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U.S.S. BARON
(DE-166)Click to view crew list
DE-166 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-166 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-166 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| NOV | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 30 NOV 1942 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark New J | ||
| MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 9 MAY 1943 | ||
| JUL | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 5 JUL 1943 | ||
| SEP | 1943 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 SEP 1943 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 26 APR 1946 | ||
DE-166 General Specifications
Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort
Named for: Richard S. Baron
Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1240 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Uruguay 3 May 1952