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U.S.S. SWENNING
(DE-394)Click to view crew list
DE-394 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUL | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 17 JUL 1943 at Brown Shipbuilding Houston Texas | ||
| SEP | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 13 SEP 1943 | ||
| DEC | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 1 DEC 1943 | ||
| SEP | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 SEP 1944 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1944 | - | JAN | 1945 | North Atlantic |
| SEP | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 25 SEP 1947 | ||
DE-394 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Gust J. Swenning
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:Sold for scrapping 17 January 1974