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U.S.S. STANTON
(DE-247)Click to view crew list
DE-247 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 7 DEC 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas | ||
| FEB | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 21 FEB 1943 | ||
| AUG | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 7 AUG 1943 | ||
| APR | 1945 | - | JUN | 1945 | North Atlantic |
| APR | 1945 | - | JUN | 1945 | North Atlantic |
| JUN | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 2 JUN 1947 | ||
DE-247 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Oscar F. Stanton
Complement: 8 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1253 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36.58 feet
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 9 100 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Scrapped or sunk as target