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U.S.S. SIMS

(DE-154)


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DE-154 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1942-Keel Date: 7 SEP 1942
at Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia
FEB1943-Launch Date: 6 FEB 1943
APR1943-Commissioned: 24 APR 1943
APR1946-Decommissioned: 24 APR 1946

DE-154 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: William Sims

Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 14 April 1961