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U.S.S. RICHARD M. ROWELL
(DE-403)ROWDY DICK
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DE-403 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-403 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-403 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| AUG | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 18 AUG 1943 | ||
| AUG | 1943 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 AUG 1943 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 17 NOV 1943 | ||
| MAR | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 9 MAR 1944 | ||
| JUL | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 2 JUL 1946 | ||
DE-403 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escortWGT (geared
Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 10 inches
Draft: 13 feet 4 in
Range: 6 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping June 1969