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USS MARCHAND
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DE-249 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1942 | Keel Date: 30 DEC 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas |
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| MAR | 1943 | Launch Date: 20 MAR 1943 | |||
| SEP | 1943 | Commissioned: 8 SEP 1943 | |||
| APR | 1947 | Decommissioned: 15 APR 1947 | |||
DE-249 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Roy Joseph Marchand
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 for scrapping 30 January 1974
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