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U.S.S. WILLIAM C. COLE

(DE-641)


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DE-641 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1943-Keel Date: 5 SEP 1943
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco
DEC1943-Launch Date: 29 DEC 1943
MAY1944-Commissioned: 12 MAY 1944
MAR1948-Decommissioned: 13 MAR 1948

DE-641 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: William Carey Cole

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