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U.S.S. VANDIVIER

(DE-540)

VIGILIAS AGERE ET PRAEMONERE
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DE-540 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DE-540 Shellback Initiation Add a DE-540 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1943-Keel Date: 8 NOV 1943
at Boston Navy Yard
DEC1943-Launch Date: 27 DEC 1943
OCT1955-Commissioned: 11 OCT 1955
JUN1960-Decommissioned: 30 JUN 1960

DE-540 General Specifications

Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Named for: Norman Francis Vandivier

Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1350 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 8 inches

Flank Speed: 24 knots

Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk as target off Florida on 7 February 1975