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USS PURDY
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DD-734 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1943 | Keel Date: 22 DEC 1943 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME |
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| MAY | 1944 | Launch Date: 7 MAY 1944 | |||
| JUL | 1944 | Commissioned: 18 JUL 1944 | |||
| OCT | 1951 | - | APR | 1952 | Circumnavigation |
| APR | 1953 | - | OCT | 1953 | Circumnavigation |
| JUL | 1957 | - | AUG | 1957 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1957 | - | SEP | 1957 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
DD-734 General Specifications
Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Named for: Frederick Warren Purdy
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2250 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet
Flank Speed: 34 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold 11 June 1974 and broken up for scrap.
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