After shakedown training along the west coast , the destroyer departed San Diego on 2 January 1951 .
After shakedown training along the west coast , the destroyer set a course for the Far East and service in the six - month - old Korean War .
After shakedown training along the west coast , the destroyer departed San Diego on 2 January 1951 and set a course for the Far East and service in the six - month - old Korean War .