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The USS McClusky was laid down in 1981 and entered service in 1983. Some noteworthy happenings include guarding USS Enterprise, in the Indian Ocean in 1986. In 1988 she took part in an exercise in the middle East, followed by another deployment in 1990 where she would visit Kuwait. Also in 1990, she hosted the visit of three soviet ships in San Diego. As 1991 closed in her homeport was shifted to Yokosuka in Japan, where she would assist in evactuating civillians from the philippines after a vulcano broke out. During her carrer she was awarded the Battle E several times, the last one was awarded in 2013. After a lenghty carreer, it was decided to sell her and USS Curts to the Mexican Navy, that deal failed shortly after. She was decommissioned in 2015 after 31 years of service, being sent into reserve fleet. It was decided to sink her in the RIMPAC 2018 exercise, where she was ultimately sunk 55 nautical miles off Hawaii on the 19th of July.
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