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U.S.S. FRANKFORD
(DD-497)Click to view crew list
DD-497 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1941 | - | Keel Date: 5 JUN 1941 at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | ||
MAY | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 17 MAY 1942 | ||
MAR | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 31 MAR 1943 | ||
MAR | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 6 MAR 1946 |
DD-497 General Specifications
Class: Gleaves-class destroyer
Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted
Displacement: 1630 tons
Length: 348 feet 3 inches
Beam: 36 feet 1 inches
Draft: 11 feet 10 in
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 4 December 1973