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U.S.S. SCHMITT

(APD-76)


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APD-76 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1943-Keel Date: 22 FEB 1943
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA
MAY1943-Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943
JUL1943-Commissioned: 24 JUL 1943
JUL1943-DEC1945Middle Pacific
JUN1949-Decommissioned: 28 JUN 1949

APD-76 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Aloysius Schmitt

Complement: 213 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 24 knots

Final Disposition: Sold to Taiwan February 1968