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U.S.S. BOWERS
(DE-637)Click to view crew list
DE-637 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-637 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-637 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 28 MAY 1943 at Bethlehem Steel | ||
OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 31 OCT 1943 | ||
JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 27 JAN 1944 | ||
MAY | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
DEC | 1958 | - | Decommissioned: 18 DEC 1958 | ||
SEP | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 SEP 1976 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 SEP 1976 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 SEP 1976 - Atlantic Ocean |
DE-637 General Specifications
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 9.5 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Final Disposition: Sent to the Philippines on 21 April 1961 renamed Rajah Soliman (D-66)Scrapped in 1966