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U.S.S. STRAUS

(DE-408)


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DE-408 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DE-408 Shellback Initiation Add a DE-408 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1943-Keel Date: 18 NOV 1943
at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas
DEC1943-Launch Date: 30 DEC 1943
APR1944-Commissioned: 6 APR 1944
JUL1944-Shellback Initiation - 30 JUL 1944 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1947-Decommissioned: 15 JAN 1947

DE-408 General Specifications

Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Named for: David H. Straus

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:Sunk as target August 1973