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U.S.S. THOMPSON

(DD-627)


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DD-627 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1941-Keel Date: 22 SEP 1941
at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
JUL1942-Launch Date: 15 JUL 1942
JUL1943-Commissioned: 10 JUL 1943
JUN1944-JUN1944D-Day 6 Jun 1944
FEB1947-SEP1947WesPac - Tsingtao China
MAY1954-Decommissioned: 18 MAY 1954

DD-627 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 for scrap 7 August 1972