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U.S.S. KOINER

(DE-331)

VIGILANCE

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DE-331 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1943-JAN1945Middle Pacific
JUL1943-Keel Date: 26 JUL 1943
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
OCT1943-Launch Date: 5 OCT 1943
DEC1943-Commissioned: 27 DEC 1943
JUL1965-SEP1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1968-JAN1969West Pac

DE-331 General Specifications

Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort

Named for: James Duval Koiner

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 3 September 1969