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DE- 721 / APD - 118 USS DON O. WOODS

CLASS - Rudderow
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX. on December 1 1943.
Launched February 19 1944.
Reclassified and converted to APD-118, While Under Construction.
Commissioned May 28 1945.
Decommissioned june 18 1946.
Stricken December 12 1963.
Fate To Mexico December 12 1963.
Renamed Usumacinta.
Renamed, Miguel Hidalgo
Still in service as of 1997.
May have Been Stricken In 1998 (Unconfirmed)

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Don O. Woods 203k Launching of DE-721 at Dravo East Shipyard, 2-19-44. M. V. Warren
Don O. Woods 182k Starboard bow, April - June 1944. M. V. Warren

DON O. WOODS DE- 721 / APD - 118 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, DON O. WOODS

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