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U.S.S. SNOWDEN
(DE-246)CHANGE AGENT
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DE-246 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-246 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-246 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 7 DEC 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas | ||
FEB | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 19 FEB 1943 | ||
AUG | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 23 AUG 1943 | ||
JAN | 1954 | - | MAR | 1955 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
DE-246 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Thomas Snowden
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 as target off Newport Rhode Island 27 June 1969