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U.S.S. DORTCH
(DD-670)Click to view crew list
DD-670 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-670 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-670 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 2 MAR 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny NJ | ||
JUN | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 20 JUN 1943 | ||
AUG | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 7 AUG 1943 | ||
AUG | 1944 | - | MAY | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
APR | 1953 | - | DEC | 1953 | Circumnavigation |
OCT | 1955 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 OCT 1955 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1957 | - | 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