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U.S.S. MARSH

(DE-699)

READINESS IN RESERVE

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DE-699 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1943-Keel Date: 23 JUN 1943
at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI
SEP1943-Launch Date: 25 SEP 1943
JAN1944-Commissioned: 12 JAN 1944
JAN1945-JAN1946Middle Pacific
SEP1946-JAN1948Dry Dock
JAN1953-JAN1954furnishing electric power to korea
JAN1961-SEP1961West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1962-Decommissioned: 1 AUG 1962

DE-699 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Benjamin R. Marsh

Complement: 186 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 24 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 20 February 1974