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U.S.S. SPENCE
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DD-512 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 18 MAY 1942 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
OCT | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 27 OCT 1942 | ||
JAN | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 8 JAN 1943 |
DD-512 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher-class destroyer
Named for: Robert T. Spence
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Foundered in storm 18 December 1944