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U.S.S. SUTTON
(DE-771)Click to view crew list
DE-771 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-771 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-771 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| AUG | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 23 AUG 1943 at Tampa Shipbuilding Company Tampa FL | ||
| AUG | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 6 AUG 1944 | ||
| DEC | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 22 DEC 1944 | ||
| MAR | 1948 | - | Decommissioned: 19 MAR 1948 | ||
| MAY | 1949 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 MAY 1949 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
DE-771 General Specifications
Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort
Named for: Shelton B. Sutton
Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1240 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Loaned to South Korea 2 February 1956