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U.S.S. TOMICH

(DE-242)

THE FIGHTING TOM

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DE-242 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1942-Keel Date: 15 SEP 1942
at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas
DEC1942-Launch Date: 28 DEC 1942
JUL1943-Commissioned: 27 JUL 1943
SEP1946-Decommissioned: 20 SEP 1946

DE-242 General Specifications

Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort

Named for: Peter Tomich

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:Sold for scrapping 18 January 1974