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U.S.S. EDWIN A. HOWARD
(DE-346)Click to view crew list
DE-346 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-346 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-346 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| NOV | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 15 NOV 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
| JAN | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 25 JAN 1944 | ||
| MAY | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 25 MAY 1944 | ||
| SEP | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 25 SEP 1946 | ||
| NOV | 1946 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 NOV 1946 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DE-346 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: Corporal Edwin Alfred Howard
Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 12 September 1973