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USS IRA JEFFERY
(DE-63)Click Here
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DE-63 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-63 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-63 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| FEB | 1943 | Keel Date: 13 FEB 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA |
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| MAY | 1943 | Launch Date: 15 MAY 1943 | |||
| AUG | 1943 | Commissioned: 15 AUG 1943 | |||
| JUN | 1946 | Decommissioned: 18 JUN 1946 | |||
DE-63 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 9 feet 6 in
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as target July 1962

































