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U.S.S. SOLAR
(DE-221)Click to view crew list
DE-221 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 22 FEB 1943 | ||
| MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | ||
| SEP | 1943 | - | MAY | 1946 | North Atlantic |
| FEB | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 15 FEB 1944 | ||
| MAY | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 21 MAY 1946 | ||
DE-221 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: BM1 Adolfo Solar
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Scuttled following ammunition explosion 9 June 1946