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DE-763 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 1 MAR 1943
at Tampa Shipbuilding Company Tampa FL
OCT1943-Launch Date: 19 OCT 1943
DEC1943-Commissioned: 15 DEC 1943
MAR1947-Decommissioned: 28 MAR 1947

DE-763 General Specifications

Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort

Named for: William Finnic Cates

Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1240 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 10 inches

Flank Speed: 21 knots

Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to France 11 November 1950