Destroyer Squadron One (United States)

Destroyer Squadron One, also known as Destroyer Squadron 1 and often abbreviated at DESRON
DESRON
A destroyer squadron is a naval squadron or flotilla usually consisting of destroyers rather than other types of vessel. In some navies other vessels, such as frigates, may be included. In English the word "squadron" tends to be used for larger and "flotilla" for smaller vessels, both may be used...

ONE or DESRON 1, is a flotilla

Flotilla

A flotilla , or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same class of warship, such as frigates, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, gunboats, or minesweepers...

of warship

Warship

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s of the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

. Originally consisting of destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

s, the unit was established around the time of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. The squadron served in the Pacific Campaign

Pacific War

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of World War II

World War II

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and the Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

after which it was disbanded. In October 1993 the squadron was reformed from Surface Squadron One. It has been a United States Navy Reserve

United States Navy Reserve

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unit for a long period. Currently (2011), the squadron consists of five Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie...

s (Gary

USS Gary (FFG-51)

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, McClusky

USS McClusky (FFG-41)

USS McClusky , an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky...

, Rentz

USS Rentz (FFG-46)

USS Rentz is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided missile frigate, of the United States Navy, the 40th ship to be constructed of its class. The Rentz was named after World War II Navy Chaplain George S. Rentz . Chaplain Rentz was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for selfless bravery following...

, Vandegrift

USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)

USS Vandegrift is an of the United States Navy. The ship was named for General Alexander A. Vandegrift , 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps....

and Jarrett

USS Jarrett (FFG-33)

, was the twenty-fifth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates, was named for Vice Admiral Harry B. Jarrett ....

) and is assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet

United States Pacific Fleet

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. The squadron is based at Naval Base San Diego.

In April 2011, the squadron's commodore, Captain Donald Hornbeck, was relieved of command by Carl Vinson

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

The USS Carl Vinson is the third United States Navy Nimitz class supercarrier and is named after Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia. Carl Vinson's callsign is "Gold Eagle". It played host to the first NCAA basketball game on an aircraft carrier on 11/11/11 between the University of North...

strike group commander Rear Admiral Samuel Perez during an investigation into a possible improper relationship. At the time, the squadron was on a deployment to the Arabian Sea

Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...

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