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U.S.S. COLHOUN

(DD-801)


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DD-801 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1943-Keel Date: 3 AUG 1943
at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA
APR1944-Launch Date: 10 APR 1944
JUL1944-Commissioned: 8 JUL 1944

DD-801 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: Edmund Colhoun

Complement: 273 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 39 feet 8 inches

Flank Speed: 38 kn

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk in action 6 April 1945