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U.S.S. IRA JEFFERY
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DE-63 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 13 FEB 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA | ||
MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 15 MAY 1943 | ||
AUG | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 15 AUG 1943 | ||
FEB | 1944 | - | MAY | 1946 | North Atlantic |
JUN | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 18 JUN 1946 |
DE-63 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 9 feet 6 in
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as target July 1962