The document available for download below is a draft of the historical details from the Calvert’s call back into service at the beginning of the Korean War through to December, 1953.

The 40-page document (a .pdf file) may be viewed or downloaded here: USS Calvert – Chronological Research Notes – 1950.06 to 19453.12.31 – v2023.04.24

and includes details on the following events and activities, among many other details:

• Calvert called out the mothball fleet in August of 1950 and recommissioning in October 1950 in Norfolk, VA
• Voyage from Norfolk to the West Coast in early 1951
• “First” Far East Cruise – April 1951 to August 1951
• Second Far East Cruise – October 1952 to April 1953
• Third Far East Cruise – August 1953 to September 1953
• Drydock and training – September 1953 to December 1953

Please leave comments below or email me directly if you have any corrections, questions, or details you would like to share.

This version represents a “working draft” and as such there may be formatting issues, grammatical errors, as well as historical inaccuracies, incomplete or conflicting details.

Document version history as follows:

• v2023.04.24 – Major updates to all sections.
• v2020.05.11 – Current published version. Corrected and re-aligned historical details for several operations; Added photos and maps for the Chigasaki exercises in summer, 1951 and for the Tokchock, Korea exercise in December, 1952.
• v2020.05.05 – Rough draft, first published.