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USS AMESBURY
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DE-66 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAR | 1943 | Keel Date: 8 MAR 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA |
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| JUN | 1943 | Launch Date: 5 JUN 1943 | |||
| AUG | 1943 | Commissioned: 30 AUG 1943 | |||
| JUN | 1944 | - | JUN | 1944 | D-Day Support |
| JUL | 1946 | Decommissioned: 3 JUL 1946 | |||
DE-66 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: Sold for scrap 24 October 1962Sank under tow off Key West
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