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U.S.S. CURRIER
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DE-700 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 14 OCT 1943 | ||
| FEB | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 1 FEB 1944 | ||
| MAR | 1948 | - | MAY | 1948 | Operation Sandstone-Atomic weapons testing at Eniwetok Atoll |
| APR | 1952 | - | SEP | 1952 | West Pac - Korea |
| APR | 1953 | - | DEC | 1953 | West Pac |
| APR | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 4 APR 1960 | ||
DE-700 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Complement: 15 Officers and 210 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 9.5 feet
Range: 3 700 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as target off California on 11 July 1967