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U.S.S. CORBESIER

(DE-438)

DANGEROUS BESSIE

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DE-438 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1943-Keel Date: 4 NOV 1943
FEB1944-Launch Date: 13 FEB 1944
MAR1944-Commissioned: 31 MAR 1944
AUG1944-Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1944 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1946-Decommissioned: 2 JUL 1946

DE-438 General Specifications

Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1350 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 10 inches

Draft: 13 feet 4 in

Flank Speed: 24 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Company Baltimore Ma