History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Douglas Legate Howard |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 8 December 1942 |
Launched | 24 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Fate | Sold 14 May 1974, scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
Beam | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
Draft | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.