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U.S.S. CAMP
(DE-251)TWO IF BY SEA
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DE-251 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-251 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-251 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 27 JAN 1943 at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas | ||
APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 16 APR 1943 | ||
SEP | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 16 SEP 1943 | ||
MAY | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 1 MAY 1946 | ||
FEB | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | Dry Dock |
JUL | 1962 | - | SEP | 1962 | Guantanamo Bay |
AUG | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
SEP | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | North Atlantic |
JAN | 1963 | - | AUG | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1965 | - | JUN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1969 | - | FEB | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1969 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DE-251 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Jack Hill Camp
Complement: 8 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1253 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 6 inches
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 9 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to South Vietnam 13 February 1971