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U.S.S. FREDERICK C. DAVIS
(DE-136)Click to view crew list
DE-136 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| NOV | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 9 NOV 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
| JAN | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 24 JAN 1943 | ||
| JUL | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 14 JUL 1943 | ||
DE-136 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Frederick Curtice Davis
Complement: 8 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1253 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36.58 feet
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 9 100 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sunk during the Battle of Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945