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U.S.S. LANSDOWNE

(DD-486)


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DD-486 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1941-Keel Date: 31 JUL 1941
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
FEB1942-Launch Date: 20 FEB 1942
APR1942-Commissioned: 29 APR 1942
MAY1946-Decommissioned: 2 MAY 1946

DD-486 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Named for: Zachery Lansdowne

Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 4 inches

Beam: 36 feet

Flank Speed: 37 Knots

Range: 6 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to Turkey 10 June 1949