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U.S.S. DOUGLAS L. HOWARD

(DE-138)


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DE-138 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 8 DEC 1942
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
JAN1943-Launch Date: 24 JAN 1943
JAN1943-JUL1944North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
MAY1943-JUL1944North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUL1943-Commissioned: 29 JUL 1943
JUN1944-AUG1944Mediterranean-West Africa
JUN1944-JUL1944North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUL1944-JUL1944North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUN1946-Decommissioned: 17 JUN 1946

DE-138 General Specifications

Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort

Named for: Douglas Legate Howard

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 14 May 1974 scrapped