fleck in command . Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet , " Stickell " operated under Commander , Amphibious Training , Galveston , Texas , for a month , 10 December 1945 to 11 January 1946 . She then conducted shakedown training out of Guantánamo Bay , Cuba , before arriving in Charleston , South Carolina , on 11 March for post - shakedown availability . She shifted to Norfolk , Virginia , on 21 April and , until 6 May , supported carrier qualifications from that port with . She then screened " Kearsarge " to Guantanamo Bay and , from there , to the Panama Canal . She returned to Norfolk on 13 June . Two days later , she got underway for the west coast . Heading via the Panama Canal , she reached San Diego , California , on 29 June and joined Destroyer Division ( DesDiv ) 11 . Over the next four and one - half years , " Stickell " made three cruises to the Far East to serve with the 7th Fleet . During these deployments , she visited the Philippines , the Marianas , Japan , North / South Korea , China , and Okinawa . After each tour of duty in the western Pacific , she returned to duty along the west coast and in Hawaiian waters . Drills and exercises occupied the bulk of her time during the postwar period . Korea , 1950 – 1952 . On 6 November 1950 , " Stickell " completed overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and sailed for the Korean War Zone with DesDiv 52 . She made Sasebo , Japan , on the 27th and , three days later , joined the screen of Task Force ( TF ) 77 . The destroyer ' s first Korean War tour lasted until 20 July 1951 . During that deployment , she operated with the fast carriers off the southern and eastern coasts of Korea , participated in anti - submarine warfare exercises off Yokosuka , Japan , conducted shore bombardments of the Songjin - Wonsan area and patrolled the waters off Shingjin , Yong - do , and Chongjin for enemy small craft . In addition , she landed Republic of Korea intelligence teams on hostile shores : and she rescued three air crewmen while on lifeguard duty for the carriers . On 20 July 1951 , she headed east toward the United States and arrived in San Diego , California , on 4 August . For almost seven months , " Stickell " remained on the west coast , conducting training operations out of San Diego . On 26 January 1952 , she put to sea for the Far East once again . After stopping at Yokosuka from 19 to 23 February , she began her second combat tour in Korean waters . Between 23 February and 19 March , she operated with TF 77 off the coast of Korea and made three shore bombardments ; one off Yong - do on 28 February with heavy cruiser ; one at the bombline on 5 March ; and one off Singchong - Ni on 11 March with . On the 19th , " Stickell " and the rest of DesDiv 52 joined the United Nations blockading and escort force , Task Group ( TG ) 95 . 2 . As the bombardment and patrol element , " Stickell " not only blockaded Hŭngnam , but also delivered interdiction and shore bombardment fire . After bombarding Wonsan Harbor on 31 March , she rejoined TF 77 on 1 April and retired with that force to Yokosuka . She remained at Yokosuka during the first two weeks in April ; then resumed support for TF 77 air strikes and intermittent shore bombardments . She was in Yokosuka from 29 May to 18 June for dry - docking and repairs before conducting a brief operation along Korea ' s east coast , including a night landing in the vicinity of Pohang Dong . " Stickell " cleared the area on 23 June with DesDiv 52 for exercises out of Buckner Bay , Okinawa . The division returned to Yokosuka on 5 July and , on the 6th , was underway again to visit Hong Kong and to patrol the Taiwan Strait . She rendezvoused with Carrier Division 3 on the 14th and , with TG 50 . 3 , conducted operations in the Philippines and in the South China Sea , before returning to the Taiwan area to rejoin TF 77 on the 27th . After further operations off the eastern coast of Korea , she entered Yokosuka on 6 August and , four days later , sailed for return to the United States . 