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U.S.S. CASTLE

(DD-720)


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DD-720 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1945-Keel Date: 11 JUL 1945
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark NJ

DD-720 General Specifications

Named for: Guy W. S. Castle (1879-1919)

Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 3460 tons

Length: 390 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet 10 inches

Draft: 14 feet 4 in

Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold incomplete for scrapping 29 August 1955