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U.S.S. LEE FOX

(DE-65)


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DE-65 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 1 MAR 1943
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA
MAY1943-Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943
AUG1943-Commissioned: 30 AUG 1943
MAY1946-Decommissioned: 13 MAY 1946

DE-65 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: Sold for scrap 31 January 1966