Charles P. Cecil entered the New York Naval Shipyard for her FRAM I modernization. Her armament was optimised for anti-submarine warfare and she was redesignated DD-835 on 30 July 1963. Her yard period lasted until May 1964. In July 1973 Charles P. Cecil was assigned to naval reserve squadron COMDESRON TWO EIGHT and homeported in New London, Connecticut. Greek service Charles P. Cecil was struck from the United States Navy's rolls of fighting ships on 1 October 1979 and subsequently sold to Greece and renamed Apostolis (D216) on 8 August 1980. She served with the Hellenic Navy until she was decommissioned in 1993. She was scrapped in March 2003. References External links Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy Ships built in Bath, Maine 1945 ships World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Vietnam War destroyers of the United States Gearing-class destroyers of the Hellenic Navy