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U.S.S. SWASEY

(DE-248)


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DE-248 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 30 DEC 1942
at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas
MAR1943-Launch Date: 18 MAR 1943
AUG1943-Commissioned: 31 AUG 1943
MAR1946-Decommissioned: 15 MAR 1946

DE-248 General Specifications

Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort

Named for: Charles Swasey

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 30 January 1974