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U.S.S. NELSON

(DD-623)


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DD-623 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1942-Keel Date: 7 MAY 1942
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
SEP1942-Launch Date: 15 SEP 1942
NOV1942-Commissioned: 26 NOV 1942
JUN1944-JUN1944Normandy

DD-623 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: Sold 18 July 1969 andbroken up for scrap