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U.S.S. DANIEL T. GRIFFIN

(APD-38)

DANNY T

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APD-38 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1942-Keel Date: 7 SEP 1942
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
FEB1943-Launch Date: 25 FEB 1943
JUN1943-Commissioned: 9 JUN 1943
MAY1946-Decommissioned: 30 MAY 1946

APD-38 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Daniel T. Griffin

Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to Chile 15 November 1966