1953 – 1962 . " Stickell " arrived in San Diego on 26 August and remained there until 13 December , when she was decommissioned at Long Beach to begin conversion to a radar picket destroyer ( DDR ) . On 2 September 1953 , " Stickell " ( DDR - 888 ) was recommissioned at Long Beach , Comdr . James Boyd in command . Following training out of Long Beach , she joined DesDiv 21 at San Diego on 18 January 1954 . Two days later , she and her division headed for the western Pacific . This deployment consisted primarily of hunter - killer training and Taiwan Strait patrol . On 1 June , she departed Sasebo on a voyage to complete a circumnavigation of the globe . Along the way , she visited Hong Kong , Singapore , Ceylon , Kenya , South Africa , Brazil , and Trinidad , She reached Norfolk , Virginia , on 10 August 1954 and joined DesDiv 262 of the Atlantic Fleet . For the next nine years , " Stickell " served the Atlantic Fleet as a radar destroyer . Between 1954 and 1958 , she went through two complete training cycles , including yard overhauls , Mediterranean deployments , refresher training , and NATO and Atlantic Fleet exercises . She received the latest in electronic equipment during her 1958 overhaul ; and , soon thereafter , she was outfitted with an experimental data processing and weapons analysis system . In 1961 , she earned the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer force Antiair Warfare Trophy . Her seven - month Mediterranean cruise in 1962 was highlighted by an excursion into the Black Sea . In the fall of 1962 , " Stickell " participated in the Cuban Quarantine and showed great efficiency by departing Norfolk on very short notice to assume her station . 1963 – 1965 . In May 1963 , she entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization ( FRAM ) overhaul . " Stickell " surrendered her anti - aircraft warfare electronics equipment in return for the latest in ASW gear , including ASROC missiles and DASH drone helicopters . Early in 1964 , she rejoined the Atlantic Fleet in Destroyer Squadron ( DesRon ) 12 as a straight DD . Home ported at Newport , Rhode Island , she became the flagship of DesDiv 122 . Following refresher training in April , she became a unit of the midshipman training squadron and made a cruise to northern European ports in June and July . From August to November , she served with the Atlantic Anti - submarine Warfare Forces ; then she deployed to the Mediterranean until March 1965 . She returned to Newport and , in April , shifted to Norfolk to complete her DASH outfitting . In June , " Stickell " joined TF 124 , in supporting United States and other OAS forces operating in the Dominican Republic during the 1965 upheavals in that country . After five weeks of patrolling , she entered the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard at Boston , Massachusetts , for a six - week overhaul . In October , she took station off the west coast of Africa to participate in the recovery of Gemini 6 . However , the mission was scrubbed , and " Stickell " returned , via Martinique , to Newport . In November and early December , she participated in amphibious exercises at Vieques Island , near Puerto Rico ; then returned to Newport . Vietnam , 1966 . On 19 January 1966 , " Stickell " , along with the other units of Destroyer Squadron 12 , departed Newport for duty with the 7th Fleet in the Far East . After transiting the Panama Canal and brief stops at San Diego and Pearl Harbor , the ship commenced wartime operations in the South China Sea in support of the Republic of Vietnam . While attached to the 7th Fleet , " Stickell " was assigned to Search and Rescue ( SAR ) and helicopter inflight refueling duties in the Gulf of Tonkin ; plane guard ing for various attack carriers , especially ; and gunfire support duties . During the deployment , the ship visited the following Far East ports : Kaohsiung , Formosa ; Yokosuka , Japan ; Subic Bay , Philippines ; Hong Kong ; and Naha , Okinawa . En route back to Newport — completely circumnavigating the world — " Stickell " visited Port Dickson , Malaysia ; Cochin , India ; and Aden . She transited the Suez Canal and touched at Athens , Greece ; Palma , Mallorca ; and Gibraltar . The ship returned to Newport on 17 August 1966 . 1966 – 1968 . In October 1966 , " Stickell " entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for overhaul . She emerged in February 1967 and headed toward Guantánamo Bay for refresher training . " Stickell " then headed for Culebra Island where she qualified as a naval gunfire support ship . After a short inport period , " Stickell " deployed on a four - month ASW cruise . During the northern European segment of the cruise , " Stickell " visited Bergen , Norway ; Aarhus , Denmark ; Sundsvall , Sweden ; and Thurso , Scotland . She operated with ships and aircraft from the navies of Norway , Denmark , West Germany , Great Britain , and France . " Stickell " then entered the Mediterranean Sea and joined the 6th Fleet . She operated with and several other destroyers as a " pouncer " ASW Task Force . While in