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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Forster (DE-334) |
| Namesake | Edward William Forster |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 31 August 1943 |
| Launched | 13 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 25 September 1971 |
| Reclassified | DER-334, 21 October 1955 |
| Stricken | 25 September 1971 |
| Fate | Loaned to South Vietnam, 25 September 1971 |
 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Forster WDE-434 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 25 May 1954 |
| Fate | Returned to USN, 25 May 1954 |
 South Vietnam | |
| Name | RVNS Trần Khánh Dư (HQ-04) |
| Acquired | 25 September 1971 |
| Fate | Captured by North Vietnam, 29 April 1975 |
 Vietnam | |
| Name | VPNS Dai Ky (HQ-03) |
| Acquired | 29 April 1975 |
| Status | In service c. 1997, status unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
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| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36.58 ft (11.15 m) |
| Draft | 10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS Forster (DE-334) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II.