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USS WOODSON
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DE-359 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAR | 1944 | Keel Date: 7 MAR 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX |
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| APR | 1944 | Launch Date: 29 APR 1944 | |||
| MAY | 1951 | Commissioned: 19 MAY 1951 | |||
| JAN | 1954 | - | DEC | 1957 | Regular Overhaul |
| AUG | 1962 | Decommissioned: 11 AUG 1962 | |||
DE-359 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: Jeff Davis Woodson
Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 16 August 1966
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