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U.S.S. JAMES E. CRAIG

(DE-201)

THE JAMES EASY

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DE-201 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1942-DEC1946Mediterranean
APR1943-Keel Date: 15 APR 1943
at Brown Ship Building Company
JUN1943-Shellback Initiation - 4 JUN 1943 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1943-Launch Date: 22 JUL 1943
NOV1943-Commissioned: 11 NOV 1943
JUL1946-Decommissioned: 2 JUL 1946

DE-201 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: James Edwin Craig

Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk as target off California February 1969