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U.S.S. SPANGLER

(DE-696)


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DE-696 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR1943-Keel Date: 28 APR 1943
at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI
JUL1943-Launch Date: 15 JUL 1943
OCT1943-Commissioned: 31 OCT 1943
FEB1946-AUG1947Circumnavigation
JAN1957-JUL1957Cruise to WesPac
JAN1957-Shellback Initiation - 20 JAN 1957 - Pacific Ocean
OCT1958-Decommissioned: 8 OCT 1958

DE-696 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Donald H. Spangler

Complement: 15 Officers and 210 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 20 November 1972