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DE- 251 USS CAMP

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 27 January 1943
Launched 16 April 1943, Commissioned 16 September 1943
Decommissioned 1 May 1946
Reclassified DER-251, 21 October 1955
Recommissioned 31 July 1956, Decommissioned (?).
Stricken 30 December 1975

Fate: To South Vietnam 13 February 1971, Renamed Tran Hung Dao
Escaped with South Vietnamese forces to the Philippines in 1975.
To Philippines 5 April 1976, Renamed Rajah Lakandula
Stricken in 1988.
Still exists as stationary barracks ship in Subic Bay as of 1999

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Camp 109k 25 April 1945, off Boston US Navy Photo
Camp 85k As DER-251, undated USN /Gary Bee EN3
Camp 145k As DER-251, undated USN / Gary Bee EN3
Camp 103k floating dry-dock, undated USN / Gary Bee EN3
Camp 147k 31 July 1956, Recommissioning ceremony USN / Gary Bee EN3
Camp 197k Boston Harbor, July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 87k Boston Harbor, July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 71k Boston Harbor, July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 67k Boston Harbor, July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 48k Boston Harbor, July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 42k Off the coast of Oahu about 1970 Dennis Clark
Camp 38k In the South Vietnamese Navy as Tran Hung Dao (HQ-1), undated William Toohey
Camp 15k In the Philippine Navy as the BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-4), undated Joe Radigan

USS CAMP DE- 251 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none


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