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U.S.S. WITTER
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DE-636 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| APR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 28 APR 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco CA | ||
| OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 17 OCT 1943 | ||
| DEC | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 19 DEC 1943 | ||
| MAR | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 MAR 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 MAR 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1945 | - | Decommissioned: 29 OCT 1945 | ||
DE-636 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Jean C. Witter
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:Sold and broken up 2 December 1946