1937 - 1939 |
Homeport: Cordova, Alaska
Bering Sea Patrol Force |
1939 |
Homeport changed to New York |
1940 - 1941 |
Patrols on the Grand Banks
of Newfoundland, International Ice Patrol |
1941 |
Assigned to weather station duty,
Atlantic |
Following entry by U.S. into WWII,
by Executive Order
Spencer becomes part of the Navy
September 11, 1941 |
homeport: Boston, Massachusetts
Designated CG-36, reports to Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet |
1942 - 1944 |
convoy escort North Atlantic |
September 1944 |
converted to Communications Command
Ship |
October 1944 |
reported to Seventh (Pacific) Fleet
took active part in invasions on Luzon & Palawan
in the Philippines |
1946 |
Resumed duty with the US Coast
Guard, Ocean Station duty |
1947 |
Homeport: New York
Navigational aid to over-ocean flights, rescue services |
January 1969 |
Deployed to South Vietnam, barrier
surveillance |
November 1969 |
Resumed duty homeport: New York
Ocean Station vessel |
|
January 1974 |
Decommissioned
Last
voyage New York to Maryland
(WWII Association would be formed on this voyage) |
