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U.S.S. FIEBERLING
(DE-640)Click to view crew list
DE-640 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 19 MAR 1944 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco | ||
APR | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 11 APR 1944 | ||
APR | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 2 APR 1944 | ||
APR | 1944 | - | NOV | 1945 | USS Fieberling enters the Pacific war zone in 1944 |
MAR | 1948 | - | Decommissioned: 13 MAR 1948 |
DE-640 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Langdon K. Fieberling
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 9 inches
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Range: 4 940 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 20 November 1972