Hellenic Navy Operational History
Berkeley was sold to Greece on 1 October 1992, and renamed HHMS Themistocles (D-221), after Themistocles.
On 18 February 2002, Themistocles was decommissioned in Salamis, Greece, which was the site of the great victory by the ancient Themistocles. She was sold for scrap on 19 February 2004.
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