The USS Berkeley (DDG-15) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyer laid down on June 1, 1960, and launched on July 29, the following year. It was commissioned on December 15, 1962, under Comdr. Wyatt E. Harper’s command with the hull number DDG-15 and served in the US Navy for 30 years until it was decommissioned on September 30, 1992. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 354 people on board and had its main missions in Pearl Harbor, Yokosuka, the Tonkin Gulf, North Vietnam, the South China Sea, Subic Bay, Hawaii, and the Far East. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on October 1, 1992, and sold to Greece where it was renamed Themistoklis (D-221). For the services brought to the country during the Vietnam War, USS Berkeley received 11 battle stars. If you served on the USS Berkeley (DDG-15) you might have been exposed to toxic asbestos fibers. Asbestos-related diseases are usually diagnosed after a few decades after the exposure had occurred, mostly because the symptoms are very similar to common respiratory conditions such as bronchitis, pneumonitis, COPD, and are often misdiagnosed as such.
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