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U.S.S. GWIN

(DD-433)

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DD-433 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1939-Keel Date: 1 JUN 1939
at Boston Navy Yard
MAY1940-Launch Date: 25 MAY 1940
JAN1941-Commissioned: 15 JAN 1941
MAY1942- Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1942 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1942- Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1942 - Pacific Ocean

DD-433 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 3 inches

Beam: 36 feet 1 inches

Draft: 11 feet 10 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Damaged beyond repair 13 July 1943; scuttled by torpedoes