the Mediterranean , " Stickell " visited Naples , Italy ; Valletta , Malta ; and Palermo , Sicily . On 19 September 1967 , she steamed past Brenton Reef Light and was home again . Before the end of the year , " Stickell " participated in two ASW exercises . The first , " Canus Silex , " a combined Canadian - United States ASW exercise and the second , " Fixwex India . " By February 1968 , " Stickell " was preparing for a visit to the Caribbean and her part in " Springboard 68 . " After leaving frozen Newport behind , " Stickell " participated in a variety of training operations designed to sharpen her crew ' s already finely honed efficiency . Following " Springboard " , she acted as sonar training ship at the Fleet Antisubmarine Warfare School at Key West , Florida . The next several months were spent preparing for " Stickell " s next deployment . On 2 July 1968 , " Stickell " left Newport for a six - month , 13 - nation cruise of the Indian Ocean as part of the Navy ' s Middle East Force . She visited San Juan , Puerto Rico ; Recife , Brazil ; Luanda , Angola ; Lourenço Marques , Mozambique ; Port Louis , Mauritius ; Cochin , India ; Karachi , Pakistan ; Bahrain ; Massawa , Ethiopia ; Mombasa , Kenya ; Assab , Ethiopia ; Bandar Abbas , Iran ; Bushehr , Iran ; Kuwait ; and Dakar , Senegal — touching some ports more than once . While in the Persian Gulf area , " Stickell " participated in the international naval exercise " Middlinx XL " . Together with units of the United States , British , and Iranian navies , " Stickell " once again demonstrated her readiness in the fields of anti - submarine and anti - aircraft warfare . " Stickell " returned home on 10 January 1969 . 1969 – 1972 . Over the next three years , " Stickell " alternated deployments with operations off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea . She was deployed to the Mediterranean again from September 1969 until late March 1970 , when she returned to Norfolk , After post - deployment leave and upkeep , she headed to Davisville , Rhode Island , on 18 May for a month of hull repairs . Back in Norfolk again on 20 June , she remained there , except for two brief operations with in July , until 9 November when she got underway to off - load ammunition at Yorktown , in preparation for drydocking at Newport News , Virginia , from 13 November until 7 December . For the remainder of the year , she prepared for deployment to the Indian Ocean . Her second deployment with the Middle Eastern Force began on 7 January 1971 , when she put to sea from Norfolk and ended on 29 June , upon her return to Norfolk . In the meantime , she visited ports in Brazil , Angola , Mozambique , Madagascar , Mauritius , Bahrein , Saudi Arabia , Ethiopia , Iran , India , Pakistan , Kenya , and Senegal . At the end of this , her last , deployment , " Stickell " remained in the Virginia Capes area - for the most part at anchor or in port . She spent most of the remainder of 1971 and the first half of 1972 preparing for decommissioning and transfers to the government of Greece . On 1 July 1972 , " Stickell " was decommissioned and struck from the Navy list . Immediately thereafter , the Greek Navy took possession of her and recommissioned her as " Kanaris " ( D - 212 ) . Awards . " Stickell " ( DD - 888 ) earned six battle stars for Korean War service and one for service in the Vietnam War . HNS " Kanaris " ( D - 212 ) . " Kanaris " ( D - 212 ) ( Greek " Κανάρης " ) was the second ship in the Hellenic Navy with this name ( the first was , the former , a Hunt III - class destroyer transferred to Greece from the Royal Navy in 1941 ) was named for Admiral Constantine Kanaris ( 1793 – 1877 ) , a fire ship captain in the Greek War of Independence , and later Prime Minister of Greece . She commissioned into the Hellenic Navy ( Greek Navy ) on 1 July 1972 at Norfolk , Virginia , by Cdr . K . Zografos HN . After sea trials and training she sailed to Greece where she arrived on 29 March 1973 . She served in the Hellenic Navy for 20 years as part of the Destroyers Command Force . She performed many patrols in the Aegean Sea participated in Greek and NATO exercises and had active participation in the conflicts with Turkey in 1974 and 1987 . The Ship ' s Badge depicts the hand of a fire ship captain holding the torch used to set on fire the fire ship , while the fireship sails toward an Ottoman flagship during Greek War of Independence , the same badge used for the later frigate bearing the same name . " Kanaris " was decommissioned on 15 September 1993 , and sold for scrap in 2002 .