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U.S.S. WILLIAM T. POWELL

(DE-213)


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DE-213 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1943-Keel Date: 26 AUG 1943
at Charleston Navy Yard N. Charleston SC
NOV1943-Launch Date: 27 NOV 1943
MAR1944-Commissioned: 28 MAR 1944
NOV1947-NOV1947FORREST FIRES MT DESERT (BAR HARBOR) MAINE
JAN1958-Decommissioned: 17 JAN 1958

DE-213 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: William T. Powell

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:Sold for scrap 3 October 1966