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U.S.S. METCALFE

(DD-595)


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DD-595 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1943-Keel Date: 10 AUG 1943
at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton WA
JAN1944-DEC1945Middle Pacific
SEP1944-Launch Date: 25 SEP 1944
NOV1944-Commissioned: 18 NOV 1944

DD-595 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: James Metcalf

Complement: 329 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:Sold for scrap 6 June 1972