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U.S.S. STOCKHAM

(DD-683)


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DD-683 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 19 DEC 1942
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco CA
JUN1943-Launch Date: 25 JUN 1943
FEB1944-Commissioned: 11 FEB 1944
NOV1953-JUL1954Circumnavigation by way of Korea War Zone
DEC1953-JUL1954Circumnavigation
JAN1954-DEC1956Mediterranean
SEP1957-Decommissioned: 2 SEP 1957

DD-683 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: Fred W. Stockham

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 5 inches

Beam: 39 feet 7 inches

Flank Speed: 35 knots

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk as a target 17 February 1977