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U.S.S. FLAHERTY

(DE-135)


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DE-135 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1942-Keel Date: 7 NOV 1942
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
JAN1943-Launch Date: 17 JAN 1943
JUN1943-Commissioned: 26 JUN 1943
JUN1946-Decommissioned: 17 JUN 1946

DE-135 General Specifications

Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort

Named for: Francis C. Flaherty

Complement: 8 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1253 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36.58 feet

Flank Speed: 21 knots

Range: 9 100 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold 4 November 1966 scrapped