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USS WILLIAMS
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DE-372 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUN | 1944 | Keel Date: 5 JUN 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX |
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| AUG | 1944 | Launch Date: 22 AUG 1944 | |||
| NOV | 1944 | Commissioned: 11 NOV 1944 | |||
| JUN | 1946 | Decommissioned: 4 JUN 1946 | |||
DE-372 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: George Washington Williams
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:Sunk as target off California 29 June 1968








