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USS SHELTON
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DE-407 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| NOV | 1943 | Keel Date: 1 NOV 1943 at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas |
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| DEC | 1943 | Launch Date: 18 DEC 1943 | |||
| APR | 1944 | Commissioned: 4 APR 1944 | |||
DE-407 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: James A. Shelton
Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 24 kn
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sunk 3 October 1944
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