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U.S.S. HILBERT
(DE-742)Click to view crew list
DE-742 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 23 MAR 1943 at Western Pipe and Steel Company Los Angeles CA | ||
JUL | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 18 JUL 1943 | ||
FEB | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 4 FEB 1944 | ||
JUN | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 19 JUN 1946 |
DE-742 General Specifications
Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort
Named for: Ernest Lenard Hilbert
Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1240 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 15 October 1973