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U.S.S. DORTCH

(DD-670)


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DD-670 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 2 MAR 1943
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ
JUN1943-Launch Date: 20 JUN 1943
AUG1943-Commissioned: 7 AUG 1943
AUG1944-MAY1945Middle Pacific
APR1953-DEC1953Circumnavigation
OCT1955- Shellback Initiation - 12 OCT 1955 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1957-Decommissioned: 13 DEC 1957

DD-670 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: Isaac Foote Dortch

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 39 feet inches

Flank Speed: 38 knots

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to Argentina as Espora 1 August 1961