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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
JAN1943-Keel Date: 27 JAN 1943
at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas
APR1943-Launch Date: 16 APR 1943
SEP1943-Commissioned: 16 SEP 1943
MAY1946-Decommissioned: 1 MAY 1946
FEB1962-JUN1962Dry Dock
JUL1962-SEP1962Guantanamo Bay
AUG1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
SEP1962-DEC1962North Atlantic
JAN1963-AUG1963West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-JUN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1966-MAR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1967-AUG1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1969-FEB1970West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1969-JUN1970West 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