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U.S.S. WOOLSEY

(DD-437)

GALLOPING GHOST OF THE AFRICAN COAST

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DD-437 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1939-Keel Date: 9 OCT 1939
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
FEB1941-Launch Date: 12 FEB 1941
MAY1941-Commissioned: 7 MAY 1941
JUL1945-AUG1945Panama Canal
FEB1947-Decommissioned: 6 FEB 1947

DD-437 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 3 inches

Beam: 36 feet 1 inches

Draft: 11 feet 10 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sold to Andy International Inc. for scrapping on 29 May