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U.S.S. SPANGENBERG
(DE-223)Click to view crew list
DE-223 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-223 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-223 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| APR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 5 APR 1943 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | ||
| JUL | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 3 JUL 1943 | ||
| JAN | 1944 | - | JAN | 1946 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 15 MAR 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 18 OCT 1947 | ||
DE-223 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Kenneth J. Spangenberg
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 3 October 1966